Herriard, UK (September 15, 2026)—Audient has unveiled Horizon—its new flagship Thunderbolt 3 audio interface range—with a bang, unveiling three models that represent the largest R&D investment the manufacturer has ever put into a product range.
Comprised of the Horizon 8P, Horizon 16 and Horizon 32, the range reportedly delivers 32-bit mastering-grade conversion, sub-millisecond round-trip latency at 192 kHz and a scalable architecture that can be grown as large as 200 × 200 I/O, running through a single macOS driver.
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“As Apple Silicon and modern host processing get more capable, the value proposition of the DSP walled-garden model continues to diminish,” notes Andrew Allen, chief product officer at Audient. “Engineers no longer need to lock themselves into proprietary plugin ecosystems to get pro-level performance. Horizon’s native architecture is built exactly for this shift, and we expect it to land well with customers who’ve been waiting for a credible alternative.”
The three models are each aimed at different levels of use, with Horizon 8P largely intended for tracking. The 24-in / 32-out interface is built around eight Audient console mic preamps with ORBIT Control variable impedance. The same discrete Class-A preamp design from Audient’s flagship ASP8024-HE console is present in the single rack unit.
For hybrid studios, however, Audient sees the Horizon 16 as most appropriate, with a 34-in / 34-out interface built around 32 channels of mastering-grade conversion via four standard DB25 connectors, plus a dedicated stereo mix-bus path.
The Horizon 32 is aimed at large-format hybrid facilities, sporting a 50-in / 50-out interface with 64 channels of analog I/O across eight DB25 connectors.
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The Horizon architecture can support up to four units daisy-chained on a single macOS driver, with a system maximum of 200 × 200 I/O when configured with four Horizon 32 units. Every model shares the same core specification, including digital recall of all input gains and system settings, ADAT expansion, BNC Word Clock I/O and selectable reference levels for calibrating I/O to outboard analogue equipment.
Set to be released September 28, Horizon 8P will run $2,799; Horizon 16 will cost $2,799; and Horizon 32 will be priced at $3,499.
