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Focusrite Saffire
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Published on 04/16/07 at 02:24
I wanted a sound card with the best possible sound in this budget l. Knowing that I will not record much battery buy a card with 2 inputs, the quality will be (in Thor) better than a card 8 in the same price. I needed that can accommodate between 2 XLR with phantom power supply and / or jack. In order to record voice / guitar / bass / machines.
I have a table available but I mix prfr pramp go through the sound card. I made no hardware comparison knowing that I could not do it ... So in light of the Features and reviews AF I chose the Saffire.
Its ability to mount 196khz finally motivated me cane me is nothing.

The CHARACTERISTICS are cool ... as many outputs serve me anything, I prfr replace them entered without pramp as ca ca can record a batt 'with the help of a table mix m 'Finally ...

I have a small pc config, but only 1 .5 GB ram

UTILIZATION

The installation is very simple.
No incompatibility on my pc.
The interface is a dlivre with dung. How to design something like that? So I have not really explored, and I just used the small (you trifocal glasses and notches 24 ") button to adjust the sound between the% and the pc read by reading.
I have not opened the manual, it's like the rest there is not it a little logic and AC drives is opening the book

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are unstable. This is the point ngatif. Next it must change the config but when dc is required to turn off / turn on the pc or completely uninstalled the card and reinstall it so that it works even when .. . you have me included. The other day I thought she did not record rain! Aprsdsintall / install back ca ... then it's hard (desfois) change of frequency drives chantillonage when moving from one project to another, so it desfois teind back on everything and ...

I'm using SX3.
Oh ... the plug in Intgr I test those that appear in my list of plug-in in sx3 (apparently there are others available via the interface incomprhensible), these are not worth a plug radical, when I think I said to myself "It will be better with something internal dsp" hahaha, it must not be ashamed to pass the plug like that when we are as a respectable brand Focusrite!
4ms latency if I said no bullshit.
Record 2 tracks (logical ^ ^) in drive ... it is rather that my oar in 10kilo plug in rather than the sound card, I do not know its limits ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 4months.

What I like?
-Sound. ok I could not really compare so my opinion is not worth much. I had a firewire solo There's one point I got scared by recording my bass (which is nevertheless well), I had sold. The bass line is correct. I record with static and dynamic (or live) and there is enough gain, I've never considered the breath.
-Its simplicity. If not using the interface provided with all the same it's super easy and convenient, no button is located behind the card.

the least?
Its instability, and the interface that are just as shameful, I would be ashamed to offer a product like this.

About the report quality price without being able to compare it with other seems pointless.
My goal is the sound quality so I'm not dcu, those for the stability and to interface with them may (will) dcus. If I'm told that there is no better in these prices then I would make the same choice, but if there's possibility to have something stable ca change my life a little eh ...