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 ...