Korg Zero 8 Firewire Kaos Mixer

Designed for high-quality digital and analog audio
ZERO LIVE CONTROL MIXER delivers truly professional-spec audio. It supports 24-bit 48 kHz high-resolution audio as standard, and can support up to 24-bit 192 kHz audio that’s equivalent to DVD audio fidelity. Along with the digital domain, analog components such as the input/output circuitry and power supply have been designed with painstaking attention to high-quality sound. The internal ±18 volt power supply design delivers plenty of headroom and excellent audio quality. The mic preamps are an ultra-low impedance design by Peter Watts, a veteran designer of numerous professional mixers throughout his tenure at the Trident Corporation in the UK and as chief designer and vice president for product development at Mackie Designs in the USA. Finally, the power supply is a universal design that does not require an AC adapter, ensuring that the world-traveling professional can get to work immediately, assured of the highest level of performance.
EQ Variety
The EQ Selector is a completely new idea, providing an EQ section with eleven different simulation types. They cover needs ranging from corrective equalization to boldly creative sound-shaping, giving you a variety of EQ responses and curves, filter characteristics, and even isolator modeling that can be switched independently for each channel as needed. The stereo eight-channel ZERO8 provides an amazing eight units (independent for each channel).
ZERO8 Input and EQ Selector

FireWire control over audio and MIDI
ZERO LIVE CONTROL MIXER contains a FireWire interface that lets you process and mix audio sources digitally, at the same time as performing MIDI control. Since ZERO LIVE CONTROL MIXER contains everything else you need (audio interface, mixer, effect processor, MIDI controller), setup is simple, making it an extremely convenient choice for the mobile computer-based professional.
A full complement of effects
One particular advantage of the ZERO series is its powerful effect system. On the stereo eight-channel ZERO8, there’s one Insert effect, one Send effect, and one Master effect. For the Insert effects you can choose from eight effect types, and for the Send/Master effects you can choose from eleven effect types, meeting the demands of any live mix.
Next-generation KAOSS effects
The stereo eight-channel ZERO8 uses its touch display as a realtime effect controller like the KAOSS PAD. You can manipulate a variety of effects while watching the graphics on the display, giving you an entirely new sense of control. This touch display can also be used to control MIDI and other settings simply by touching them, making it very easy to edit the settings.
ZERO8 Touchscreen Effects

