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RaphRaymond
Published on 01/21/07 at 09:58
I had a budget of € 400, I had full input to record a drum without compromise and at least two preamps to record anywhere without my trainer console .... That's ... I was also tempted by the Hercules to € 277 but I prefer to make a brand better known for customer service etc ...
It thus has two mic inputs (with 48V) or on the front lines (input 2 can be used as DI for guitar), 6 line inputs on the back, and two optical SPDIF input on the front, there is no word clock (small problem though). There are 8 outputs on the back and 2 front SPDIF in, a headphone jack, a small monitor section worth to switch from console on a trip.
It comes with an AC adapter but can do without if you own a 6-pin port. Otherwise there are 6 and 4 pin cables supplied.
UTILIZATION
Installation was without too much problem, two three weird stuff but nothing more.
Otherwise there is a paper manual that comes with the beast but nothing more, not a single soft demo not even a controller card entries, we find the table windows. They are really not bothered about that shot. I had some problems starting the computer where she often came into conflict with the original sound card by disabling my realtek but all is well.
The thing is that just sucks when it is necessary to change the frequency of achantillonnage or the buffer size must restart the app and the interface is really not practical when passing moves from the video on music, or you just want to expand the buffer in the process of mixing ...
GETTING STARTED
It is relatively stable but there is no update I think. I use it with Nuendo and I have too many problems to report, I get a latency of 10ms, but I will not change, so it's having any binding reboot every time. In any case the direct monitoring of the card is pretty well done, with my console, I do not need to use monitoring software. At the moment I went up to 4 simultaneous tracks, nothing to report. I did not try the digital inputs, but I fear for the abscence of all word clock sync, I think it will click but ...
The preamps are particularly cold and have a run log, it's pretty weird and not so convenient ... except for maybe overheads. Roughly three-quarters of the race are useless, in the last quarter it starts to get good, but just you push it too quickly crame (it reminds me of some DM24 ...) it is not very accurate at first, and, for safety, we sub-module fairly easily, but hey you get used to it, they do not blow much.
OVERALL OPINION
I took a good two months ago to have full input for the firewire and able to travel without my console ... on these points is earned (a laptop with only 4 pins I am forced to have the PSU all the time, I bought a PCMCIA card, but the PSU does not .. .). For the rest I remain somewhat mixed. Preamp cold and not practical, the reset required when we want to change a setting, no soft Control ...
It is work, period ... She is simply, no frills, no bonus, it's really a tool, and it is perhaps a pity, I like having lots of tips and more alone, mostly in software demo.
It thus has two mic inputs (with 48V) or on the front lines (input 2 can be used as DI for guitar), 6 line inputs on the back, and two optical SPDIF input on the front, there is no word clock (small problem though). There are 8 outputs on the back and 2 front SPDIF in, a headphone jack, a small monitor section worth to switch from console on a trip.
It comes with an AC adapter but can do without if you own a 6-pin port. Otherwise there are 6 and 4 pin cables supplied.
UTILIZATION
Installation was without too much problem, two three weird stuff but nothing more.
Otherwise there is a paper manual that comes with the beast but nothing more, not a single soft demo not even a controller card entries, we find the table windows. They are really not bothered about that shot. I had some problems starting the computer where she often came into conflict with the original sound card by disabling my realtek but all is well.
The thing is that just sucks when it is necessary to change the frequency of achantillonnage or the buffer size must restart the app and the interface is really not practical when passing moves from the video on music, or you just want to expand the buffer in the process of mixing ...
GETTING STARTED
It is relatively stable but there is no update I think. I use it with Nuendo and I have too many problems to report, I get a latency of 10ms, but I will not change, so it's having any binding reboot every time. In any case the direct monitoring of the card is pretty well done, with my console, I do not need to use monitoring software. At the moment I went up to 4 simultaneous tracks, nothing to report. I did not try the digital inputs, but I fear for the abscence of all word clock sync, I think it will click but ...
The preamps are particularly cold and have a run log, it's pretty weird and not so convenient ... except for maybe overheads. Roughly three-quarters of the race are useless, in the last quarter it starts to get good, but just you push it too quickly crame (it reminds me of some DM24 ...) it is not very accurate at first, and, for safety, we sub-module fairly easily, but hey you get used to it, they do not blow much.
OVERALL OPINION
I took a good two months ago to have full input for the firewire and able to travel without my console ... on these points is earned (a laptop with only 4 pins I am forced to have the PSU all the time, I bought a PCMCIA card, but the PSU does not .. .). For the rest I remain somewhat mixed. Preamp cold and not practical, the reset required when we want to change a setting, no soft Control ...
It is work, period ... She is simply, no frills, no bonus, it's really a tool, and it is perhaps a pity, I like having lots of tips and more alone, mostly in software demo.