All user reviews for the PreSonus FP10

All dj t said about the characteristics.
Too bad the chaining of two units deprives us of the e / s spdif.
A BNC word clock connector would have been welcome.

USE

Simple and quick problem. You just find the right Parameter cpu to overcome any crack.

IMPLEMENTATION

Drivers stable.
The updates have long waiting, s hope their development more REGULAR henceforth. The latest driver / firmware seems to pose a problem to some, I was going very well.
4ms latency audio with 20-track playback and some treatment. Not complain ...

NOTICE GLOBAL

Since then, six months, is going well ...
What bothers me:
-Of Knobs a fragile hair (hand level crachotte some)
-Of Preamps certainly good for this price range, better than a motu eg but a bit artificial (Chinese tell us any claret) and some just for the softer sources. Static is made in china evittera to add to them which may accentuate the artificial ct upper-medium and sing lullabies in a dynamic.
-the Absence of internal routing path by forcing materielle suffer latency, however small it may be in the musicians returns or s'quiper a splitter not really inexpensive and a mixing desk ind pending. Too bad.
What I like:
-The Overall quality compared to the price, convertos very honntes the trick mix knob.

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USE

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IMPLEMENTATION

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NOTICE GLOBAL

I've had a year soon, I had the opportunity to record stuff on it.

It is my opinion a very good card in sound, the preamps are pretty neutral and well defined over the entire spectrum (especially at the top, even at 44.1) in stro AC took the very cohrent air dynamics is rather good, the breath is very very far away and ca cash rather well ...

I had the opportunity (briefly) compare recordings made with the same source and the same microphones on a Digi 002 (ie in protools instead of cubase) and I found that in acute seemed ca end (but then again I have not pushed very far the test ...)

super instantly mix knob on the output monitor (which mix the signal of 8 among that of soft)

otherwise good -petits- faults that I find him
pity that the VU meters are not more accurate
pity that the lines are among only jack (symtriques hopefully!)
the preamps lack a bit gain: with a pad on the mic, must push the knob almost background very often ...
XLR outputs AC would have been nice too, I also regret the absence of Adat (but hey it I knew it before you buy it!)

the current report is duly qualitprix, I'll buy a second in no time and I among the 16 Concurrent 1000 euros frankly that price I think it is unbeatable!

logic pro 9

used to record all types of instruments (sax, drums, percussion, electric and acoustic guitars).

UTILIZATION

very stable, multi-year ever crash and little latency

GETTING STARTED

plug and play instalation

OVERALL OPINION

I used the last several years, you can see in this video the transparency and clarity of sound it (everything has been registered with the sax and guitar percussion etc ...)



I would do this choice without hesitation

the only reason to change would be to have more tracks when recording for the entire group at the same time ..

8 input mic / line - Firewire - 2 for 16 coupled input.
Wired to iMac in a home studio

UTILIZATION

Driver steady - no latency - 16 simultaneous tracks - 44.1 and 48 hz
Imac - logic pro 9

GETTING STARTED

Quick and easy - mac osx compatibility

OVERALL OPINION

2 years - try other presonus card and satisfied
Fragility terminal Firewire - good preamp - direct out to go to analog enrgistreur
Good value for money (bought as new € 200 each)
I would do this choice without hesitation.

I buy the Presonus because I needed to save my entire group (rock).
I was able to record guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, vocals. I plugged in anything above aside for guitar effects.

UTILIZATION

The drivers are pretty reliable. I had some problems but I think it was more due to my OS (Windows Vista) because once changed, no more problem!
I reliais map Cubase to record up to 8 track simultaneously.
No latency and that's great!

GETTING STARTED

I was completely novice in home studio to the acquisition of the Presonus and although it took me some time, I think I can say that the handling is quite easy and intuitive. The installation is itself passed without hooked!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 4 years now. I had not tried before because we had recommended me this one for its effectiveness, its simplicity and price / quality ratio.
What I like most is its eight pre-amplified input handy for simultaneous recording of multiple tracks (type battery). After it is true that the pre-amp is a little weak but I've always used the card without anything around or just with a POD and I managed to record the first album with my group and people are bluffing that be realized "home".
Nevertheless, with the experience I do not have that choice because after recording our album I discovered a VST drum (AD) ... I found myself with a map 8 tracks which I was using more than 2 tracks max simultaneous ...
After that, I advise drummers who want to make sound recordings of all their drums!

