All user reviews for the M-Audio Firewire 410

CHARACTERISTICS: see website
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What caught my attention are the 8 outputs, I could use my console to the mix and of course ProTools. Because I do not think to move to Mac for the moment, and installation of PT + digi cards on a PC is fairly tedious task that does not MRIT that loses its energy. When I need to spend a TDM or HD I will consider buying a mac. A properly configured PC competes handily with the mac.

Too bad for only 2 input, 4 t have the minimum for a map of the CATEGORY.

Use home studio and making pro

Config: see profile + Acer 2GHz Pentium M, chip intel/2Go Ram / XP

Use with portable and fixed on a Soundcraft Studio LC (16 channels in / line). Connects 4-pin FireWire and PCMCIA 6-pin (+ qd same transformer) in 6-pin to desktop PC (no transformer)
Voice recording, guitars, bass, instrumental world

UTILIZATION

Installation is hassle-free, up to the very important day because I did not beginners Access in the Sampling Freq. and a concern with internal sync, it dcrochait. Strange bugs. It's back to normal after Maj. (now) -2 pts

No icompatibilit but I'm still rest on intel chip (north and south)

Config relatively simple, for who knows how to work a console. The re-re with zero latency functionality is quite fragile (see after)

No manual ncssaire. The drivers are installed like any other peripherals.

GETTING STARTED

Drivers fairly stable, I had 2-3 dcrochement in re-re with a lot of tracks in reading, but it was quite rare.

Are they often put day? I did not check too often ..

Use of Nuendo (Audio + Vido), PT, Reason, samplers, and various MIDI (virtual instruments etc.)

Latency turns around 40ms

2 track record at the same time, I have not had the opportunity to try the S / PDIF, playing a 20 + audio tracks 3-4 returns effects, honorable, I never had tural problems in view of the machine.

For there against a big deal about the quality of internal management and I / O I have the impression that serious I / O are not standardized. In between there is a line saturation Converto fast enough even at low rev paradoxically, according to his desire. The pre-amp not pay mine, and it goes from time to time there are words like click below. XLR connectors fragile.

Using the zero-latency: yes, but for overdubs, it's pretty average. Yes they had to agree to play live .. But above another guitar or the drum .. aye aye is not pro at all. That said the two headphone jacks are great, the infinite knob dfois freeze, reboot ncessite, not pro either.

OVERALL OPINION

I used almost a year, the number of the chosen output silent what I was looking with a PT, c'tait nickel.:

+: 8 outputs, firewire, ProTools

-: Converto A / D and D / A saturates too fast, too low headroom, regardless of reserves in
dynamic, it lacks analog inputs supplmentaires 2. Latency could
down a little, considering the price and competitors.

I regret my Layla24 in Echo PCI card (first model) for a few years ago, it just perfectly silent, but the money does not grow on trees yet. I have left of the right Coastal and Digi002 888, motu 828 and I had an Alesis Multimix its release:

Conclusion:

I went from Tascam (US-1641), 4ms latency to a minimum and a password alone, no stumbles, it just makes music, too bad for PT at the moment, I made ​​a little edit above.
The Alesis Multimix of silent VERY stable, she dpann well before 410. but hey it was a bit heavy transport.
Echo Layla 24, no Submitted Moreover, it is not comparable pro M-Audio.

I do not remake the decision to invest in M-audio, but for beginners and get your feet it can be pretty good. Edirol also works well if not better even, but I have not used directly

I bought it because my old M-Audio (OmniStudio) n'tait not compatible with Mac OS X.5 I bought.

4 inputs (2 and 2 pramps line) but not used at the same time.
8 mono outputs. 2 headphone outputs with knob indpendant. Firewire connection.

Usage: taken from his / mix in home studio and some live. I made the decision-scratching, bass and singing with.

UTILIZATION

I use Logic Studio 8. The driver works trs well, but it is better to plug in before launching Logic.

There are 4 inputs but can only record two tracks at the same time (for each company must choose between mic and line, we can not have the 2 at the same time).

Never had a desire to mix a couple of tracks at the same time.

GETTING STARTED

The install and config are easy.

