All user reviews of 4/5 for the PreSonus FireStation

The Presonus Firestation is the perfect interface for recording into your computer DAW. Plus its very affordable so it’s a win win for all of us! A couple things that I love about Presonus is they always keep you updated with product updates in this case new drivers. But you really wont need different drivers if its working fine and you don’t make any major changes with your daw then you should be ok. But if you do need an update Presonus will take care of it without a problem or if you are having in issues at all give presonus a call and they will take care of you without any questions they provide some of the best customer service I have every experienced with buying gear.


UTILIZATION

I have experienced NO latency when using this with firewire. Its really fast, but there really is no such thing as 0 latency, but It feels like there is none which is hard to accomplish when it comes to hardware and software linking together. Make sure all of your audio cable’s and stuff are going straight from your get to the Firestation with no connectors or anything like that. Remember the more things (connectors/cables) you have between your gear and your interface causes lag issues big time.


GETTING STARTED

No compatibility issues at all, works like a charm and the manual is easy to understand if you need it. Which you probably wont.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, great piece of hardware. I was using usb before this interface. This was my first firewire interface and I am hooked on firewire now. Its just so much more responsive and quick. This is a great value for the price and these things go bloody cheap online! Look around on eBay and check some of the prices, most of them even come with some sort of a DAW just incase you have none this will be an all in 1 package for you.

Superb firewire card and mic preamps seem well trs
need a sound card with at least two ales mic and 2 analog inputs for a config with portabe acer keyboard and novation remote 25
it is mainly for playing live (synthe soft vocals + sax +) with looping through Ableton Live

UTILIZATION

I install the drivers downloaded from the site presonus before receiving the card ...
Then install "the fingers in the nose" ...
I dballe super nice card trs trs (electric blue aluminum pots the most beautiful effect, matrial of quality ...) and I install ...
miracle works the first time
great sound, deep, very good dynamic
not need the manual is super simple ...
... From the config mLan (the protocol for Yamaha drivers)
l a is complicated ...
a little ...

GETTING STARTED

Then the drivers yam (mLan)
is not that good (to stay correct)
it works
but I wanted to run Live + Reason in rewire by controlling everything with a lil innovation ... and with my Acer laptop pentium 2.6 pc no way to fall below 60ms latency and more ... cracquements with some other time ...
it's a shame because the card is really great!

OVERALL OPINION

While the blow I turned and moved to a motu 828mk2
(It is less beautiful, the diffrence in a little less of pramplis is audible but the drivers are ASIO)
and I get 20 ms without cracking ...

Microphone inputs including 2 tubes, construction remarkable self without a computer

UTILIZATION

So I repeat:
installation difficult, incompatibilities with Mac, PC with, not great either, guide in French CSUR download site of the importer.

GETTING STARTED

Drivers not stable

OVERALL OPINION

His remarkable - drivers problems - that's why Presonus will release a new model more stable. (Eg on Max, very large problems), but I repeat, external sound card (in addition to self!) Very musical, more natural than RME (very dynamic, but at the expense of a certain neutrality), better than Lexicon Omega (a little soft), more musical than the Tascam 1884 (cool color tone), better than the MBOX (too "acid", I have not tried the echo Layla or the MOTU and more mic inputs 2 with tubes. It would be wise to wait for the new model will be worth $ 700 in the United States.

Voila! damage, but his conversion and remarkable, really! I repeat: wait for the new model

Only the 828 MK2 FIREstation and that work via a firewire port (the port have ropriétaire rm). The connection possibilities (noon-adat-spdif and standalone) are motivated my choice (+ the presence of the preamp). I have an athlon 1.7 ghz pc HDD firewire, firewire card SIS 512 chipset base RAM M °.
I would have preferred a port south of + and + the spdif in the eight entries.

UTILIZATION

Installing shit!
Well, if we have a system Xp nine, and that drivers installedirect 1.1, It's OK.
But DO NOT INSTALL THE DRIVERS PROVIDED! a pain, the uninstall not work well, the set up is zarb ...
To get an idea, download the latest drivers and try to understand the logic of the files ... It gives an idea of ​​the brothel.
In fact, install Mlane from Yamaha (which is considered to be material) and the drivers of FIREstation. + A patchbay so much crap .... Once it works, it works, however.
The distribution french (jukebox) has made an effort. 70 pages in French. The only complaint is that it lacks concrete examples.

GETTING STARTED

I use SX, and I have no worries. It works well. In fact, once the drivers implentation, there are no surprises ...

OVERALL OPINION

Overall a good machine. Simply replace the trainee dealing with drivers and their installation, and make a french manual a bit more efficient. Cam'aiderait to put a real note, I think ...
[edit] I have more, but if the drivers have changed, there must be the best ...