User Manual

2. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Orion Studio from Antelope Audio.

Since its release in 2015 Orion Studio has become one of the biggest stars in the Antelope Audio

line of ThunderboltTM & USB audio interfaces. And now we made it even better. With 12 Class

A Mic Pres it’s the one and only piece of gear you’ll need to record a full band and do it like a

pro. Rev. 2017 brought Orion Studio brand new AD converters, raising its dynamic range to an

industry best 124 dB. Now coming in a gorgeous carbon grey faceplate, Orion Studio has a ton

of new features inside its powerful Control Panel, FPGA engine and Antelope’s acclaimed 64-bit

Acoustically Focused Clocking (AFC) jitter management technology. The multiple zero-latency

mixers with on-board FPGA FX eects turn Orion Studio into a centerpiece for any studio or live

show environment.

Orion Studio comes with full yet ever expanding list of Antelope Vintage FX models. With 5 new

compressor models you can now open up to 32 compressors at once, without losing any of your

40 EQ instances. All Antelope Audio FX can be used for real-time tracking, monitoring and are

easily routed to work on a mix inside the DAW.

With 32 channels via ThunderboltТМ and 24 on USB Orion Studio allows for fast and ultra-low

latency connection either with Mac or PC, therefore with any DAW in your home or commercial

studio. The variety of digital and analog I/O together with the exible routing matrix provide

amazing functionality and easy interconnection among various outboard gear. Orion Studio oers

two pairs of monitoring outputs, 16 analog outs, a couple of reamp outputs, as well as 16 channels

I/O via ADAT and 2 channels I/O via S/PDIF.

Orion Studio uses Antelope’s battle-tested FPGA with massive parallel processing capabilities. It

allows fast and easy simultaneous processing of multiple eects, such as EQ, compressor, reverb,

guitar amps & cabinets, enhancing the work-ow like no other device on the market. The instant

application of the eects to the various mixers provide zero-latency monitoring of the processed

signal both to the producer and the artists.

Orion Studio features an exciting new approach to control, including the game-changing Full

Session Saving functionality. You’re now allowed to quickly save, load and share any routing,

monitoring, and FX settings. These can be easily exchanged between studio facilities with

Antelope Audio gear and will drastically enhance the studio workow of any engineer, recordist or

musician.

Orion Studio is fully controllable using a user-friendly desktop application with color-coded signal

routing. The applet id compatible with both Windows and OS X. Utilizing the control panel, the

engineer can create up to four independent, zero-latency mixes assignable to any outputs,

including the two independent headphone outputs and the two pairs of monitor outputs. In addition

to the extreme exibility the control panel provides the handy option of storing up to 5 presets for

fast recall of the most common recording or mixing scenarios.

For further information, you can also visit our support area online for the FAQ, Help Desk and to

Enjoy working with the new Orion Studio!

All the best,

The Antelope Team