The two headphone outputs with indpendantes knob are pretty cool and allows the driver to route each output (a total of eight) in each headphone ... or not (like the total mix RME). It's quite convenient for the live o you put the click in the headphones of all but the drummer and click Output faade.

OVERALL OPINION

I'm going to change because I want to spend the range suprieure (RME Fireface 800) but I'll keep it to carry around in the BPS or live.

The pramps are nice but not exceptional either, they will not ring your micro low-end but to scratch it is largely good.

With exprience so I Rasht, especially at the price of the argus today for less than 100 euros for a given connection is also rich.

I had already bought a second FW410 for my studio in town (Win7 64 bit) before problems start with the first (on XP) driver disappears repeatedly for no apparent reason and technicians / advisors on M-Audio can not solve the pb.

Then it happens on the second too. And now it does not work at all.

It's been four years, with a few "updates" (the last dating from 2009) without changing anything - if not it gets worse, period!

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable? Not at all.

They are often updated? No.

What software do you use most often? Sound Forge Pro 10

What you get lag? I have not looked. No apparent.

How many tracks you get to record / playback simultaneously? 8, when it works (it's 2-in, 8-out)

GETTING STARTED

The installation is done it without problems? In 2 times. A bit odd.

Have you experienced any incompatibilities? Conflict, especially between different software or different sampling rates. For such a map is poor. Most cards do not have this problem supermarket.

Config and manual without problems

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it? 4 years and 3 years (I have two. Woe!)

What is so special that you like most and least? Plus: Firewire. The least: It regularly falls down, to overturn the studio sessions and so on.

Have you tried many other models before buying it? Before, yes.

How would you rate the quality / price? It's not worth € 10.

With experience, you do again this choice? Rather be cleaner toilets.

I use a PC: 2.5 ghz pentium dual core with 2G of ram.
I get to read about twenty audio tracks at the same time (I have not tried more) no worries.

UTILIZATION

It can happen that you start the PC the driver does not start, you must restart the pc and it reparti.cela said, it happens very rarely.
I have a latency of 14 milliseconds. (very low).
I find the preamps pretty good.
2 headphone jacks (nice)
I use the output fiber optic monitor of digital roland: nikel
I tested the acquisition fiber with the Vox ToneLab Guitar: nikel

GETTING STARTED

on the other hand out there I used 10 2or 4 max, others I do not use
I would have preferred additional entries, but both inputs are good enough as long as you do not save a live.

OVERALL OPINION

I am very happy to use my home studio.
produces very good quality / price ratio.

What characteristics have motivated your choice?
The quality of materials, price, ability to record two tracks simultaneously and especially robustness.

With which instruments or systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) do you use the connection and how?

I use it as part of a home studio and for live recently. it is plugged in firewire 800 Special mac and no problems at this level. It works on logic 9.

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

I used it initially for private and professional projects for now, the realization of film music.
The sound card is running a macbook pro with 4-core i7, 2 external hard drives, Logic studio pro 9, Neumann microphones and microphone blue (Sparks and Blue bird) Monitors KRK Rockit and M-Audio 30AV, mixer and Pre Berheinger amp Avalon.J 've managed to connect it parallel to my PC running Cubase for pre mastering for MSPs. Several plugins, KOMPLETE AND EAST WEST 7.

Rating: 7 / 10

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable? What software do you use most often? How many tracks you get to record / playback simultaneously?

The drivers are fairly stable in logic. It is possible to simultaneously record two tracks (micro or line).
Small flat, there is almost never updated drivers.
I have almost no lag at all even in logic, when I use it with a PC mounted by me, no lag, either with cubase.

Rating: 7 / 10

GETTING STARTED

The installation is done it without problems?
We must clearly follow the process mandated by the manufacturer if we come up against blockages. But once properly installed, there is no problem in general.

The general configuration is easy?
It's simple enough even it could have been much better at this level.

Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
Not especially because of incompatibilities I generally the same route.

The manual is clear and sufficient?
The book is insightful my faith, even if I had to do without it pretty quickly.

6 / 10

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it?
Nearly two and a half years now.

Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Not really to be honest. I have long read and make comparisons between materials.

