All user reviews for the M-Audio Firewire 410

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)