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Topic: Audio Interface - Please Recommend

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Hi All,

Since recently I own new MacBook Pro with Windows 7 x64 (clean install, no Mac OS) and I am looking for some *reliable* audio interface supporting ASIO. So fare I checked M-Audio FastTrack and ProFire 610. Unfortunately their Windows 7 driver (ver 2.0.5) is disaster (cracks, gaps, even system crushes). I know RME makes good stuff but it is too pricy. May be I should try MOTU? Are there any other products known to work well with a decent laptop? - either USB or FireWire.

Thanks for any pointers.

Thomas
 
geposted Sun 20 Dec 09 @ 12:18 pm
tdjastrzebski wrote :
Since recently I own new MacBook Pro with Windows 7 x64 (clean install, no Mac OS)


Now this is just plain wrong. What's the point of buying a MacBook Pro if you're only going to be running Windows on it?

Back to the topic...I recommend Edirol FA-66 (or FA-101 if you want more channels). Excellent quality and still reasonably priced.
 
The RME stuff is pricey, but for good reason. Soundwise IMO nothing comes close, they take hardware and driver design seriously and do it well. And there is good reason most midrange designs from 'the rest' look suspiciously like RME units lately..

I have used Both the Digiface and HDSP RPM for years now on both desktop and laptop. And they can run at 1.5ms latency without a hitch even when using TCV if yoru software can handle it (in all honesty VDJ cannot at this time).

If you take your business seriously you invest in the best you can get and afford..

Why did you buy a macbook to only run windows? The money you spent beyond an equally equipped regular windows laptop would probably have gone a long way towards an RME interface..

But a decent alternative with proper windows7 drivers would be he U46DJ
 
Thanks for sharing your experience.

Why did I buy MacBook to run Windows? Well, it seems that currently MacBook offers best quality among 64bit laptops and recently I need 64bit. My "day time" job is software engineering and I need something to test software I build. Previously I owned HP Pavilion - nice laptop but when your Bluetooth mouse stops every 5-10 min, especially during presentation for customers, then next time you really want to buy something more reliable. That's the story.

Thomas
 
One suggestion the the people in the know keep mentioning:

Echo AudioFire 2, 4, or 8 (different versions with different numbers of outputs)

apparently the only things that come close to the really expensive stuff. Alot of people on here have the NI Audio 2, 4, or 8 usb cards and are very happy with them, but apparently the Echo Audiofire ones are noticeably better than those as well.

I'm going to be buying an Audio Fire 4 after christmas
 
Native Instruments Audio 8 DJ
 

Echo AudioFire is the one for me. I have one AudioFire 2 and other AudioFire 4, first I use it when I only use MAster+Headphones, second I use it for Tomecodes and also for regular mixing. Both are amazing, very good punch and good sound.

It works in Mac or Windows including 32 and 64 bits.
 


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