Brad Garton

I'm looking at a smallish/portable multichannel firewire interface 

for my MacBook. These seem to fit the need (and budget):

I'm also considering the Alesis io 26 (it's an external mixer 

interface). One other possibility is to daisy-chain a couple of 

Presonus Inspire 1394 boxes, but that seems a little flaky.

Anybody have any experience with any of these? thanks-in-advance...

I'm looking at a smallish/portable multichannel firewire interface  
for my MacBook.  These seem to fit the need (and budget):

I'm also considering the Alesis io 26 (it's an external mixer  
interface).  One other possibility is to daisy-chain a couple of  
Presonus Inspire 1394 boxes, but that seems a little flaky.

Anybody have any experience with any of these?  thanks-in-advance...

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On 26 Apr 2008, at 18:00, Brad Garton wrote:

> These seem to fit the need (and budget):

I've used the Edirol units and like them; I have a somewhat biased 

I'm not sure if the Edirol can deliver a separate headphone mix for 

cueing - this is the main reason I went for the MOTU UltraLite (more 

On 26 Apr 2008, at 18:00, Brad Garton wrote:
> These seem to fit the need (and budget):
>
> 	Edirol FA 101
> 	M-Audio 1814

I've used the Edirol units and like them; I have a somewhat biased  
distrust of anything from M-Audio.

I'm not sure if the Edirol can deliver a separate headphone mix for  
cueing - this is the main reason I went for the MOTU UltraLite (more  
generally, to have the CueMix system).

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I have an RME FireFace 400 and I like it a lot. Sound and build quality are very good. It also has an very flexible, very low latency mixing system built in (TotalMix).

On 26-avr.-08, at 19:00, Brad Garton wrote:

> I'm looking at a smallish/portable multichannel firewire interface for 

> my MacBook. These seem to fit the need (and budget):

> I'm also considering the Alesis io 26 (it's an external mixer 

I wasn't happy with the alesis interface I tried in the past (not this 

one, it was a small usb keybaord with audio i/o), but I hope it changed 

since that time. I'm very happy with my motu ultralite.

BTW, I have a m-audio 1410 running 12 hours a day for an installation 

since 2 years (or is it 3?) and it's still running.

> Hey gang --
>
> I'm looking at a smallish/portable multichannel firewire interface for 
> my MacBook.  These seem to fit the need (and budget):
>
> 	Edirol FA 101
> 	M-Audio 1814
>
> I'm also considering the Alesis io 26 (it's an external mixer 
> interface)

I wasn't happy with the alesis interface I tried in the past (not this 
one, it was a small usb keybaord with audio i/o), but I hope it changed 
since that time. I'm very happy with my motu ultralite.
BTW, I have a m-audio 1410 running 12 hours a day for an installation 
since 2 years (or is it 3?) and it's still running.

i've used the m-audio firewire 410 as my main live audio interface 

for several years, and generally i have been happy with the sound and 

operability of the unit, plus it was inexpensive. not sure if it is 

made anymore. like others, i do have some minor quibbles with the m- 

audio drivers - there have been some odd bugs over the years - but it 

has never failed during a show and is pretty robust overall.

On Apr 26, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Brad Garton wrote:

> I'm looking at a smallish/portable multichannel firewire interface 

> for my MacBook. These seem to fit the need (and budget):

> interface). One other possibility is to daisy-chain a couple of 

> Presonus Inspire 1394 boxes, but that seems a little flaky.

> Anybody have any experience with any of these? thanks-in-advance...

"Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane."

i've used the m-audio firewire 410 as my main live audio interface  
for several years, and generally i have been happy with the sound and  
operability of the unit, plus it was inexpensive. not sure if it is  
made anymore. like others, i do have some minor quibbles with the m- 
audio drivers - there have been some odd bugs over the years - but it  
has never failed during a show and is pretty robust overall.
best
b

> Hey gang --
>
> I'm looking at a smallish/portable multichannel firewire interface  
> for my MacBook.  These seem to fit the need (and budget):
>
> 	Edirol FA 101
> 	M-Audio 1814
>
> I'm also considering the Alesis io 26 (it's an external mixer  
> interface).  One other possibility is to daisy-chain a couple of  
> Presonus Inspire 1394 boxes, but that seems a little flaky.
>
> Anybody have any experience with any of these?  thanks-in-advance...
>
> brad
> http://music.columbia.edu/~brad
>

"Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane."
Philip K. Dick


im looking at getting the focusrite saffire pro 10 i/o to use with max and recording.

I have the firebox, works nicely here with my ibook.

I have a focusrite saffire pro 26 i/o - very happy with it - clean sounding

mic pre's - plays happily with max- not exactly small, but it's certainly

portable - I took it to india for a recording project, and it was very handy

to have 8 channels of mic pre running on bus power.

I'd seriously recommend you consider the 26 i/o over the 10 i/o - I only

paid about $100 extra and I can already see the option of ADAT expansion is

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:05 AM, Toiletmuck 

> im looking at getting the focusrite saffire pro 10 i/o to use with max and

I have a focusrite saffire pro 26 i/o - very happy with it - clean sounding
mic pre's - plays happily with max- not exactly small, but it's certainly
portable - I took it to india for a recording project, and it was very handy
to have 8 channels of mic pre running on bus power.
I'd seriously recommend you consider the 26 i/o over the 10 i/o -  I only
paid about $100 extra and I can already see the option of ADAT expansion is
going to be handy.

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:05 AM, Toiletmuck 
wrote:

>
> im looking at getting the focusrite saffire pro 10 i/o to use with max and
> recording.
>
> Anyone know anything about this ditty?
>

i have the m-audio 1814 and it annoys the hell out of me. it's really pernickety about firewire issues (not hot-pluggable, sometimes drops out if laptop goes to sleep). also, it has 8 analog inputs and 4 analog outputs, so the extra in/outs are only available through the ADAT option, which is a pain if you don't have a digital desk or some such device.

i should have got the Motu ultralight instead. i think it has 8ins and outs,and pretty much the same size. and cheaper.

i have the m-audio 1814 and it annoys the hell out of me. it's really pernickety about firewire issues (not hot-pluggable, sometimes drops out if laptop goes to sleep). also, it has 8 analog inputs and 4 analog outputs, so the extra in/outs are only available through the ADAT option, which is a pain if you don't have a digital desk or some such device.
i should have got the Motu ultralight instead. i think it has 8ins and outs,and pretty much the same size. and cheaper.


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