The VersaPort is a four- input channel / four- output channel sound card with microphone and headphone level control that hooks up directly to a PC via its USB connection. A USB 1.1 compliant unit, this black box lets you connect your CD players or turntables to your computer and mixer all at the same time.
A generic interface, the VersaPort works with virtually all popular Windows and Macintosh audio production software programs, including: (Windows) MME, MS DirectSound, Steinberg ASIO and Audition; and (Mac) Garage Band, Audio Hijack Pro (OSX) and Sound Manager (OS9) - and many more, says the company.
"We developed the VersaPort in response to our customers' needs for an easy-to-use and affordable universal analogue-to-digital converter," said Tom Freret, national sales manager for American Audio. "It is really an indispensable tool with a variety of uses - from home audio recording, to serving as a convenient audio-USB interface. But we envision its main application will be for the growing number of people who are using their turntables or CD players to drive their DJ computer software."
(Jim Evans)
