Fi Station tablet-based recording / editing studio

As a gigging musician hoping to be on the road again soon, recording ideas on the go isn’t always easy. Now, Fly Imagine (Fi) has just introduced the Fi Station. This boasts to be the first all-in-one low-cost portable music, video, and entertainment center. It will also record and mix music and 4K HD video.

Looking not unlike a Lenovo Tab 3, the Fi will not only record and mix audio and video it can, of course, be used to play back your movies and albums and even become a mini karaoke and DJ centre.

Pre-installed Fi App

The pre-installed app plays nice with Android, iOS, Mac and PC apps and software. So this will fit in with any set-up you already have.

The Fi Station uses the familiar Android touchscreen and comes preinstalled with the Fi app for controlling Fi Station’s input/output.

Fi Station also gives you full control of a variety of Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac apps, software, and hardware configurations.

Design

“Created by the industry’s best designers” Fi Station is compact and lightweight.

The tablet station is available in 9.7-inch or 11.6-inch display options. This is wrapped up in an aluminum alloy unibody. The Fi Station is loaded with noise shielding and other technologies to make audio clearer.

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Whether you want to record or play music, DJ a party, play 4K HD quality video, watch a HD movie or perform karaoke, Fi Station can handle any request with ease.

Fay Wong, Founder & CTO, Fihifi explains:

Sometimes you find yourself needing to buy several products to meet your different needs – you might need a professional sound card to record, a Hi-Fi player to listen back to lossless audio, and a separate TV box to play HD videos. And even after you’ve bought all of these separate products, you’ll find that very few of them are compatible with each other… That’s why we created the Fi Station – an easy-to-use product that can be used in different scenarios, with high quality input and output capabilities, neatly wrapped up in a stylish design.”

This is one of those things that I hope really works as well as promised. I can think of loads of my friends who would love one of these.

Fi Station pricing and availability

The Fi Station is available starting at $299 with a limited Indiegogo Early Bird Special. There is another tier staring at $349.

Shipping Q1 2017, Fi Station accessories will also be available at a heavily discounted Early Bird Special Price. These include a portable battery, carrying case, microphone, and more.

Fi Station specs at a glance

• All metal body - full metal shield, stylish and rugged design

• Touch screen interface

• Rotary knob and full digital controls

• Ports connect with virtually everything:
   - TF Card (up to 128GB).
   - HDMI 2.0.
   - Multi-Link USB 1.
   - USB 2.
   - Headphones 1.
   - Analog I/O 2 in/2 out.
   - Digital I/O 2 in/2 out.
   - M-Link to connect to desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

• Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.

• Display:
   - 9.7” or 11.6” retina display.
   - Full HD 4:3 & 16:9 resolution.
   - LED backlit.
   - Multi-touch with IPS Technology.
   - Up to 3840 x 2160 display resolution.
   - OGS fully-lamination.

• CPU & GPU:
   - RK3288 28nm HKMG Processing.
   - Quad-Core Cortex-A17, up to 1.8GHz.
   - GPU: ARM Mali-T764 GPU.
   - TE, ASTC, AFBC tech

• 32GB or 64GB storage, 4GB memory.

• Video playback:
   - 4Kx2K H.265 (10-bit) video decoder.
   - 1080p H.264 video encoder.
   - Image enhancement processor.
   - 4Kx2K@60fps HDMI 2.0.
   - MP4, M4V, MKV, XVID, ASF, MOV, H.265, H.264, MPEG4, VC-1.

• Fully analog and digital I/O.

• Audio:
   - 24Bit/192Khz ADC
   - 32Bit/384Khz DAC
   - Converters: ADC 24-bit/DAC 32-bit.

• Audio playback:
   - Supports PCM, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, MP3, AMR, FLAC, APE, DSD, WAV

• USB audio driver (M-Link mode);
   -Supports ASIO & Core audio.
   -Mac OS X version 10.8, 10.7, 10.6, or 10.5.
   - Windows 10, 8, 7, or Vista.

• Apps:
   - Includes Fi App and Fi Panel App: controls Mic, headphones, input/output channel volume and pan, audio sample rate, and delay settings.
   - Works with Android apps, including Soundcloud, Spotify, Sing!, Soundhound, Netflix, Youtube, HBO, etc. Audio is through USB audio output for high-quality and super low-latency.
   - Multi-link mode: works with Mac and PC software and iPad/iPhone iOS apps, such as Pro Tools, Cubase, etc.