All user reviews for the M-Audio Firewire 410

I use it with an electric guitar directly plugged into an input device. I am not a professional musician, I play a lot, for fun.

I was looking for an interface that allows me to register both in good condition and replace my amp with me offering me the opportunity to connect Rapidos and easily provide full sound.

The 410 is connected to a tower PIV 2.4 Ghz (XP SP2), a G0 RAM, I have not dedicated to music but this remains the priority application (the PC is "slightly" configured).

UTILIZATION

Easy installation, no problem. Driver taken to the site M-Audio.

I had before my old soundblaster live off via the control panel, without turning on the motherboard.

The 410 is configured via a control panel rather complete but requires a small learning curve, which seems perfectly normal.

Manuel very succinct but do we really need? The 410 is intuitive, it is doing fine without.

GETTING STARTED

As mentioned earlier, driver recovered at the site of M Audio. It dates from October 2005, not updated since but no crash, no conflict found so far.

When recording, I use Ableton Live and Pro-Tools. I also use plugins for my stand alone plug and play quickly.

I have not calculated the latency. In fact I forgot what it meant. It is perfectly inaudible.

At the moment I turned the three tracks at a time, no problem.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a month and a half.

The 410 revolutionized the way I play music.
Before, I was going through a big amp, compact, correct, but its very limited level. There, I plug in my guitar, I choose my sounds, I invented, I play, I create a rhythm track, I improvise on it, I record or not ... is happiness!
Rapidos I play through Guitar Rig, which has a handy feature stand alone, with an integrated magneto to be able to easily and improvisation of beef with yourself

The sound quality is excellent but obviously depends on many plugin employees. With Guitar Rig, clean sounds / crunches are monstrous. AmpliTube preference for Satus, while high quality even if it still faces the problem inherent in the blast plugin (which can be reduced by moving).

The raw sound of the 410 complies with the tone of my guitar. Anyway, I never hear it because I always pass by a plugin ...

I have not tried one before. I toured the forums and seek advice from a musician friend, it pro.

I just said, the 410 has completely changed my way of thinking about music in offering me the opportunity to play and create quick, easy and excellent acoustic conditions.

I could not do without and still wonder how I was to live without!

This card-style at first, I direct hearts: compatibility protools/2pr-ampli mic / phantom power, ct the dream for my budget ...
"I use Windows XP Pro / Athlon XP 2400/512mo Ram 3GHZ
Nova-Mic / Keyboard USB Matre
Cubase Vst-32/SX 3/Sonar 4/Nuendo ...

UTILIZATION

Manual-help! The intallation easy, ok, but I was kind of changing my firewire port twice because of Bond gt 3x turn my pc it works! Gt really dfcu, j 'even wanted to cry, thank you!

GETTING STARTED

No problem running this card latency trs well, but only when it works! Everything works ok, but only as it works? But for this price (329eur), you think we can afford to wait it is ok to walk? really ...?

OVERALL OPINION

-O I made a week, not feel like it burns in me, and then an internal card vo mieu!

Config:
PB G4 1.67 Ghz, 2 GB RAM
FW 410
Pro Tools 3.0 Reason 7.1 + MPowered
Micro Pro + B2 Berhinger Samson Q mic

Mac has a beautiful hand, nothing special.
I was looking for work on Pro Tools and Firewire.

UTILIZATION

Trouble-free Mac OS X or Windows XP

GETTING STARTED

Latency, although supposedly weak, is audible and teachers.

No possibility to monitor fawn MBox (it costs a mix between the input and output so dfinier same, great practice)

APRS a year and use plutt cool, fake contacts appeared on one of the two headphone jacks.
Otherwise nothing particlier, from a big concern of breath and wheezing.

Not too audible if not push the gain background eavec a dynamic microphone.

But then, with 48 V, OUCHHHHHH!

I thought my c'tait Berhinger B2 Pro, so I snobb qqs time.

By reading this review on Audiofanzine micro, I thought that this silent mic not that bad and that ct not normal to have a souflle frequency drives and so acute horrible.

Small test is needed, I unplug the XLR sound card, and I push back the gain. Big breath
And turn on the 48 V.

Disgusting!!

Everything has to say that pramps are gg and I will sell this card, find one another and keep my B2 Pro.

