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"Adjustable Gain" on the mic pres of only 53dB? So much for the advertising hype of 75dB gain. Even if they count the 20dB pad in the gain range, that's only 73dB; great job on the math M-Audio. Sheesh.
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I'll take full blame for this. The only place this number was mentioned was in my post here...
Octane Preamps
This was pulled from the measurements of pre-production units and were not officially released. The production units measured 2dB less on average. And yes I was counting the 20dB pad. I was simply trying to provide some preliminary info here rather than making people wait 1 1/2 months for an official announcement. I can see that it only causes problems and will refrain from doing this in the future in the hopes of saving everyone from disappointment.
Additionally I would like to point out that the 53dB of gain range is very close to the RME OctaMics 54dB of gain range. Without the pad there is a maximum input level of +6.5dB. Along with the 53dB gain range it will result in +59.5dB of maximum gain. This is only 0.5 dB lower that most API, Focusrite, Mackie Onyx and Great River preamps. It's also 5dB higher than the Presonus FireStudio XMAX preamps.
If you need more than 60dB of gain you need to look at something like the LA-610 (+70dB) or the True Systems P-Solo (+64dB). True Systems has even just released a P-Solo Ribbon designed specifically for ribbon microphones although I don't know the specs for that model.
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I've been recording some tracks lately, and I'm confused about the various routing options betwixt the ProFire and ProTools. Mostly the Software returns and such.
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Solomon Grundy, yes the routing options can be daunting. If you would like to PM me I'll try to walk you through some of the routing options to take full advantage of Pro Tools and your individual setup.
RayT