Audient’s Horizon 8P puts eight console preamps in a tracking interface

Audient has launched Horizon, a new flagship Thunderbolt interface range, and the model most likely to interest anyone recording sound for video is the Horizon 8P. It’s a 24-in/32-out tracking interface built around eight of Audient’s console mic preamps, and the reason it matters beyond the music studio is simple: good video needs good audio, and this is a serious front end for capturing it. Details are on Audient’s site. Eight console preamps is the story The heart of the 8P is eight genuine Audient console mic preamps, the same discrete Class-A design taken from the company’s flagship ASP8024-HE recording console, delivering up to 75dB of clean, quiet gain each. For a filmmaker or a studio recording interviews, voiceover, podcasts or live performance, eight high-quality preamps in a single rack unit is a genuinely capable proposition. It means you can record a multi-person panel, a band, or a room of...