All user reviews for the Edirol FA-101

- What technical specifications have motivated your choice? Connectors, Firewire (I use it mainly with a laptop).
- For what purpose? Live recording with a laptop, multicasting for theater shows.
- What is your config (Map mother / CPU / Ram / Hard, ...)? PIV 2.80 GHZ, 512 MB, DD + DD40 external Firewire 200 GB. (Portable DELL Inspiron 5160)
- Which instruments or systems (console, prampli, DTD ...) you use it and how connections ... Use mobile engagement with a pair of Rode NT2000, the PG81 Shure SM57? ... prampli ART DPSII

9 This is because there is no ES SPDIF Coax

USE

- Installation is it done without problem? Super easy to install. 5 minutes is enough. No soucy
- Have you encountered the incompatibilits? Not the least, and with 4 diffrentes machines with two laptops (one of them used with PCMCIA Firewire Gnrique card).
- Is Gnrale configuration is easy? Yes, more than easy because you can not work on anything (which is after me to not always a good thing, but hey .... has a very well pass)
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ... Yeah, no ... But I have not had a need that?.

9 because you can not use multiple cards now ...

IMPLEMENTATION

- Are the drivers stable? Yes, no problem. Just a little regret they did not allow pou rl'instant to grate several FA101 to record 20 tracks simultannment (which can be gnial live) ... Shame ...
- Are they often put day? Very good question, thank you for laying
- What software do you use most often? Samplitude and it is a joy. Direct monitoring is great gr directly from the app (levels, pan between each of the interface) unlike my DSP2000 Hoontech. Finally a real treat.
- What you get lag? With my config, 8 ms without cracking. But I find that is when even a little to play in real time with VSTi (although it is said that it is not noticeable below 10 ms)
- How many tracks you record / play simultaneously recording 48 ... 10 kHz, 24-bit and reading for now thirty with some effects ... (in general, for? reading I usually increase the buffer size in order to gain stability.

8 because qu'oblig reboot the interface when changing frequency drives to chantillonage. I find not very practical. And I will be able to prfr grate from the driver ...

NOTICE GLOBAL

- How long have you use it? months
- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
The ct + "mobile" of the beast, dynamics, correct pramps, the report quality unbeatable price
- Having to reboot the interface when you want to change the frquence chantillonage, not coax, and I am not convinced by the converters. Those of my MOTU 2408 are however only 48 kHz / 20 bits, parraissent me more transparent. I prefer my ears rely rather than numbers. It's fine to have a card that manages the 192 Khz, but hey ... So have a little less efficient converters that are more transparent after me. Lightweight breath out on this interface, not much on the headphone output level (test with AKG K271).
Anyway, I'm going to belittle arrter because for the price this is a great lil toy.
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir? Yes, some M Audio, RME Multiface (sounds much better, but also much more expensive), the Traveler home Motu (my dream lol).
- How do you report qualitprix? unbeatable after me. Besides the beast robust look great !!! Made to last for after me. Increuvable!
- With the exprience, you do again this choice ... With this budget, yes, with a little more money I let myself be tempted by a RME Fireface or MOTU Traveler?

I use it for recording and mixing in a home studio.
I use it with a prampli TubePre home PreSonus

USE

Personally I have had a problem during the installation of this interface.
The Gnrale configuration is very simple and well in English manual is very clear and sufficient to understand the operation of this interface.

IMPLEMENTATION

The drivers are stable ...
I use fruity loops 8 and Cubase SX 2, I had no problems with these two programs.
At the latency is almost perfect (if not perfect)

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use it for two months and I am satisfied.
qualitprix the report is not bad (if somewhat expensive (about 400 euros), but it's good stuff so the AC is.
with the experience I remake that choice without hesitated.

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 ...

Headphone = Mono/Stereo Option
Sample rate= 44.1,48,88,96, 192Khz
Digital I/O
MIDI I/O
Fire Wire...4,6pins Bus Power
10 I/O
2XLR with Preamp + 8 ComboJack i/o
Hi-Z
OWESOME BUILT-IN




UTILIZATION

CUBASE , SONAR, FL STUDIO...

GETTING STARTED

Don't have malfunction on the product...

OVERALL OPINION


Cold Preamp: I always get distorted sound with Voice... even setting the preamp to minimun.... what should i do? Do i used extra Mic Preamp...? suggest me Please... But ofcourse i get a good tone on my Guitar....


Cost High... as compare to online price....

The FA101 is a 10 in and 10 out interface, it is also pretty small for all of its capabilities. But it’s a perfect interface for home use, and if you want to pack it up in your mobile or laptop case to take with you for your recording needs if you are out and about. For it to be a little device you would expect it to have two separate pre amps and for it to be able to support recording as well as playback on up to 10 different channels. I used the FA101 with a mac book pro and it worked seamlessly and without any issues.