The PreSonus FP10 use to be called the “FirePod” and it has 8 different PreSonus microphone amps which is really a lot of power for your home set up. It feels like they made this interface for the home musician but I really don’t know many musicians from home that would need that many microphone inputs at home. Maybe someone who is mic’ing up a whole drum set, or a large band would need that much but it was too much for use to use for a small set up.


UTILIZATION

There are 2 Fire Wire ports on the PreSonus FP10, this will make it easy to use more than one FP10 at the same time because you can firewire them together if you needed more inputs. But you wouldn’t need that unless you had a lot of different stuff going on that needed to be recorded. But its nice to know that you have that feature available just in case you might need it down the road.


GETTING STARTED

There are no compatibility issues with the FP 10, every thing seems to work great and the set up was very easy. There is not anything that’s complicated with this unit, its pretty much plug your stuff up and start recording. It does come with a manual but we didn’t even open it out of the plastic it was wrapped in. There was just no need to use the manual. All of the functions of these unit are easy to use and to understand. The unit is rack able and will take up 1 rack space.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, the PreSonus FP10 is very well built and strong taking up minimal rack spaces while still giving your plenty of inputs to plug microphones into right on the front of the unit. So if you put it on your rack you wont have to get behind it to plug anything in. Well great audio interface with a lot of inputs. Make sure you have a fast computer though so you don’t experience any latency.

-With what instruments or systems (console, preamp, DtDs ...) use it and how you connect? ...

I record bass / guitar and other connectors XLR / jack only in my case.

-For what purpose?

computer music, mixing and small master.

What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / RAM / Disk, ...)?

PC, windows 7 64bit, 4 heart.

UTILIZATION

-The drivers are stable?

No problem there for me.

-What software do you use most often?

Cubase 5

-How many tracks do you manage to record / play simultaneously? ...

10 .. or 12 may be.

What You Get-latency?

4 to 6 ms.

GETTING STARTED

-The installation is done it without problem?

No problem, I seem to have found the drivers on the web.

-The general configuration is easy?

Yes, it's still plug and play.

-Have you encountered any incompatibilities?

On w7 64bit, no.

OVERALL OPINION

-How long you use it?

5months

-Did you tried many other models before buying it?

The models in the line 6 (pod UX2, UX1 ...)

-What is so special that you love the most, least?

The +

I was looking for a card powerful enough to run at least 10 simultaneous tracks, and with a lot of cubase vst and twenty tracks without problems. All with a latency <20ms. This sound card meets my requirements.
The on / off switch is also appreciable.


The -

It perfectly meets my needs for now ... to see the latest!

What characteristics have motivated your choice?

The price in time, this is my first sound card

For what purpose?

Mainly the south, then guitar, bass and keyboard for small models

What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / RAM / Disk ,...)?

Turned on a Windows XP3

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable?
So when I first installed no problem, then I moved last week and, not a reinstall, the LED remains stubbornly red ... I read in some forums that the drivers of the site was not necessarily good ... In short it is the shit and I'm disappointed ... After that it is just windows?? I have to try soon on the mac of a friend and I will update my opinion ...

What software do you use most often?

Cubase 5
What you get lag?

12ms

GETTING STARTED

The installation is done it without problems?

Yes
Have you encountered any incompatibilities?
As mentioned above, for the moment with windows is very unstable, unless it comes from the FireWire
The general configuration is easy?

The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it?

4 Months

What is so special that you love the most, least?

The sound is very good

For cons, the firewire does not seem to be very stable with windows

Have you tried many other models before buying it?

not
How would you rate the quality / price?

Very good

Complete without the sound card making head of a PCI card, low latency and knobs on the faade easy rduisant CASC and the manipulations of configurations on the PC
Usage: voice recording for the album + prep instruments and voice for working Artwork
Config: Athlon XP 2800 +, 500 MB Ram, nitre KT6V card, Firewire card in PCI slot
Prampli No, I use the pramps card.

