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Edirol FA-101
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Stoparach Stoparach
Published on 04/17/09 at 07:08
Value For Money : Correct
Reasons for choice:
The auto-food firewire small size the number of enter the pramplis or bundled, TRS jacks, direct monitoring with adjustable balance facade.
Usage in Home Studio and taken from his nomad.
Branch on a black macbook core2duo 2.2GHz with 4GB RAM, 500GB disk 5400 revolutions.
Branch with compact4 of Soundcraft, dbx compressor insert, TLA 5050 live, sometimes I branch keyboards or other expanders "invited to." Everything is plugged in symmetrical.

USE

OSX just plug and running. Sometimes the card is not recognized at once simply the dye and turn and no problem. Attention to the choice of "samplerate" in faade because even if you choose a diffrente value in the sound that comes frquence this software is blocked. I became aware of the problem with logic because I happened to forget to rgler frquence on the 96000 in software. Everything seems to work but after a while the recording is arrtait noting too slow disk I do not know why. I think that makes the software was a conversion in real time via virtual memory and once the catch in the 44100 premires not go back to 96000. After a few errors dplaisantes g nral we forget the more rglage in question.
The manual is complete, a routing Schematic drawing is on top of the machine.

IMPLEMENTATION

The machine is stable in logic. With my machine and a buffer 512 a infrieure latency 10 ms I get about 8 audio tracks and 2 large virtual instrument compressors and equalizers on each track, reverb auxiliary and a multiband compressor master. I recorded six tracks simultaneously has passed without problem. Manual balance of direct monitoring and software output is very very convenient.
The big review on this product is linked to or bundled pramplis I hardly serves me so they are cold. If you think you plug a bass live forget, with an amp simulator software you get a little catch the disaster but the rest of the craft down floor ... The pramplis the Soundcraft do much better. For the broadcasting outlet or a room with two microphones was going on but just ...

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use it for 1 year.
The higher the monitoring balance, the bus feed size / number of I / O
The less pramplis.
Good price quality ratio there one year. Today I rather would turn to a motu or apogee duet of o the number of enter is limited to two, but the quality of the pramplis is waiting for you (test a guitar has nothing to do). To sum up, if you want a lot of enter and exit in a small volume this card is for you. If you want to connect a direct instrument in go your way ...