What is so special that you like most and least?
The interesting quality pre amps without breaking the bank, but above all plug the card and turn it on before turning on the computer, otherwise if you plug it in so-called plug and play, there is one chance in two that the mac makes a black screen, or a mass effect in the monitors that requires a reboot.

How would you rate the quality / price?
The value for money is interesting, I was able to produce compositions which pass to the international decision-making my voice from my home and going to mix in a professional studio, the sound engineer who never had problems with sound quality. I have seen and tested without finding more money after this quality.

With experience, you do again this choice?
I do it again this election if I found a lot more entries and especially with constant SHIFT drivers to refresh things.


7 / 10

What technical specifications motivated your choice?
The number of out-

Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DTD ...) do you use the connection and how? ...
-I uses a multi pair symtrique Jack to connect the sound card multi track my console

For what purpose?
Use in-home studio and live

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable?
-Yes

Are they often put day?
I put them both a day

What software do you use most often?
-Cubase, Ableton live, SoundForge

What you get lag?
Low-latency

GETTING STARTED

Installation is no problem it?
IT is the point where I just galr! (New to the era) a description of the installation in the manual did not reflect at all the raction of my computer. Jme remembers trying to install it several times before in Russia, since the installation has never changed (even when 6 years old DJ!)

Gnrale configuration is easy?
-Once you get the hang of hands, yes

The manual is clear and sufficient?
-Boff

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it?
- More than 6 years

Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
Non-

How do you report qualitprix?
Trs-good

My choice was motivated by this card because I needed an interface that links my machines and FL or Reason on PC!
I had a card with a latency in MIDI sync as low as possible, here it is found, Firewire 410!

2entrées and 2 outputs would have enough, but it offers even more ... 4E/6S

This is significant if used by a multi-behind! Very handy!

I use the M-Audio Firewire 410 with one of the most common firewire cable, a power supply (12VDC 1000mA) or self powered via the cable, the power supply blow goodbye ^ ^

For I / O Cable Jack / Jack 6.35mm are used

UTILIZATION

Drivers findable on the site of manufacturers are very stable and work with other software, the ASIO drivers work perfectly associated with this interface and the rest of the equipment I use with.

I said a PC / MAC last generation is not at all obligatory, all other PC / MAC, or laptop, just with a Firewire port can run with no problems and all the interface that There's behind it, so no need to ruin the best to buy, any machine can easily fill are modest role, and the interface offrera still close to 0ms latency

GETTING STARTED

Install 'of drivers as easy as pie

General very simple config

M-Audio program is fairly simple to take control

No incompatibilities encountered

And not need the manual, the few times I went to find some answers on the forums of AF

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for less than one year and no problems, perfect little gem that we delivered by M-Audio ....

This was my first audio interface, with Firewire is much faster and stable, and this is significantly lower latency compared to USB 2.0 interfaces

The characteristic I like most are self supply of the interface via the Firewire cable, I / O well enough for beginners and pros, and, of course, virtually latency / no view of the sound card!
I could not find a negative point, completely satisfied with all that this interface can provide!

The value for money is very very good, I highly recommend considering the price, especially in time, very affordable, and the number of benefits that this brings interface!

Materials at low cost to pro competition one more brilliantly, and other more expensive brands on the market!

All in all, very nice work on the part of M-Audio, Bravo!

Scne and use of home-studio
I have a notebook with Intel Core Quad 2.4 ghz
3 M Ram

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable and put rgulirement day, I work on Windows 7 32-bit, Sonar X1 and rolls

GETTING STARTED

The installation is no problem, very easy to use, no need for manual or elsewhere pedro

OVERALL OPINION

Trs good report quality price, the sound recording is good, I use it for more than six years without a failure in prcisant that I use on scne so she changed much .
Voil product that I recommend and I Rasht no problem.

Choice of this model to its full connectivity, and overall performance as a function of price.

Used on a PC (today) quadricore, 4 gb ram, dd TO 7200tpm, etc.. Cubase and Komplete, with an Axiom 49, a micro m-audio luna, and a keyboard Rolan FP5.

computer music "semiprofessional" miking acoustic and midi instruments, pseudo-house production ...

