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Published on 05/07/10 at 11:19Centerpiece of my home studio!
Plugged into a PC that was already a little dated (Athlon 2600 + dual-body 2gig RAM ... etc)
It is connected to a Central Station, analog of course, to enjoy its excellent converters NA. All with good cables. I returned several preamps, including a UA LA-610 and an SPL Gain Station. It is also connected to a Neutrik patch.
It is very well built and seems very solid. No surprise, the connection is Neutrik. Very abundant, also: 4 preamps with XLR or jack, 1 DI jack, 8 inputs + 8 outputs TRS lines, 16 I / O in ADAT, SPDIF, MIDI + Wordlclock. What to do!
I made 10 with the AES / EBU
Previously I had a Motu Ultralite, good interface, but also had become the weakest link in my home studio!
UTILIZATION
Drivers? A wonder! With the Motu I had no problem, but this one is 3 floors above! The 56 channels can be controlled by a console, the famous "Total Mix", and any input, any playback channel and are routable to any output with each other forever!
The card is fully configurable via its inteface soft and reacts in real time to any change! In addition, drivers are frequently updated.
Anyway ... Welcome to the professional world!
GETTING STARTED
Installation without worry, as it has never crashed!
the manual is a wealth of information!
OVERALL OPINION
The sound? Compared to the Motu Ultralite:
- In pure monitoring, basses are sharper, more vibrant and a little more clarity it seems to me.
- When recording a little more of everything. Clarity, presence, dynamic ...
The preamps are impeccable, but without particular color. It's pro but functional, period. Good dynamics and big transparency. They do not have the class of Gain Station, but that would be asking a lot!
In short, the great class! The converters are impeccable, the clock is reputable, the Firewire block is built by RME (these are the only ones doing this) in conjunction with excellent drivers! No wonder it runs! 3ms latency with harm to my PC, but with a powerful Bécanne power 1ms is achieved! Wow!
And it's made in Germany!
Plugged into a PC that was already a little dated (Athlon 2600 + dual-body 2gig RAM ... etc)
It is connected to a Central Station, analog of course, to enjoy its excellent converters NA. All with good cables. I returned several preamps, including a UA LA-610 and an SPL Gain Station. It is also connected to a Neutrik patch.
It is very well built and seems very solid. No surprise, the connection is Neutrik. Very abundant, also: 4 preamps with XLR or jack, 1 DI jack, 8 inputs + 8 outputs TRS lines, 16 I / O in ADAT, SPDIF, MIDI + Wordlclock. What to do!
I made 10 with the AES / EBU
Previously I had a Motu Ultralite, good interface, but also had become the weakest link in my home studio!
UTILIZATION
Drivers? A wonder! With the Motu I had no problem, but this one is 3 floors above! The 56 channels can be controlled by a console, the famous "Total Mix", and any input, any playback channel and are routable to any output with each other forever!
The card is fully configurable via its inteface soft and reacts in real time to any change! In addition, drivers are frequently updated.
Anyway ... Welcome to the professional world!
GETTING STARTED
Installation without worry, as it has never crashed!
the manual is a wealth of information!
OVERALL OPINION
The sound? Compared to the Motu Ultralite:
- In pure monitoring, basses are sharper, more vibrant and a little more clarity it seems to me.
- When recording a little more of everything. Clarity, presence, dynamic ...
The preamps are impeccable, but without particular color. It's pro but functional, period. Good dynamics and big transparency. They do not have the class of Gain Station, but that would be asking a lot!
In short, the great class! The converters are impeccable, the clock is reputable, the Firewire block is built by RME (these are the only ones doing this) in conjunction with excellent drivers! No wonder it runs! 3ms latency with harm to my PC, but with a powerful Bécanne power 1ms is achieved! Wow!
And it's made in Germany!