UTILIZATION

As I stated it has a phantom power microphone preamp button for both channels on the front of the unit which is a good surprise for the small size of the FA101. It records at 192kHz with a digital output of 44.1 kHz. On the Front of the FA101it also has a high impedance digital jack as well. You can also connect your midi devices to the FA101because it supports midi in and out.


GETTING STARTED

The owners manual is very in depth and well written as well as easy for the basic user to understand. Set up can get a little difficult depending on which DAW you are going to use it with. It will all come down to how familiar you are with using interfaces and also how familiar you are with using your own DAW and setting up your connects.


OVERALL OPINION

The FA101 is a smaller interface that is very portable, that is the most favorite aspect of it, you will have the ability to have a great quality interface no matter where you go and have all of the connection space you need for all situations. The quality for the price is very good, I highly recommend using the FA101

10 inputs, 10 outputs
2 Fireware Ports
phantom power supply
quality converters

use audio and especially vsti
ultra-low latency

pc config XP, INTEL 2.6G, 1024RAM, CM asus

I use it for guitar voice and keyboards.

UTILIZATION

Damage Manual in English, but the installation is simple!
you install the driver, plug it and play it!

GETTING STARTED

NO PLANTING
Dj an update on the site.
I use Cubase SX vector, once the base SETTING THE effectus (ASIO) is spot on!
5ms latency with 6 tracks vsti! and 2 audios!
no clicks, plop, blast!, a big one's own and without burrs, do not bother to partly correct, or add effects, is left to the bte!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 15 days
she has a mouth of hell!
otherwise I prfr just over LEDs
I tried a hontech, no photos, no PCI and freedom!
9 because I will j'aurau wanted more knobs for gain SETTING THE
For me, the price is unbeatable quality report
I do it again this choice without hsiter!

So the following properties:

Main features:

10x10 24-bit/96kHz Audio
6x6 24-bit/192kHz audio
FireWire bus power
Direct Monitoring
Low-latency drivers
Specifications
Number of channels of audio recording / playback
- Up to 96kHz - Full Duplex
Record: 10 channels
Reading: 10 channels

- 192kHz - Full Duplex
Record: 6 channels
Read: 6 channels

Audio signal processing
PC interface: 24-bit
Conversion AD / DA Conversion: 24-bit (Linear)

Sampling frequencies
Digital Output: 44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz
Digital Input: 44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz
AD / DA Conversion: 44.1/48.88.2/96/192 kHz

Nominal Input Level
Jacks Inputs 1-2 (XLR):
-50 -10 DBu

Input jacks 1-2 (6.35mm TRS):
-35 +4 DBu

Input jack 3-6: +4 dBu (balanced)
Input jacks 7-8:
-10dBu +4 dBu (balanced)

Nominal Output Level
1-8 +4 dBu output jacks (balanced)
Interface
FireWire (IEEE1394)
Input / Optical Digital Output (according to IEC60958)
Input / Output MIDI

Connectors
- Front Panel -
Input jack 1-2 (XLR / TRS combo)
XLR (balanced / phantom power +48 V)
TRS (balanced)
Headphone jack (stereo 6.35mm)
Digital Input (Optical)
Digital Out (Optical)

- Rear Panel -
Input jack 3-8:
6.35mm TRS (balanced)
Output jack 1-8:
6.35mm TRS (balanced)
Input / Output MIDI
Firewire

Food
Power supply A / C provided

Dimensions
219mm (length) x 138mm (width) x 48mm (Height)

For my config, look at my profile ...
What motivated my choice?
After reading the features of the beast, the question becomes a bit superfluous, but the details are in the overall opinion.

UTILIZATION

The installation was done without any problems and yet I feared the worst because of the ALi chipset on my laptop.
No configuration to do. There are only soft in the ASIO control panel, and Hard direct monitoring, the sample rate, the sensitivity of the 2 combos taken of the front, the input gain 3 / 4 and the volume of the headset, the manual does can be as clear, brief, and in my case English. On the top panel of the rack, there is the internal block diagram of the card, it is convenient. No conflict for the moment, but I am just beginning to use it, I would supplement the topic later.
10 at the moment so

GETTING STARTED

Drivers version 1.0 for now, not yet updated (well I think), but it really looks super stable. I am to 9 ms latency but I have not tested the card in depth, I think I can go below. Similarly, I have yet to try to save over 44K, but my next project will probably 88.2K or 48K in in. Of course I will test the 192K, but just to see if it works ... too much disk space and only (?!?) 6 inputs and 6 outputs used.
I would come to say more in a few weeks

OVERALL OPINION

I always wanted to migrate to a mobile architecture, so after buying my laptop, I had a good sound card to work ...
Maps USB1 is too limited because of the size of the bus, I was left so that the somution USB2 or Firewire. Very few USB2 card on the market and as Firewire is popular and works well ...
I still have the choice of the model.
I need more entries because I have a supernova expander with 8 separate outputs, then you can use it, and then I also work with other people, so at least 4 inputs (2 for the supernova and 2 others my partner to live by example. For 2 or 4 outputs could be enough.
Morality, I was left not too many choices .... not about to invest € 1,000 in a Motu 828 MKII, the Firewire 410 M-Audio does Posed as 2 analog inputs (c vaiment no two inputs and 8 outputs! ), ...
Short little choice in the end, but somehow it was not too serious because the FA-101 I immediately typed in the eye ...