UTILIZATION

The drivers are relatively stable, but do not load the mule! Or do not often change pc: she likes it. On the other hand, they are not updated frequently: once every 2 years?

Software used: Cubase essentially Komplete 6 and 7.

Number of tracks: I sui not a glutton, I used to max 20, and holds up the card reading (that is abused by greedy with effects on it)

The latency depends greatly on the size of buffer:
suddenly, when I save, I choose very small sizes, and latency falls below 10 ms.
When I export my song, I choose a maximum size, latency no longer intervenes.

GETTING STARTED

Installation is a delicate moment, we must respect the order: first, Cubase, then after (...) M-Audio.

The manual is brief, and I believe in pdf. The general config is simple, but for a beginner, it is opaque! FY thank you for helping me to understand.

I have not encountered any incompatibilities.

OVERALL OPINION

I have since 2005. This is my first external interface (before I worked with sound cards built into the motherboard: FRO).

The feature I like most: his range of connection and even excessive for my modest needs.
I like the least: some instability and crashes.

The value seems excellent, I think above this target m-audio is the first step aim pro world. If we do not afford the cards (and products) m-audio are very valid:
especially today-hand, one can find less than 100 € a case on me!

With the experience? I have no other experience ... In any case, I do not regret this purchase: thanks to him, I was able to climb several steps in my career Apprenticeship Maoist!

Compact, with 8 separate output, I use for my live sets.

UTILIZATION

Vista drivers not stable, won easily with effects "lofi" horrible when you start working with a lot of resources.
The drivers are not updated often, but the last seem to hold water.

GETTING STARTED

And easy installation without too much trouble, the general config is simple, but there are too many options which I do not use ever. I have not read the manual ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 years, every day.
At one point during the transition to a new operating system, I had many problems with this card, inadvertent stall, pops, and then at a vista Maj Maj and with the drivers everything is back to normal order. The preamps are pretty good bill. on the other hand light blue ultra powerful LED is really unpleasant in a room ...
I had a Tascam 224 U before it is not the same cam, the 410 is far superior in features. But for 450euros at the time, it is expensive for a card that has only 2 mono input, not really great to catch sounds, and then its incompatibility issues with my laptop was a pain in Largely because of the firewire and drivers.
If I had known I would have opted for a model with more inputs, more stable, despite everything I'm using it still today, it works well without too many problems, it is handy for live, but for my studio work I aim now a more pro like RME. I save!

technical characteristics that motivated my choice:
FireWire mainly.

with what instruments / for what purpose:
vocal microphone + microphone for instrument miking
midi keyboard to control the vst
Table Tascam US-428 to drive cubase sx3

config:
Laptop, 2.4Ghz, 1.5GB Ram, 7200 RPM IDE drive, enclosure Behringer Truth B2031

UTILIZATION

drivers are stable?
yes

What software do you use the most?
cubase sx3 & acoustic piano vst

What latency?
7.8m, I think we can do better with my hardware, but it suits me perfectly (I say that I am a pianist and I work my instrument like this)

How many tracks do you manage to record / playback simultaneously?
I've never recorded one track at a time; cons by reading, I often had occasion to read a lot (audio and MIDI together) and I've never encountered any problems.

GETTING STARTED

Installation is done it without problems?
yes

Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
not

the general pattern is easy?
yes

the manual is clear and sufficient?
ha good? there a manual? ben ... 'Not needed.

OVERALL OPINION

How long do you use?
10 years

What is so special that you like best?
the multitude of connections and their simplicity

have you tried many other models before buying?
no, no

How would you rate the quality / price?
a bit expensive perhaps (that's my next cheapskate)

with experience, would you do this election?
Perhaps, but since the time he had to get out of their cards on the market ... So I studied the competing models!

Compact - sturdy and easy to use
I use it as an external sound card for my iMac.

The sounds of my 11 synths (expanders and keyboards), my Z4 sampler pass through the 410 via a Soundcraft table which "feeds" two Tapco S5.

410 is plugged into the firewire on the Mac.


UTILIZATION

Very stable drivers that I update once a year but I honestly do not see the difference.
I use my songs Record and include an average of 12 audio tracks.

