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RME Audio Fireface 800
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Published on 03/02/12 at 09:05
-What characteristics have motivated your choice?
Its number of channels. And system stability.

-With what instruments or systems (console, preamp, DtDs ...) use it and how you connect? ...

Park microphone (vocal, drums, Gratt, violin ...) Combined with a OctaMic D ADAT. Roland Fantom G6 Workstation, MPC 1000 ...

For what purpose?
Recording and multi-listening ^ ^

What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / RAM / Disk, ...)?
Asus V-P8Z68 Pro/GEN3
Proc. Intel Core i-7 3.50 ghz
Kingston 16 gb ram
Corsair SSD HDD 3120 GB sata Force 3 (system / project)
Velociraptor 320 GB SATA HDD (bank)
2 x 500 GB HDD (data)
Alim. Corsair HX 650
UAD Quad Core
TI FW card
...

UTILIZATION

-The drivers are stable?
There is not another question??
...
Yep!!

-What software do you use most often?
Cubase 6

How many tracks do you manage to record / play simultaneously? ...
I recorded something like twenty track at the same time without problems.
Read? lol 100 + ^ ^

-Are they updated frequently?
We speak of RME there or not??

What You Get-latency?
Input / output around 4/5 ms

GETTING STARTED

-The installation is done it without problem?
I'll answer even to this kind of question!

-The general configuration is easy?
Yes as long as they do with the logic of TotalMix and after it's cake.

-Have you encountered any incompatibilities?
No, because when I took the card, I had anticipated Texas Instrument chipset.

-The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
Dou you spique angliche? Otherwise the French manual is in pdf on the net.

OVERALL OPINION

-How long you use it?
Good at the risk of sounding crazy, I had a FF800 ago it 7 years, I had sold it to pass on a Tascam DM-3200, I sold 2 years later ... RME FF800 for a ^ ^ What I have to sell because the sound is no longer part of my main activity:-S But I still wanted to redeem myself a little map to compose from time to time. And what I bought??? Well yes a UC RME!! The Crazy Gauls!!

-Did you tried many other models before buying it?
Uh .... Alesis I / O gizmo thing, does that count? ^ ^

-What is so special that you love the most, least?
All, quality preamp, Converto, stability, possibility of development, ease of routing etc. .... Everything, everything, everything!! Even the color ^ ^

-How would you rate the quality / price?
A Auvergne will tell you it is still too expensive! But here, the quality is really the appointment.

-With experience, you do again this choice?
No, I will take a RME ^ ^ (pissed off with these questions!)