The advantage of these entries is that I can use all the outputs of my expander (1 per part multitimbral) and connect directly to the FA-101. I use my MIDI Remote Controller 25 to mix all the tracks, so it's as if I was using a numerical table.
Now I can sell my desk and I frankly clean mix my audio

She also works independently (I mean without a computer) and therefore becomes a true portable blender (too bad that all entries do not have gain settings by ...); cons on my config, it requires be powered by the industry in any case ... We can not have everything, but I think that all firewire cards are in the same case.

The - of a map so to speak:
- The input gain knob 3 / 4 is poorly positioned at the rear of the rack in the connectors and it is very small.
- 5/6/7/8 entries do not have knobs for gain settings.
- The card must be supplied by the sector.

Most of the card:
- There is too much!

I'm not going réétaler on the technical side, but frankly the sound is really insane, and use a treat.
The radius of the superfluous, but does not spoil anything, I think of all the cards I've seen is the one that has the most mouth

Value, it's really over the Firewire 410 on the basis of features (2 analog inputs, again I do not understand ...). I also think it's worth a shot over the motu motu 828MKII because if may have more direct monitoring functions, the FA-101 is really cheaper. Jai a friend who at the motu, I'll take the test quality at home and I will tell you.

I Fully agree with what is described below, I would add one thing, and not least, it is not made in Japan in China by workers pay 100 euro per month and no social protection, or by children in Malaysia .... more on pollution, Japan respects more standard that countries dvellopement that the derogation is granted. Evidence that it is therefore possible to normal prices of products without them made lower cost, can be reported as a somewhat less but me when I bought it at least had the awareness a bit quieter than if I had bought the made in malaysia emu1820 precisely. Finally it's really a very very good product trs versatile and very good qualitbr />
Finally, buy smart and not forcment cheaper, better SAVE if you may help the exploitation of people and resources

UTILIZATION

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GETTING STARTED

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OVERALL OPINION

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I use a laptop ACER Pentium IV, 512 MB I'm using Cubase SX 2, and a hardware keyboard Yamaha EX7, a Triton and a Yamaha MOTIF expander. The map for me sduit firewire interface of course, its small size, the number of e / s, the quality of pramplis short, his ct "while an" affordable .. For me, this card should be able to grate the south and audio Manir best, and I t's not!

UTILIZATION

Installation: child
Worry-incompatibilitbr /> Automatic Config, nothing hack, tt is a single
Only regret: the instructions in Japanese and English .. MRIT have a translation in the language of Moliere to be perfect.

GETTING STARTED

Driver ultra stable audio quality at the appointment, saying anything.
In Cubase SX, it behaves perfectly, no problem.
Latency 34 ms
For now, after a trial on 14 MIDI tracks and 11 audio tracks simultaneously, with plug ins and everything, I find no instability.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a week, and I do not regret my purchase at that price within a small footprint, I can carry my home studio under his arm, and is really the top when you're itin Rant like me. I opt for the ur80 beginners, but frankly, nothing to see (diff to 150 euros, not fo hsiter). Really a good product, still a shame not to have the manual in french!

I needed a Firewire card in order to make sound on both a desktop and a laptop. I hsit between the M-Audio FW410 and it and I finally opt for the FA-101 for the number of features well suprieur (8 analog inputs!) And problem of incompatibility of the M-Audio Firewire with some controllers.

The laptop: Packard Bell Athlon-M 2.4 GHz, 512MB, 40GB.

Having the card a few days, I have so far been able to do that trs short LGERS tests on my laptop with SX2, a plug-in drum samples (Plugsound) and a Status low branch.

I do not put that 9 / 10 because we have a apprci ADAT I / O

UTILIZATION

Installation is super fast!
First install the drivers
Then plug the card
And voila!

Just had a small problem during the installation Premire: you have to run Cubase SX with dpart SETTING THE freq of 44 KHz (indicated in the doc).

GETTING STARTED

Not yet put on the day but these drivers seem stable and effective.

For the latency, I use it right now 10ms, it must be down but I still had small 7ms plays ...

Nevertheless, 10 ms is dj nickel!

