Audient Horizon 16

Audient Horizon 16 is a 1U Thunderbolt 3 audio interface and converter built around 16 channels of line I/O over four DB25 connectors, with 32-bit conversion at 133dB dynamic range. It delivers 34-in / 34-out connectivity, a dedicated stereo mix-bus path, and 0.99ms round-trip latency — built for the engineer keeping an entire outboard rack patched while printing straight to the DAW.

An outboard rack that stays patched

Sixteen channels of line I/O across four DB25 connectors keep a full rack of compressors, EQs and a summing bus permanently wired in, with no repatching between sessions. The dedicated stereo mix-bus input takes the return from a summing box and prints the master back to the DAW, so hybrid mixing never costs a single input channel.

Latency that never gets in the way of plugins

At 192kHz with a 64-sample buffer, round-trip latency sits at 0.99ms, so native plugins stay lag-free during monitoring. Horizon Control handles the virtual patch bay, monitoring and metering from a single panel, and the architecture scales by daisy-chaining up to four Horizon units on one driver, up to a system maximum of 200 x 200 I/O.

KEY FEATURES

• 34-in / 34-out connectivity over Thunderbolt 3
• 16-in / 16-out primary line I/O over four DB25 connectors
• Dedicated stereo mix-bus inputs for printing your master
• Dedicated stereo monitor outputs for independent reference listening
• 32-bit / 192kHz conversion, 133dB dynamic range
• 0.99ms round-trip latency (192kHz, 64-sample buffer)
• Dual ADAT I/O — 16 channels of digital expansion
• Horizon Control software — virtual patch bay, custom monitoring and extensive metering
• Advanced monitor control — mono, polarity, dim and reference level
• Selectable reference levels (+18dBu, +24dBu) and BNC word clock I/O
• Scalable architecture — daisy-chain up to four Horizon units, system maximum 200 x 200 I/O
• 1U all-metal chassis, three-year warranty

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Connectivity: Thunderbolt 3, 34-in / 34-out
• Line I/O: 16-in / 16-out over four DB25 connectors
• Conversion: 32-bit / up to 192kHz
• Dynamic range: 133dB
• Round-trip latency: 0.99ms at 192kHz (64-sample buffer)
• Digital expansion: dual ADAT, 16 channels
• Word clock: BNC I/O
• System maximum: 200 x 200 I/O (daisy-chain up to 4 units)
• Chassis: 1U, all-metal
• OS: macOS
• Warranty: three years