All user reviews for the M-Audio Firewire 410

- What technical specifications motivated your choice?
quality price! and also separated out! (Purchased in July 2004)
- For what purpose?
home studio / concerts
- What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
macboook pro intel core 2 duo 2G2 (recently) OSX 10.5
before
12 inch mac powerbookG4 proce 1g ram osx inflated 1G2 1O.3

- Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
all instruments, voice I / O box live on Di

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- Installation is it without problem?
orii!

- Have you experienced any incompatibility?
yes when I want to reinstall on my old mac powerbookG4 10.3 APRS use on another Mac 10.5 (this is the only problem)
information for drivers are on m audio download (and put regulieremnt days)
- The configuration gnrale is easy?
yes!
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ..
I remember! July 2004 date

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
super stable!
use of the DS 410 the Sahara! no problem (on mac)
+ + + Fifty concerts! for now a roll

- What software do you use most often?
Reason (2.5/3/4) protoolsmpowered now and Logic Express 8

- What you get lag?
bit with Logic and Reason

- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? ..
in general I record track by track
for reading and I have not checked yet!

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
for 3 years and a half passbr />
- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
the more its strong impact on travel and
least the entries = plastic

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
not on my system

- How do you report qualitprix?
from the time she baissbr /> for my part I have already paid!
if it is still on the market is reassuring !!!!!!!!!

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
from the time! 2004 Now! marks progress but have M audio can be faithful to me!

N not buy this card is good for first but after 3 months it is completely the west three times in different SAV 3pannes
once it works once its not working
After seeing it work and rapidly making its not working
the immedia is a horror

council does not like me
I know c estfacile to say but better buy a little more expensive and do not have, and c is the same for all m audio accessories

M c audio is a bit of Lidle's cheap but no taste

Matt

UTILIZATION

A leak

GETTING STARTED

To avoid

OVERALL OPINION

Forget

There's everything you need in e / s for a small home studio, even if more than two physical inputs have not seen tons of refuse that I have nothing to use the spdif.

A priori, it is solid: it has 4 years I believe I am the owner of this troisime soundcard that VCU and moves a lot (former owner techno DJ), and two from three scratch, it is impeccable!

Uses in its direct HS pramps instrumentals for static and dynamic microphones and sometimes also to plug in a small mixer rpeter.

UTILIZATION

No problem installing, be it on XP Self-powered via firewire with my round (TI chipset, as prconis or Vista with my laptop in 4-pin (Dell Vostro 1510, chipset?) . I have a friend with same test on his macbook, of course no problemo.

Parc software that came with a little anecdote (or light versions of dmo) dj nice but probably for beginners.

GETTING STARTED

Stable drivers, there's also a new version last month. Their customer service email plutt is nice, for a technical question about the mix they rpondu me in two days and then followed a small, even for me as far from being the first buyer. This small software / driver is also pretty damn, we begin to be a world a little "pro", was good!

I use Live and Protools m-powered + lots of plugs, all it takes to compose and record easily without worries. Gnrale latency (in + out) perfect for recording in CD quality, in 10ms, so no audible latency to the beats of plugs, and if I live in rpeter monitoring. I increase the latency mixing on projects heavier, say from 8-track, and I have no problem sticking a lot of software in the mix. Just be careful if you go up the frquence (96khz style) and if you add plug on configs muscles too, as a saturated course faster, but I do not use it eventually the dj is the quality as it is. Anyway, it works well if you know how to use its hardware.

The sound is good carrment was enough to make both in terms of pramps microphones that made for direct instrumentals, there's something to mix with an excellent record. It's great on my KRK output, and headphone outputs are of good quality (also two headphone outputs, it's really great for work and two to catch!)

OVERALL OPINION

I honntement for a year and I do not see what you can ask for more but may be a little lack of volutivit and two physical inputs under certain circumstances (but hey if we also have a mixer is OK). If a fit, like me, in your needs, it's really good I like the quality of sound, ease of use, I / O, solid manufacturing, etc. .. .

The report qualitprix is ​​more than excellent - in time, it's really royal.

I had tried several other sound cards, including a digi and a motu, and honntement the diffrence in price is not worth the shot: plug in the same gear, and the Difference of quality is really not at all obvious, especially if its done properly taken or that mix! So if this is in addition to drive plugs, make mixes or add VST, I do not see the intrt because the converters are well on the dj trs FW410 - except when actually we want a full professional studio, but everything must follow the rest of the stuff from beginning to end in this case ... Anything I have not put the 4000 in there!

Clearly, I'm really not at all mcontent have made this choice: Do not believe the rleurs with some prcautions (such as a chipset brand REFERENCE forums for firewire) and a small minimum comprhension, there's zero-worries, it's good hardware.

CHARACTERISTICS good on paper.

UTILIZATION

Big Pb compatibility with many chipset. Sometimes it works a while, then starts dcrocher. (Many examples and personal observations through the opinion)
Good if you're lucky (and thus one of the firewire chipset compatible)

GETTING STARTED

No one - not pro - unusable (for me)

OVERALL OPINION

I do not really understand the success of this card that only works if you have much luck with computers! I ended up selling mine who had so many pos PB, despite several configs and a trip to SAV That of two colleagues did not give them more confidence, she can not recover for the live!

Given the mdiocrit its manufacture and the instability of its drivers, I do not see the Intrets of this interface, given the competition! By the way, I have a buddy aid to install the Pro 610-No more! as Pb, DS installation. So voila: audio-lovin ... Notice to the fans!

A quick comment to lay Previous notice.

this interface was released a few years ago DJ
c'tait a 2 or 3 firewire interfaces available the era.
(It costs 450 euros!)

Today it is a little recess Datey included M-Audio.

For the rest I'm happy APRS have essaybr trs /> a number of other models of the era (Hoontech, esi, edirol etc).

UTILIZATION

- Installation is it without problem? = Yes
- Have you experienced any incompatibility? = Not
- The configuration gnrale is easy? = Yes
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ... = Yes

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable? = Yes
- Are they often put day? = The era, yes
- What software do you use most often? = Cubase SX3

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it? = + - 5 years
- What is the particular feature you like best and least? =-Format + stable
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir? = Yes
- How do you report qualitprix? = See above
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ... = Not necessarily

CHARACTERISTICS: see website
192 kHz N / A..peut be the last gnration.sinon hum hum ..

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!

The portability is mimi ... it's small,
I wanted something really portable
and especially the eight output jack 6.5 ...

I use it on stage, in fact I take the other group members
with a console and I re-balance in the sound card to grind all the time
real

So my config:
an old Fuji-Siemens Amilo 2003, the processor is a wheelbarrow,
512MB of RAM ... the hard drive? is the name of hard ...

As against this too can not do without it,



And you know what? it crashes ever

UTILIZATION

required to have a stable operating system with all updates to XP Pro ... So ... it hurts not only portfolio giving money to microsoft



Live professor I want to say that I only use the freeware is a kind of rack effects and instrument VST ..

barely perceptible latency ...

GETTING STARTED

yes

yes

Initially yes, XP Home pfff ... I bought the XP Pro and there .. ok!


Not


Not read the manual ...

OVERALL OPINION

4 years ...

not


in retrospect, it came 2 a fair bit ..


the -: the blue light start ... too much ..

as: robustness, a year on the coast Mahorais (10 meters from the beach not a point of rust) no entry that crackles like new .. nothing ..

I had to okaz (through Audiofanzine) to 190 euros including postage ..


but altogether, and I intend to buy another one since my same chains!!

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!