UTILIZATION

Installation: No problem, 15 minutes to install the drivers and Russia from a first sound, the time to understand the operation of the BTE.
No incompatibility with my Systm, the config is done easily by Cubase (supplied with the card) and the manual is almost nothing as the system is ridiculously easy

GETTING STARTED

For now, I have no problem of stability DTECT of drivers but I use it only for about a month. I fix the latency 2.5 ms and I turn no problem with fifteen VST effects. I test the simultaneous recording of five tracks and have not encountered any BLME. I think we should be able to push 8 carefree particular (but test all of the same)

OVERALL OPINION

APRS one month of intensive use, this card appears convenient to use (quick installation and config), with good converters and pramp (the recording quality is really good and equivalent or better than RME Digiface). It is obvious that buying a good quality of TRS pramp would amliorer yet the quality of the catch. Fo see the use but for now I am satisfied with my purchase trs.

I wanted to have good converters 8, 8 pramplis good quality latency below 8 ms recording (trs virtual instruments used and stable drivers.
My goal to be able to register a silent drums and vocals, bass and all other instruments given t love me to rub in my studio or on scne without lugging with me pramplis, housings to live and all the trimmings. In addition I am plutt Fauch ...
My computer is running Windows XP SP1 and the processor is a bit viellt, an Athlon 1800 + 1.5 Ghz, 2 hard disks one for the system and software and one for audio data (essential if you do not want clicks and other problems)

UTILIZATION

The facility is also exemplary with a total of 3 minutes and for any follow-up and that is all!
The configuration summary is trs and that is fine. The only BMOL is the failure to patch leisure inputs and outputs is ending for change but it seems (at Presonus same source)

GETTING STARTED

I have never seen as stable of drivers on PC, that is simple, I 've never been simply crash for 1 month! Must say that my system is only ddi music and I never install any software from plugins.
I use it with 5 microphones which 3 foods to save a 48V battery. Low in direct contact with software compressor insert, a guitar with "Guitar Rig" in insert and a voice, and with it all, keep yourself well, only 4 ms of latency! to benefit from the monitoring software with "Cubase LE" which is also included! (Only 24bits/48Khz because my computer is not powerful enough otherwise)

OVERALL OPINION

With daily use for one month, I'll tell you frankly, I worked long on Apogee Rosetta converters and I find this card very close trs ism at the sound, I prf re even those of a 888. buried the Delta 44, and other Digi001 Motu. I told myself that I could never be as good quality without selling the skin of my buttocks, and well I'm really surprised.
If there was one thing that I will have wished that we amliore more on this map, it would be the pramplis, which are perfect for scne perfectible but for the studio, but this price l c 'is frankly impossible task! Anyway this card really opens the door of his career thanks to the common man's converters.
Report qualitprix no competition as given that the competitor is the RME Firewire 800 which is worth double!
Listen 24bits/96Khz this card and you don 't be amazed, I guarantee it!

I wanted something fairly comprehensive number of input / output, preamp, power supply 48v, connectors, etc. .. for use mainly home studio without burden myself with a table, rack diverse ... well the full 8 c / o neutrik (jack and XLR), 8 preamp, phantom power supply 8, MIDI I / O, etc.. ..

My pc config is: Pentium 4 2.8GHz with 1GB of DDRAM, Abit IS7 motherboard ...

used to record all sources, guitar, bass .....

The FIREPOD comes with Cubase LE (version Allgemeine down on SX), which allows small to something fun.

UTILIZATION

Installation is a letter in the mail, no problems of incompatibility, the general config is not taking it head puique al is configured to install and to change it has 4 settings: Sample rate, clock source latency and cpu
The manual is in English but illustrates the different phases of the installation of the card and Cubase LE

GETTING STARTED

J ai branch of Fostex PM1 over no problem very good sound, the drivers are remarkably stable, and new drivers expected soon and will give the possibility to use several FIREPOD together. I turn Cubase SX2 and I have a fixed latency of 8ms which is very comfortable, but I n is not really tried to push lower.
for recording day I tried going on four tracks simultaneously ca nickel and read about 10 audio tracks and two afternoon with VST and DirectX effects, it goes nickel ... I have not yet tried to push the capabilities of the card, but given its great stability I think have no surprise then ..

OVERALL OPINION

I use it several weeks ago, very practice the firewire, the mixer input / playback, the headphone jack ... etc.

for the rating being very satisfied with this product and have no problem I could see no reason to not put all ten. but as I have above precise I did not push to see the possibilities, but already running the ca nickel ..

It is a very good product with good potential, fairly complete, if I had to buy a card at the same price that would be ca l.