The multitrack recording did not really fear an APRS RPET entirely recorded on 8 tracks, it's all nickel!

OVERALL OPINION

Use for 3 days, just did some recording bass on a virtual drum, the sound is good trs trs (cost per headphone: AudioTechnica ATHM40FS).

Firewire external sound card.

I learned to play Live. The sound cards on laptops are gnralement mdiocre a quality (and that's saying something).
Example: my laptop latest sony (P4, Centrino, 1.5 GHz) possde yamaha card with which I can not play cubase least 300ms of latency. Unable to live under such conditions of, since I play midi keyboard on compounds Cubase with Reason as an instrument.

I wanted a config:
- Nomadic
- That will not be planted on scne
- Performance, which could provide such a latency <10ms, to allow a game on live instruments Reason.
- With a good dynamic sound (default other big micro card supplied with the laptops)

This card silent for me. J'hsitais however with the M-AUDIO 410, just under CHRE. The Edirol However, the big asset of 10 inputs (the M-AUDIO has only two) that allow = increasing returns effects and mixing live using the computer as an interface.

This is the config which I used:
SONY PCG-Z1RMP-M 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium4 512M of RAM.
Cubase Vsti 5.1-r1
Reason-2

UTILIZATION

Installing Windows XP SP1 without a shadow of a problem.

Manuel damn good. French installation manual and user manual in English only. But that does not dbrouille in English today? mmm?

GETTING STARTED

Not much use for now, but I can dj say this:
- The construction seems super solid. the pots are firm, no play, all the impression of being built to last a lifetime. Big diffrence with the M-AUDIO, less CHRE but less robust in appearance.
- Everything worked the first time, and I have not had a single hook with this sound card.
- I work 7ms latency for now, but I feel that I could push a bit more given the stability inbranlable which I have the exprience to date. My pieces include up to 10 audio tracks and up to a dozen instruments playing parallle Reason.

OVERALL OPINION

I do not use it for a long time, but for now she met my expectations with gnrosit. It MRIT October 1 overall.

Congratulations to the passage continues pater Edirol by the level of quality of its products, including (and especially) for all that is invisible or inaudible, but it speaks volumes about the need for designers (buttons, finish , touch CONTRL).

Use in mobile station and home-studio:
with Acer 1714SMI
P4 3.4GHz / 1024MB DDR333 / 120GB HDD

For the time-tested direct outlet Live (1:45 of cabaret, comedians and musicians) on Nuendo (Steinberg), 8-track in 24/48 with a perfectly satisfactory.

8 / 10 because you can not link two sets (for now, according to the Faq Edirol ...), and I'd like to have 16 channels input ...!
And they should have thought.

UTILIZATION

Well, I have not much to add, everything has already been said by other users.

9 / 10 because of the "manual" Fr too minimalist, but the installation is so easy to forgive you!

GETTING STARTED

I mixed (on Nuendo) recorded the show by adding audio tracks (15 tracks in the end), compared with the Terratec EWS88 we have in the studio, it is easier to route the bus ..., and level of the quality of the result, I am quite charmed by its performance.

OVERALL OPINION

Quality / price ratio perfect ...

Familiar with the Terratec EWS88 to use it regularly, and Hoontech DSP2000, which I installed and tested in the home studio of a friend (by the way, I recommend eXXXpressions ...), I would say that in the same "niche" (albeit slightly more expensive because in external port), the FA101 I will lead the verse (yes, the DSP2000 is disqualified ...).

The + is the ability to record 192kHz (6 tracks in anyway!), A luxury.
Reliability, efficiency and simplicity of the Drivers.

Now, however, for my personal needs, if I had known (well for me, I had to inform me ...!) we could not link two modules, I think I punctured my purse a little more for another model ...
But I would still be reluctant, surely!

Trs hard for a Premire as input and output of this format is super carrment gnial.
I do not have a box of competition on the PC: laptop 2.4 Ghz, 256 RAM, 40 Ghz Hard. Yet to turn and runs well

UTILIZATION

I read the reviews and I is not due t carrment easy even for me as no

GETTING STARTED

I did this for three days of Systm so I do not intend to discuss the update of drivers.
However in stability I have not had any PB.
I test the card two times on a record of 30 min with 8 inputs and 4 outputs using a 96 kHz.
Ds and the next test I live with 6 outputs console faade e + 1 micro atmosphere. While using the two inputs to grate pramp spectral analysis of the show.
So with all software that runs in 2 mm long and 7 between users and NO WORRIES ON ARRIVAL!

OVERALL OPINION

The only black spot on the board and there is no soft to grate the output levels

The product remains the same while a great acquisition and a great value quality / price.

My first exercise and the same mtier possdant Ohmga the lexicon, I caught him saying: shit and if I had known I would have expected it so.
And he liked with his sound card