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Undiscovered · 25th November 2009

Not to add fuel to the fire.
I just seen a new interface that might also be worth mentioning.
The RME fireface 800.
How is the quality in converters compared to the other 2?
I like the fireface because of the fire wire 800 connections.
So I can daisy chain my glyph 050Q to the fire face 800 using the fire wire 800, therefore increasing band width compared to fire wire 400.

Is there really an advantage using fire wire 800 over 400 for audio recording mixing?

I am going to be using the new Imac i7 which only has one firewire 800 which I can use an adapter to make 400 if I want.
My Glyph hard drive has both fire wire 400 and 800 inputs.

The Rme fire face also has DSp on board.
The Metric halo uln 2 dsp and Rme fire face 800 are the same price, so which one would be better for my set up?

25th November 2009	#8
Undiscovered Gear nut Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 121 Thread Starter	Not to add fuel to the fire. I just seen a new interface that might also be worth mentioning. The RME fireface 800. How is the quality in converters compared to the other 2? I like the fireface because of the fire wire 800 connections. So I can daisy chain my glyph 050Q to the fire face 800 using the fire wire 800, therefore increasing band width compared to fire wire 400. Is there really an advantage using fire wire 800 over 400 for audio recording mixing? I am going to be using the new Imac i7 which only has one firewire 800 which I can use an adapter to make 400 if I want. My Glyph hard drive has both fire wire 400 and 800 inputs. The Rme fire face also has DSp on board. The Metric halo uln 2 dsp and Rme fire face 800 are the same price, so which one would be better for my set up?