For portable use, taken in solo, duo, jazz trio.
Carctristiques of impressive. Allchant a price.
Use semi-pro, because everything on computer with Cubase SX and mastering tools.
Acer Aspire 1804 laptop P4 HT 3.2 GHz Multiprocessor, 512 MB DDR 80 GB HDD ...
Or by making noise with Rhode NT1 or AKG, is in direct line of the beats (basse. ..)
In DTD 24 bit 96 KHz, XLR or jack 6.5 ...

UTILIZATION

Quick and consistent with the manual.
Simple and effective.
Easy Setup and stable firewire.
Manuel dpouill clear.

GETTING STARTED

Drivers hyperstable.
Use with Cubase, Sound Forge, T-Racks ...
I work in 4ms ... almost imperceptible, and this leaves a market of flexibility (possibility of 1.5 ms!)
For now I have not Exceeds four audio tracks, but no worries.

OVERALL OPINION

I have since January 18.
Sound terribly raliste, straight and neutral.
Sound sophisticated.
Before I had a DSP 24 Value Hoontech on computer desktop.
Good card despite crappy drivers.
But I spend the other dimension, the sound is over yet ...
Report quality-great price which has also motivated my choice!
I resign now if I had to do.

I was looking for an audio interface equipped with many microphone inputs with pre amps good, good converters, portable and usable with a laptop so light;
I do a lot of concerts and recording j'ean'm tired of lugging tons of equipment.
I use a recently Toshiba Satellite with a Pentium Centrino processor running at 1.7 MHz and an external hard drive Maxtor 160 GB

UTILIZATION

There is no easier, the drivers are very stable and my favorite software: Samplitude and Cubase LE (excellent version after SX1 comes with the Firepod) easily recognize all the inputs and outputs whether wdm or asio . (EMU should take a leaf)
The manual is fairly brief, but it is not too annoying given the simplicity of operation of the interface.

GETTING STARTED

The eight-track recording pass without difficulty, but it depends on the power of the computer.
The clock is also very stable which contributes to the overall quality of the product.

OVERALL OPINION

The audio quality is excellent. The pre amps and converters seem beyond reproach, I would have liked a little more gain to use ribbon mics but hey, we can not have everything at that price. In any case the quality is greater than what can be done with some audio interfaces such as EMU or Motu 828 MKII and even some digital consoles.

Adjusting the input gain is not very easy because there is no bar graph but simply a red LED that lights when saturation it is necessary to make a very careful balance before you start recording .

Finally a simple audio interface, which does not take a gas plant and achieves a sound quality that borders on excellence. Bonus offers Presonus Cubase LE, which can already work well.

I use the Firepod for four months and I am delighted at the point of looking forward that we can couple two to buy another and be able to record 16 tracks in a direct competitive prices.
Value for money

Easy to install and use most.
For use, it's just the card I was dreaming. After Isis guillemot and EMU 1820M, I thought that such a product existed.
I just wish (but few) in the absence of sampling 192MHz. But ultimately, I do not lose sight of it to burn to CD (44.1MHz) and auditory quality (subjective) converters is very good.

UTILIZATION

Installation is very simple but be aware that the latest version of Windows handles poorly firewire (SP2). You should download a patch on the Microsoft site. See the procedure on the Presonus site (in English in the text). We must choose against by the language of the patch to be the same as the version of Windows.
The manual could not be more succinct. But all is well when you're not really a beginner. I just had a little trouble to reach record from the SPDIF input. For that, we had set on the same frequency, same resolution and SPDIF external clock. If I had known, I saved time. But I had so many problems with other hardware that it seems to me exemplary.

GETTING STARTED

Very stable. on the other hand Cubase LE that comes with the plant fairly regularly (about once in ten) when I record the VSTi. Just tie together the software and it goes away.
If I put the latency below 4 ms, I get some nasty cracks. But 4 ms is acceptable.
I have not pushed beyond four simultaneous tracks. No problems found.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two months. What I like is the sound and ease of use. For a while, I would need a external mixer.
What I like least is the apparent fragility of the potentiometers, but at this price ... That's why I keep my mixer in fact.
Before the presonus, I had an Isis, which was good for its time and with whom I had a lot of satisfaction but the sound, the possibilities and ergonomics have nothing to do with the FIREPOD. Then I met an unfortunate experience with EMU 1820M which sound quite good (perhaps most aggressive), and very complex to use, I have also not had the time to understand everything, it I was released after ten days ...
I would do the same choice again.