Zero latency.

GETTING STARTED

I loaded the software, follow the directions clear and precise, the 410 put on and everything worked!

Originally used on Emac, I also used Dell laptop PC, and now on Imac.

Always the same result - it works!

OVERALL OPINION

Purchased in 2005 from memory, I've never used anything else.

It is compact, robust, attractive and reliable.
I have nothing to reproach him.

Difficult to talk about value for money. At the time I wanted to equip myself. I'm not looking to spend.

In hindsight, I would do this choice without hesitation, although I am not aware of the latest technologies in the field!

The M-Audio Firewire 410 is an audio interface that has two microphone preamps and can record two tracks at once. In addition to the mic pres, it has two 1/4 inch inputs as well as eight 1/4 inch line outputs. It has two firewire ports, ADAT optical connections, a MIDI input and output, and S/PDIF ins and outs. It is powered by the 9 volt power supply that comes with it. I have run the M-Audio Firewire 410 on a Mac Book Pro that has a 2.2 Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM and have run it with an M-Powered version of Pro Tools.


UTILIZATION

With the M-Audio Firewire 410 you are able to record two tracks simultaneously no matter if you'd like to use the mic preamps or the 1/4 inch connections. I haven't had any latency issues with this interface, but with these type of firewire interfaces this really has more to do with your computer than the audio interface itself. The preamps are decent sounding, but are definitely nothing to write home about.



GETTING STARTED

This audio interface has always run pretty smoothly for as long as I have used it as I've never had any real issues with it. I only use this interface when I want to record on the go and can't bring my whole set up, so I don't use it all the time. The make up of the M-Audio Firewire 410 isn't complicated at all as all of the knobs and buttons are laid out conviently and easy to find. The features include the basic controls including gain knobs for the preamps as well as a pad for each and a mic/line toggle buttons. It also has two 1/4 inch headphones outputs and an assignable level control section. The manual for the M-Audio Firewire 410 is complete and thorough and while I never had much use for it, if you are a beginner and this is your first audio interface, I would definitely recommend having it around.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had the M-Audio Firewire 410 for about two years and I use it as a supplement to my Pro Tools rig so I can bring it around if I need to record on the go. It is a very reasonably priced audio interface and it is nice to be able to run it with some sort of version of Pro Tools, even if it isn't LE or HD. This is really a perfect audio interface for the user who wants something cheap to get some ideas down or to get their feet wet with recording. This isn't the most well made piece of gear out there, but it gets the job done at a cheap price that makes it a viable option for people with all budgets.

This card has incredible features for the price. You can read the specs.

Price paid: ~$300

UTILIZATION

Very easy to get started using, easy to use control panel, lots of routing options. The manual is good too. I'm using this with an HP Pavilion P-4 2.8GHZ laptop, with 512mb of ram and an 80gig 4400RPM drive, and I can get around 8ms latency with the ASIO drivers with no dropouts. The website mentions 6-pin firewire, but 4-pin firewire works fine too, you just have to power the device with the included AC adaptor.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers don't work so well with my configuration, unfortunately. I e-mailed tech support 2 days ago but haven't heard back. When using the ASIO drivers, sometimes audio will just stop. Switching to the DirectX driver solves the problem, but after awhile this driver too will stop functioning, at which point switching back to the ASIO driver solves the problem. Very annoying. I'm giving M-Audio the benefit of the doubt at this point as I suspect it is just a bug in the drivers, but it's unsuitable for live performance at this point. This issue also locked up my system at one point, and I lost some work, which was quite upsetting as I've never dealt with these type of issues before. Guess I just need to start saving more often. I've only had the unit for a few days so I haven't lost all hope yet.

OVERALL OPINION

Very clear! I'm very impressed with the sound quality of this unit. The overall output of the unit could be a bit higher, but I was previously using a Seasound Solo EX, which is quite loud. This unit has much better sound quality than the Seasound.

Overall, if my problems are resulting from a driver issue, and the driver issue is resolved, I will be very happy with my purchase. If it's not, I'll be quite disappointed as I really like this unit, but I'll probably end up selling it.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown (January 2-, 2003)