OVERALL OPINION

And then finally m'nerve be blocked because of M_Audio in Pro Tools.
Anyway, I knew by signing ....

Nothing more to say than the other

UTILIZATION

Simple, just follow the instructions (and especially not connect aveant we tell you!)

GETTING STARTED

DO NOT USE WITH OR EQUIPMENT NEC MOTHERBOARD VIA IS INCONSISTENT. Just visit the support site of M-Audio (well done incidentally) to understand that if you have the hardware in question you are not ready to get away. I followed all their advice (even more risky, such redraw the BIOS) I always click to read CDs and DVDs and stalls in enregistrment while scrolling a track reading. I am very sad

OVERALL OPINION

Qu'ordi on something with VIA motherboard is great

I wanted a small external card for my laptop to avoid using the AC97 chipset pourri of Acer 1363wlmi. I'm not! But beware, in the words of another person, there are problem with VIA chipsets. I had cuts to beginners ds I wanted to play a virtual instrument or even play a single audio track. APRS moult research, I found what was wrong. Just disable the Energy Management in Control Panel / Systm / hardware. Now it's nickel! This small external interface gives me satisfaction Entire.

UTILIZATION

Installation smoothly. As a letter in the mail. Incompatibility with VIA chipset but rgl (see above).

GETTING STARTED

I have not encountered the problem of drivers. It looks stable and mr.
I use Sonar 4 for the ride. Nickel! Latency is good but not exceptional. The internal PCI cards are much better. On my config (a Sempron 64 3 ghz) I can play 7-8 instruments (virtual analog synths mostly) before getting dcrochages of intensive use of CPU.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for several months. I like its simplicity of installation, quality of sound, stable drivers. The report qualitprix is ​​good, nothing more. If c'tait again, I would reiterate the MODEL or other models of m-audio because they make quality sound cards.

Hello all

Here is a year 1 / 2 I use the FW410, I had chosen for mobile use in seeking a good qualitprix.
I use it both for the creation of audio / midi in live (or live broadcast: music for pieces of thatre notemment)
The first interest I found that being the ability to spread thanks to the 8 analog outputs.

I use a PowerBook G4 with 1GB of ram, and especially Logic 7.

UTILIZATION

No problem with OSX installed and used, although the manual that came shining through its vagueness and its useless.

GETTING STARTED

No problem with stability and drivers, no problems with the time of existence that is small enough to be forgotten.
J'apprcie also the possibility of routing of the interface that allows a direct monitoring Zro latency (very useful for acoustic instruments or voice).

OVERALL OPINION

The big default:
the reliability.

I tried three FW410 (with the same config and the same driver):
On the first MIDI was not working.
On the 2nd of the big problems of breath and plays, especially with the phantom power supply on.
On the 3rd, finally, all is well ... except ...
... Except that after a year's loose connection: bad contacts in the two headphone jacks, one input and outputs 1 / 2, 3 / 4 and 7 / 8!! Zt yet I took care of my stuff: I have a proof for Akai EWI for over 15 years and it still works.

It turns out that this card is not suitable for mobile use and should remain permanently connected in the same config, which is of course no!

In short, I deprecated this card. Too bad ...

Firewire

for the home studio

I use a mac pro and logic

at the beginning I used in optics, but I got tired of the cracks so I went back to the analogy

UTILIZATION

No problem installing everything is nickel!

But I bought it there a year and a half and I neither know anything at all!! but it is very simple (except for setting the sample rate I galr I did not know this stuff!)

GETTING STARTED

Trs the last stable drivers SHIFT is very well ....

I use it with Logic 7

I get a good recording of audio tracks with 20in 7 midi track (instrument logic very greedy in CPU)

OVERALL OPINION

Since a year and a half

what I like most is prices are for what it offers!

what I like least is that there are only two input ...

yes 2 more ...

Q / P honestly very good ... there is a year and a half was fine, but now there is competition!!

yeah! This is great to start but I'll change it because I want better, but it's a good sound card trs for a beginner or quelqun that seeks to work anywhere!

