Professional Quality Soundcard

The Echo Gina 3G is the third generation of Echo's budget priced, professional quality soundcard. The original Gina premiered seven years ago to critical acclaim and since then Echo have been perfecting the art of making high quality recording products at affordable prices. The new Gina3G brings you the best features of Gina24, but with better converters, dual mic preamps, and MIDI.

Gina3G by Echo is perfect for the budget-minded musician who wants to get into digital recording without sacrificing quality for price. You won't need a mixer or studio monitors to get started here. Gina3G has all you need: 2 universal inputs with mic preamps, 6 balanced analogue outputs, and a headphone output. ADAT lightpipe, optical and coaxial S/PDIF, and MIDI are included as well; so as your studio grows, Gina3G will be able to work with all your new gear. It comes with a 8' cable and PCI card that connects to the audio interface. Gina3G is compatible with PCI-X (3.3 or 5 volt) motherboards and Power Mac G5 computers, as well as older systems.

Echo Gina 3G Hardware Features:

• 2 auto-sensing universal inputs (mic/guitar/line): 110dB (A-weighted) dynamic range, Meters, trim knobs, & phantom power
• 6 balanced ¼" analogue outputs: 114dB (A-weighted) dynamic range +4dBu / -10dBV 
• S/PDIF I/O (coax & optical) at 24-bit/96kHz
• ADAT optical digital I/O
• MIDI I/O
• Stereo headphone output with volume knob
• Sync via S/PDIF, ADAT, or MTC
• Supports full duplex 10 channel in, 14 channel out operation
• Heavy-duty aluminum case
• 8' cable to connect to PC
• PCI bus mastering interface: Bus powered, Works with PCI-X (3.3/5 volt) & Power Mac G5
• A/D & D/A converters in external breakout box
• 56-bit / 100mHz DSP for digital mixing
• Near zero latency hardware monitoring

Echo Gina 3G Software Features:

• Software console for monitoring, metering, and setting levels
• Low-latency drivers support all major pro audio software: Low Latency ASIO 2.0, GSIF 2.0 (Gigastudio 3 w/ low latency MIDI)
• WDM kernel streaming mode
• CoreAudio & CoreMIDI
• Surround sound support: 5.1 & 7.1 output w/ delay management AC3, DTS, & WMA9 output over S/PDIF
• SuperChannel™ resource sharing: Split I/O between multiple applications
• PureWave™ mode for bit accurate digital I/O

System requirements:

• Windows ME/2000/XP
• Genuine Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon CPU
• Motherboard with Intel, AMD, Via, or NVIDIA chipset
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• Mac System Requirements: Mac OS X (10.2 or later)
• G4 or better processor (Power Mac G5 compatible), 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)

Free Audio Software Included!

Tracktion is an easy to use professional recording / MIDI production software package, giving you a clean, intuitive, and clutter-free interface with professional features such as drag-and-drop editing, a built-in sampler, VST plug-in support, track freezing and more... all right at your fingertips.

Echo Digital Audio is proud to use only specifications of production units. While other companies quote specs of their converters alone in laboratory settings, the numbers you see on this page represent the actual unit in your hands. Since people often rely heavily on specs when deciding what gear to buy, we like to bring you numbers that really mean something.

Specifications:

• Analogue Input: 2 Neutrik Universal connectors for balanced TRS or XLR, Accepts unbalanced signals
• Frequency Response: 10Hz-20kHz, ±0.1dB
• Dynamic Range: 110dB A-weighted
• THD+n: <0.002% A-weighted
• 48V Phantom power on XLR inputs (switchable through software)
• Analogue Output: 6 Balanced TRS connectors
• Frequency Response: 10Hz-20kHz, ±0.1dB
• Dynamic Range: 114dB A-weighted
• THD+n: <0.002% A-weighted
• Nominal Output Level: +4dBu or -10dBV (software configurable)
• 128x Oversampling converters
• 24 bit data resolution maintained throughout signal path
• Multiple standard sampling rates supported: 8k, 11.025k, 16k, 22.05k, 32, 44.1k, 48k, 88.2k, 96k
• Variable sample rate feature lets you select any sample rate between 25kHz - 100kHz
• S/PDIF Digital Input/Output: Up to 24 bit resolution, Optical-TOSLINK-Lightpipe connector, Coaxial connector, Consumer/Professional Switch
• Sample rates from 32kHz - 96kHz supported
• ADAT Digital Input/Output: 8 Channel 24 bit input/output over TOSLINK connection, 44.1kHz and 48kHz sample rates supported
• MIDI: MIDI input  & MIDI output
• Digital Sync:S/PDIF or ADAT in/out, Can sync to MTC (MIDI Time Code)
• Headphone Output: High quality ¼” headphone jack, Volume control on front panel
• On-board 56-bit / 100 MHz Motorola DSP: Digital mixing
• Near zero latency hardware monitoring
• Dimensions: 6 3/4”(w) x 5 1/2”(d) x 1 3/4”(h)
• Host Interface: Bus mastering PCI host interface, Provides power to breakout box, 3.3V and 5V compatible
• Works with PCI-X & Power Mac G5