A complete MIDI control surface
By using the dedicated "ZERO Edit" software you can freely assign MIDI messages to the faders, knobs, push-type encoders, buttons, toggle switches, and X-Y pad.
ZERO8 Controller Bank
This allows you to use the abundant hardware on the ZERO Mixers to control soft synths, DAWs, effects processors and much more. Since each channel of the mixer can be assigned to different functions you can be mixing the audio from your computer with one channel while adjusting MIDI parameters with another.
TraktoScratchCertified
The ZERO4 and ZERO8 are amongst a small group of mixers/control surfaces with digital audio interfaces that are Certified Traktor® Scratch ready. By adding Native Instrument's Traktor® Scratch software to your Zero rig, you’re instantly able to scratch and mix any digital media on your desktop computer or laptop using your existing turntable or CD deck setup with the specially coded CD’s and records!
Traktor Scratch
In Native Instrument’s own words, “Products that have been deemed "TRAKTOR SCRATCH Certified" are premium quality mixers with integrated audio interfaces. Products selected for TRAKTOR SCRATCH Certification meet the highest standards for professional sound quality and seamless integration within a TRAKTOR SCRATCH DJ-ing set-up. A TRAKTOR SCRATCH Certified product can be transformed into a complete TRAKTOR SCRATCH system cost-effectively with the TRAKTOR SCRATCH Upgrade Kit.”
Click here for more information on Traktor® Scratch, and here for information on what Certification means, as well as on the Upgrade Kit.
Ableton Live® Inside
Also included is Ableton Live 6 Korg Edition. Live 6 Korg Edition allows you to construct music intuitively and in real-time with the ZERO mixer. Additionally, the Live Lite 6 Korg Edition offers audio/MIDI recording and many editing functions. Just a few of the possibilities and advantages of this integration of products include: easily assigning software tracks to hardware I/O and channel strips and tweaking plug-in parameters as well as accessing Live control mappings with the press of a button.
13 plug-in effect processors and two virtual instruments are offered for the audio/MIDI tracks, and you can use additional VST/AudioUnits plug-in effects/virtual instruments as well. Of course you can freely operate the mixer and transport controls from the ZERO, and you can also tweak all of the virtual devices parameters. The software even includes some lessons in the Help Mode to get you started using the controllers and built-in synth!
Live Lite 6 Korg Edition offers many of the new features found in Live 6, including Multicore/Multiprocessor Support, Instrument and Effect Racks presets, Macro Controls, Project Management tools and a variety of new devices including EQ Eight, MIDI Note Length, Dynamic Tube and an improved Saturator device.
Overview
Frequency Response 10 Hz ~ 20 kHz +/-1 dB, -2dB @ fs 44.1 kHz, 10 Hz ~ 21 kHz +/-1 dB @ fs 48 kHz, 10 Hz ~ 40 kHz +/-1 dB @ fs 96 kHz, 15 Hz ~ 50 kHz +/-1 dB @ fs 192 kHz
S/N 93 dB (typical) @ IHF-A
THD+N 0.02 % (typical) 20 Hz ~ 20 kHz
A/D Conversion 24-bit, 64-time oversampling
D/A Conversion 24-bit, 128-time oversampling
Sampling Frequency (fs) Internal 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 96 kHz, 192 kHz
Input 1-8(Line, CD/Line)
Connectors 1/4" TRS phone jacks (balanced) L/R, RCA jacks L/R
Input Impedance 10 k Ohms
Nominal Level; TRS: +4 [email protected] GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ 0 dB), RCA: -10 [email protected] GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ +6 dB)
Maximum Level TRS: +22 [email protected] GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ 0 dB), RCA: +8 [email protected] GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ +6 dB)
Source Impedance 600 Ohms
Phono 1-3
Connectors RCA jacks L/R
Input Impedance 50 k Ohms
Nominal Level -44 [email protected] 1kHz, GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ +6 dB), RIAA compliant
Mic 1, 2 Input
Connectors XLR-3-31 type (+48 V phantom power, with switch), 1/4" TRS phone jacks (balanced)
Input Impedance 3 k Ohms/XLR, 5 k Ohms/TRS
Nominal Level Hi: -60 dBu @ GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ 0 dB), Low: -40 dBu @ GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ 0 dB)
Maximum Level Hi: -42 dBu @ GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ 0 dB), Low: -22 dBu @ GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ 0 dB)
Source Impedance 600 Ohms
Guitar Input
Connector 1/4" phone jack (unbalanced)
Input Impedance 1 M Ohm
Nominal Level -6 dBu @ GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ +6 dB)
Maximum Level +12 dBu @ GAIN = 0 dB (GAIN = -infinity ~ +6 dB)
Source Impedance 600 Ohms
Master Output
Connectors XLR-3-32 type L/R
Output Impedance 150 Ohms
Nominal Level +4 dBu
Maximum Level +22 dBu
Load Impedance greater than 10 k Ohms
Booth Output
Connectors 1/4" TRS phone jacks (balanced) L/R
Output Impedance 150 Ohms
Nominal Level +4 dBu
Maximum Level +22 dBu
Load Impedance greater than 10 k Ohms
Ext Send 1,2
Connectors RCA jacks L/R
Output Impedance 150 Ohms
Nominal Level -10dBu
Maximum Level +8 dBu
Load Impedance greater than 10 k Ohms
Ext Return 1,2
Connectors 1/4" TRS phone jacks (balanced) L/R
Output Impedance 10 k Ohms
Nominal Level +4dBu
Maximum Level +22 dBu
Load Impedance 600 Ohms
Phones Output
Connector 1/4" stereo phone jack
Output Impedance 100 Ohms
Maximum Level 80 mW + 80 mW @ 32 Ohms
S/P DIF Output
Connector coaxial
Format 24-bit S/P DIF (IEC60958)
Firewire
Connector IEEE 1394 6-pin connector x2
Format IEEE1394a
MIDI
Connector IN, OUT
General
Display 160 x 104 pixel, LCD with backlight and touch panel
Power Supply AC Local Voltage
Power Consumption 52 Watts
Included items Power cable, CD-ROM
Dimensions 17.72”(W) x14.61”(D) x4.92”(H) 450 (W) x371 (D) x125 (H) mm
Weight 16.09lbs/7.3kg