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PreSonus FP10

FireWire audio interface from PreSonus

damaye damaye
Published on 02/12/10 at 01:29
My choice for the FP10 was motivated by:
- 24-bit
- 96 khz
- Quality class A preamps
- 8 tracks
- Its varied connections and front panel (XLR + jack)

I use it mainly with a Soundcraft Folio Racpack for recording direct-to-disk in-home studio. The PC is a dual-core with 4GB of RAM and what to drive.

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable, I use it exclusively at 24-bit/96kHz very naturally. There is a driver of dynamics processor that has trouble when it is activated and the sound is very low, sometimes it generates a kind of surreal buzz. I did not try to update for now.

The app was Samplitude but finally I use Cubase LE4 (supplied with the FP10) is more solid.

I record 4 / 5 simultaneous tracks for drums, but we can record 8 tracks and play 8 tracks simultaneously without a problem.

Latency is good (in theory

GETTING STARTED

Installation is no problem and the overall configuration is relatively simple.

It happened that the FP10 seems stuck at boot but PC immédiatmeent back in order after an off-on

The manual is useless, I did not open.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for about a year. I used a Terratec DMX 6fire before 24/96 which was quite musical but very unstable 96khz

I love because it is an FP10 / O 8-track quality, for the registration semi-pro/voire pro. The sound is there, full and wide, flat, or really colorful. I / S are symmetrical.

The downside: there seems to be a small problem on the front panel connectors: it is sometimes difficult to remove a jack, or even impossible. I recently damaged connector by pulling too hard on a jack that would not come out. It decided me to any cable permanently with a patch in a rack.

The value is very good, and yes I really adopted FP10 I see no reason to change.