I use it with the Live
I entered it serves to connect the m-audio axilire on my mixer
entered it in and out on my table

UTILIZATION

Install driver plug and voila
I recommend the big cable (plus chai posse)
I've had no problem j

GETTING STARTED

No problem of driver
never had a sukkah

OVERALL OPINION

I used the last three months I've had the opportunity of a 250 euro
j frankly have read al the critical era (just after the purchase have) and I got a little scared It's been 3 dj sound card that I ssaill and I got a little "bou ... "
but since I have the THERE is nothing which is described here that c produces:
dfaillence no driver
no input or out damaging yet I not address that well ...
all worked great ...
good if not J have the intention to buy a comprsseur amlirer sound because it sounds ass not analog (like all the sound card).
the only small sukkah c the volume of output will decline in the boot (a penssais mount every time the light Vou)
c hardware not pro either but when c mm a big step for the music dmocratisation lctronique personal thanks to this card stinks up j have a group that advances lctro dub a lot without the need for a great budjet.
Y is tired WHETHER always the most FRICA WHICH CAN MAKE THE MUSIC !!!!!!

The technical features that motivated my choice for FireWire 410:
What I like are the two inputs and phantom power supply more particularly the two headphone outputs are convenient for mobile use. That can be used with this card pro_tools.Mais actually I have big problems with registration, I have crackling and dropouts.
What use?
To mock and / or to make def music, sounds to mount on pro-tools on the movies.
My config?
I have an ASUS F3J series laptop: cpu Duo T2500: 2 G of ram and 120 g of memory.

Instruments?
I record with a RODE NT1 and with a sm57 and a sm58, as I plug the card directly on bass and electric guitar. I have a silent keyboard to order MIDI.

UTILIZATION

The installation was done without problème.Sauf I reinstalled the drivers to make sure that my problem was not there.
Incompatibilities? Not everything works except recording.
Configuration rule is quite easy
The manual?
Ok

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are stable until the recording picks
I have updated regularly.
The software I use, Cubase, Vega (the range Sony) for mounting image in particular.
Latency is 7202 ms I think it's going cad to register with the internal monitoring without going through an external mixing desk.
I can only record two tracks simultaneously and when it works, it works ...
I can read a lot of tracks, I think I had a project with more than 30 tracks.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year and a half, but I use it really config recording studio for a month.
I love everything in it when it is operating normally.
No I have not tried other model before buying it but I got advice from friends who use it.
Good value: price again if it works.
I think I would do this choice but mainly I will test the early days and I will use the warranty.

I bought this card to go with my laptop (Sony FS 115 M).
I wanted to record anywhere, enjoy the ASIO drivers and Cubase everywhere (of course wherever there are at least one battery or a power outlet.
I use it sometimes in my home studio to enjoy the silence of the laptop (my tower is quite noisy, and sometimes recorded in the same room may prove to be synonymous with unwanted presence on the record)

UTILIZATION

I installed the card without any concern as well as subsequent updates, I've never been a hitch. the control panel and the hardware interface can be used in a very intuitive manner sufficient to avoid using the PDF manual.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are extremely stable, the latency of 5 ms is negligible 44,100 Hz No problem of integration into Cubase SX2, SX3, Cubase 4.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for more than two years, I'm very happy, it makes me services that I the destination.
Lightweight, compact, quality converters very honorable, reasonable price, this card combines the strengths and does what is asked of him rather brilliantly.
Little more valuable: its two inputs headphone!
It seems obvious that given all the praise that I wrote about it as I have no regrets and I would do this choice with his eyes closed.
PS: I do not understand the negative opinion if others on this site, apparently they must have fallen on machines manufactured on a Monday.

- What characteristics have motivated your choice? The number of inputs and output for this award, as well as the recommendations of the seller.

- For what purpose? Making coffee, and then record some synthesizers, microphones, singing, guitars etc..

- What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)? Today MacBook Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz 2GB DDR2. Before, HP Notebook Intel Centrino 1.8 ghz 512 ram.

Specific level, this small is not too bad. However, I completely agree with the comment of the test. It has 4 inputs but not really very useful 2. Too bad. Otherwise it has what it takes.

UTILIZATION

No problem at all.

