Focusrite,Presonus or Mackie 8ch interfaces

rolo95 · 11th June 2007, 04:56 AM

Hey
what box will get the best AD/DA and pres performance...
They are Fire Wire Intrefaces
and share 8 ch pre amps...

need one soon... and looking for your sugestions
Anyone have used them ?
txs a lot
Rolo.

SimonT · 11th June 2007, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rolo95

Hey
what box will get the best AD/DA and pres performance...
They are Fire Wire Intrefaces
and share 8 ch pre amps...

need one soon... and looking for your sugestions
Anyone have used them ?
txs a lot
Rolo.

I use the presonus digimax fs (just a cheap temporary solution). It doesnt sound to bad, I think its sounds better than the focusrite octopre range both in pres and conversion.
Never tried the makie sorry.
Simon

rainy-taxi · 11th June 2007, 09:47 AM

I have a presonus firestudio here and I love the clean and clear sound of it so I guess the Digimax will sound similar...

rolo95 · 19th June 2007, 07:24 AM

COol guys...

so no one have tried the focusrite things....
Rolo.

Fnug · 19th June 2007, 12:26 PM

Hi

I believe you're talking about the Saffire Pro, I bought a couple of months ago. The pres are very transparent up to about +45 dB's, but the last 15 dB's of gain have that harsh kind of transistor sound. I never need to gain that loud though. Oh, and the variable impedans feature is cool for ribbons. The converters are impressive imo. I think they've used the same technology as in the ISA428 AD cards.

I dig the Saffire for my portable rig. I've got the Saffire Pro 26, which allows me 16 more channels via ADAT, and it's been rock solid. Now they have also released a cheaper Saffire Pro 10 without the ADATs. The only thing I don't like with my Saffire is the control software, but that's just a tweak at startup and then forget about it.

blondmix · 19th June 2007, 02:37 PM

Another vote for the Presonus Firestudio. Sounds good, flexible routing, and the guys (and gals) at Presonus are hard to beat...

11th June 2007, 04:56 AM	#1
rolo95 Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 231	Focusrite,Presonus or Mackie 8ch interfaces Hey what box will get the best AD/DA and pres performance... They are Fire Wire Intrefaces and share 8 ch pre amps... need one soon... and looking for your sugestions Anyone have used them ? txs a lot Rolo.

19th June 2007, 02:37 PM	#6
blondmix Gear nut Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 84	Another vote for the Presonus Firestudio. Sounds good, flexible routing, and the guys (and gals) at Presonus are hard to beat... __________________ RandyLand myspace.com/bambooneedle

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11th June 2007, 09:47 AM	#3
rainy-taxi Lives for gear Join Date: May 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 546	I have a presonus firestudio here and I love the clean and clear sound of it so I guess the Digimax will sound similar...

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Fnug Gear interested Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 13	Hi I believe you're talking about the Saffire Pro, I bought a couple of months ago. The pres are very transparent up to about +45 dB's, but the last 15 dB's of gain have that harsh kind of transistor sound. I never need to gain that loud though. Oh, and the variable impedans feature is cool for ribbons. The converters are impressive imo. I think they've used the same technology as in the ISA428 AD cards. I dig the Saffire for my portable rig. I've got the Saffire Pro 26, which allows me 16 more channels via ADAT, and it's been rock solid. Now they have also released a cheaper Saffire Pro 10 without the ADATs. The only thing I don't like with my Saffire is the control software, but that's just a tweak at startup and then forget about it.