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parsley · 7th April 2007

I've used one. There's noise at about -70dB on all inputs via firewire on mine. Not the end of the world for live recording, but I was disappointed to find it. Others (see www.cakewalk.com forums, 'gear' I think) have also reported this. Possibly for other reasons, but the only times I've had Sonar crash have been when the Phonic control panel is loaded, on 2 different computers.

There's a 3rd party driver - www.centrance.com I think - which promises lower latency etc. for about $50-70.

But it's the cheapest way i could find to get 16 channels of balanced mic/line input, and you get an analog mixer thrown in.

7th April 2007	#2
parsley Gear interested Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 29	I've used one. There's noise at about -70dB on all inputs via firewire on mine. Not the end of the world for live recording, but I was disappointed to find it. Others (see www.cakewalk.com forums, 'gear' I think) have also reported this. Possibly for other reasons, but the only times I've had Sonar crash have been when the Phonic control panel is loaded, on 2 different computers. There's a 3rd party driver - www.centrance.com I think - which promises lower latency etc. for about $50-70. But it's the cheapest way i could find to get 16 channels of balanced mic/line input, and you get an analog mixer thrown in.