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11th June 2009
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| Gear addict  Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 337
Thread Starter | Motu 828 Mk2 - Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 - M-Audio Profire 2626 - Mackie 400f opinions
Looking for a good but simple to use interface for my home studio. Motu 828 Mk2 - Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 - M-Audio Profire 2626 - Mackie 400f. I have narrowed it down to the 4 listed - any feedback would be helpful before I buy one of these? |
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11th June 2009
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Feb 2006 Location: South Central PA
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Mackie 400f is best sonically (conversion, preamps) but not very expandable. Has inserts which is very cool but no ADAT. Bummer they didn't put ADAT in there - it would be perfect Focusrite has decent pres but terrible drivers M-Audio is sonically very nice also and is more expandable than the Mackie. Compatible with Pro Tools. No inserts. I think the pres are OK but not much headroom. Conversion is nice. MOTU - don't even get me started.
__________________ I did all the extensive and complicated work arounds that tech support suggested - like gathering mushrooms at midnight under a full moon, do a full reboot, power on the unit, rub dog feces on you left buttock while dancing a little jig on one foot, open regedit, rub your nose three times, go to currentcontrolset, and whck off to a picture of a unicorn! IT DOESN'T F'ING WORK!!! Unnamed Post on MOTU Tech Support |
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11th June 2009
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Apr 2006
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Hate to pimp myself but check the classifieds. I have an 828MKii for sale. Im using my DIGI002 Rack most of the time here
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11th June 2009
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| Gear nut  Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Buffalo ,NY
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I got the saffire pro 26 adat'd to my profire 2626. If I had to pick between the 2 I'd probably keep the profire. Both are great but the profire is a bit better in my opinion! I like the dsp mixer software it comes with as well! Saffire pro has phase, 2 inserts (configured by software),mute/dim... of which the profire doesnt have...besides that those 2 are pretty much the same .... just a matter of the sound -n- software and to me the profire's the victor. Close though. Hope that helps a lil' |
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11th June 2009
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2003
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Motu sucks, I returned my 828 MK3 after 2 days for a Profire 2626 and couldn't be happier with it.
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11th June 2009
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| Gear Guru  Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun
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| If you can find a used 896hd mark 1, it works well with Sonar... Personally, I'd be looking at the Mackie on your list. -tINY |
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11th June 2009
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| Gear addict Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 337
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Thanks for the replies. The other option is the Steinberg MR816x which looks very nice. |
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