GETTING STARTED

Using impeccable since the beginning! Only minor complaint, either on my old laptop or on my new Mac, I occasionally have to go in the driver control of the map to re-engage the output ... he says he is sending the sound but nothing. Just click again to make it work. That way it does not look like much ... but when you're live to the world and play on your t'appuis sequencer .... and that there is no sound ... your air con ... "I still miiiinnnnce forgotten!" Certainly you do not lose that 30 seconds, but you're nothing to stress. Finally there I quibble a bit anyway ..... ^ ^

Otherwise it runs the steak .....

OVERALL OPINION

So I use it for 1 year and I had no problems (except the small detail recounted above). It seems that quite a few people have had problems with this card (grilled, breakdowns, etc.).

I have come across the director M-Audio France and I told him about the many echoes. It has indeed been a lot of dissatisfaction returns on this map, but he noted that in general, arrived on the problematic situation the devices connected to computers "cheap", very often with a Firewire port of poor quality . Basically, this card can be more sensitive than average (hard to tell), but if you have the hardware quality, it should not be a problem. With my HP, never had a concern, and not with the Mac (besides the return rate of SAV this card when used Mac is small it seems)
I have not tried other models before, so for sound quality, I can not say too much. For me it has a good sound. The ratio Q / P seems to me correct, I just was disappointed by the actual number of entries.

With experience, so I think I would do this choice. This card follows me without flinching for 1 year. It allowed me to save anywhere how ...

I have 20 inch intel imac
logig pro 7.2
Final Cut Pro

Dpart to look entirely consistent in my home studio and need the price a year ago parraissait quite reasonable. At this time she also decline.

UTILIZATION

Reccurence problem of updated drivers.
Problem of logic in dcrochage permanent. Instabillit growing in final cut (to enjoy videos of the projects in progress)

About the ultimate contradictory instructions for use, and the little red paper cal well in the bottom of the box that informs the happy acqureur the possible non tolrence of 410 with other p riphriques firewire.

Video capture demand for more flexibility and ease of use, acquired a dde ==> and patatra dcrochage systmatique.

In the end sound card unusable.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are compltement unstable.

OVERALL OPINION

Just over a year. Warranty over.

Certainly I would do it at all this choice.

What motivated my choice: A Quality Sound, 8 analog outputs (for live electronic music), double headphone.

Usage: Home Studio, Live act.

UTILIZATION

Quick installation, but the firewire connection as I advise you to read the instructions carefully so as not to burn the FW port.

GETTING STARTED

Shame!

M-Audio hardware is the good quality but the drivers do not follow.

Example difiant with Firewire 410: We are almost in 2008 and the drivers are not vista that the Beta version so that the system is available for technical teams + a year.
Rsultat: Many bugs are Submitted audios, especially with software like Ableton Live.

Apparently the Firewire 410 is far from being a priority at M-Audio.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years.

Most: A Quality audio, Pr-amp correct in that price range, Double headphone.
The -: Drivers mdiocres, rarely updated by M-Audio.

The quality-price ratio could be excellent if the drivers for the Firewire 410 taient meet the requirements of software operation, or M-Audio does not seem it proccuper.

With the exprience I will not repeat that choice and direct me to other solutions, especially to another brand that shows a more professional about the rigorous monitoring of these products because M-Audio is far behind ct of re l.

- For what purpose?
I use the firewire for the beatmaking of hiphop!
with Reason 4 and Cubase SX3!
I find her very well for this use in midi
and audio side is really nice! (for a good quality sound using a small preamp)
few problems at the beginning driver but since everything is going!

- What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
PC: Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz CPU, 1GB of ram! nothing grand but its tune very well yet!
apara had some problems with it but not me!
I am a chanceu (jme swells a little there)

- Which instruments and systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) do you use the connection and how?
I use a master keyboard in the axiom 25 and two small audio monitoring from M SO (AV40)! I get an excellent latency around 10ms!

UTILIZATION

- The installation is done it without problems?
no problem but need to know if a little bit anyway!
What me this is my first sound card ...

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
for my part in more than 6 months of use!
it won once ...

OVERALL OPINION

- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Yes and no because it's a good sound card!
but the trouble is that I no longer entered besion of microphones!
So in j'compte changed to something with that MIDI and monitoring!
so if somebody struts interessant!
I sell 170euros firm price!
with all the bundled software, drivers without the box!
(I'm upside down on your own in a package well protected!)
Moreover, it is still under warranty!