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Old 15th November 2004   #2
fifthcircle
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I've written here pretty extensively on the FW-1884... The quick summary-

It is one of the worst engineered pieces of $h!t I've every used... As a controller, it is ok, but the analog front end is easy to blow out by doing something as simple as plugging in a microphone (condenser or dynamic) when the phantom is on. Doing that can destroy 4 channels pretty easily. The firewire implementation is also not up to spec so if you need 10' or more of cable, you'll need a firewire repeater.


-Ben
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