All user reviews for the Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56

What technical specifications motivated your choice?
Jai chosen because:

Two of quality pramplis rhausss for my static (Rode NT2A).

8 analog input (line, mic), which allow many possibilities for a rock combo

Two inputs jacks ddies instruments (scratches, low) faade.

Entries for numriques Lavenir (else else may go in and pramps complment)

Two headphone outputs: one to his ling, pti lautre to a headphone amp Berhinger for singers and musicians.

The ability to mix headphones for the determination of its monitoring of the musicians recording.

For what purpose? and What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?

Background: amateur enthusiast. Sound home studio style Rock: pti mock committee or group (Drums, Bass, synth and hard virtual scratch with amp, vocals and backing vocals). Javais prcdemment an Edirol UA5 which jtais trs, trs happy since moultes Annes. Station Macbook Intel Core 2 / 4GB RAM / Leopard / GarageBand / Plug dinstru deffets diverse and dynamic variety.

After a few days I put my impressions Premire:

Assets:

Very easy to install and run for a first recording (on intel core 2 Macbook with 4GB ram / Leopard). Utilsiation the installation CD. of the box. That's it!

The operating manual available and accessible on the site before buying to understand spcificit of loutil

The plug-simple but effective book with (gate, compressor, Rverbe, EQ).

The bill's beefy hardware (connectors, and XLR and jack seems solid) even if cest made in China.

Llgance Product

5 LEDs for CONTRL sound levels. Cest the minimum, but not so bad to use EST

The firewire without pb (Mac)

Connectors instruments (guitar and bass) in faade

The Number of Outlets: 10

The quality of the first recordings next dune-end interface used for years.

No power supply dport

The trslgers least:

The XLR connectors and lines are all derrires. Menfin can not do everything possible to ...

No connections insert / return for external effects module (but I think Quil is a way to average with 10 outputs).

The audio outputs are only jackTRS. (No cinch / RCA, cest sometimes useful to the gear and no XLR Stereo, cest sometimes useful to powered speakers).

The operating manual of the software mix control is a little short. More dexemple connections and paramtrages dexplications and would be useful for beginners. We'll have to test to understand the significant opportunities. In short, nothing in dIMPORTANT ngatif. THE FIRST OF USE printing is very satisfactory.

A gear 719 to srieux Pigalle. I will return to give more impressions APRS use longer in the studio.

I will not redetaillé, but it's very complete
use in the studio purchased at the same time as OctoPre Ausi mkII Focusrite Converto 8 Channel AD / DA and preamps.
my computer is not a monster just a dual core and 3GB of RAM 1TB hard disk with xp sp3 Cubase 5.1

UTILIZATION

Nickel drivers, install fastoche hop in 3 minutes, 2 to understand the routing of the mixer app
I reloaded a project containing 22 tracks with effects and VST automation of its rolls no blems

GETTING STARTED

everything ok!

OVERALL OPINION

before I had an echo layla 3g pci and it was very well I just change because it has a port and some adat not use it at the same time as the SPDIF so its limit too with the liquid entering the 56 I have 8 + 2 channels audio port and 1 spdif adat which combined with the adat OctoPre in the coup not need to mixing desk and my analog synthesizers adat returned to their respective port then in effect vst real time so cool!
I plugged directly and through over the OctoPre mk II a pc3 kurz spdif in a jd990 / a xv 5080 (adat to spdif port 2 so he thought they even had that!) / E-mu Ultra E4XT a GSP1101 (fx guitar), a more VoiceWorks tc, a Yamaha RM50, a former WAVESTATION a d-50 and a DX7 II FD of the coup by creating a model in my Cubase all know have their own synthesis and can go through their fx bus distilled by my uad-2 quadro and it's another world ..... until I found myself juggling with the config, with my tables galerais mix analog destroying my sound its the sound is very good on that it is better but 1066 euros at thomann with OctoPre mk II or 16 analog inputs and 2 ADAT port in two out the liquid preamps (very good on my acoustic electric guitar!) the hyper sound simple, I am happy and for once not frustrated by anything at all ......

That motivated my choice is the ability to record at 192kHz, 24 bits. This means that it is an HD interface, such as the interfaces ProTools HD ¡¡, but at a cheaper price rather than Digidesign HD.
That's the height of this interface, we entered the world HD. Software like Cubase do to register at 192 kHz, that's what I think to develop my own software in Max / msp V.
I work with an iMac with 4Gb Ram, 3.2 of proceesseur.
to record all kinds of music: electronic, instruments, see, etc..

UTILIZATION

Yes they are stable drivers in OSX, but I try to install Windows XP Boot Camp (OSX) on my Mac, but it did not work.
I have not tested yet runway capacity was recorded.

GETTING STARTED

I try to install Windows XP Boot Camp (OSX) on my Mac, but it did not work.

manual yes, it is clear that it is only in pdf ¡.

OVERALL OPINION

1 month.
yes I try Digi 001 ... which is rotten side of the liquid sufficient ¡¡
the Liquid preamps, construction, design ... and 192kHz ¡¡¡¡¡
value for money is unbeatable ¡¡...