M-audio profire 2626

[jocarley]

I'm going to be upgrading from a PC to MAC very soon and I am looking into which interface and software I should get.

I was thinking about getting a M-audio profire 2626 £370 with ProTools M -Powered 8 for £189

Does any-one have any experience of these?

As my budget is only about £600. Whould I be better off going for Logic? I want to get the best quality in sound for my budget.

Would be great to hear some advice.

Jo

 

[::XeS::]

I switched to Mac,Profire and protools m-powered 5 months ago and I'm very happy with it.
Before the switch I used to use Firepod and Logic (and Firepod and Sonar on pc) but the actual solution is the best I've ever used.

 

[jocarley]

Cool, sounds like I'm on the right Track.

Jo

 

[Trevoire520]

I'm actually just getting the same setup the now. Ordered a refurbished macbook today and now I'm just trying to find someone who has the PF2626 and PTMP in stock and at a reasonable price (harder than it sounds btw) I'm also getting a Behringer ADA8000 to use as a converter so I can use my Allen & Heath desk for drums.

 

[KeithTidd]

i'm looking to get one as well.

 

[FalseMessiah Mike]

yeh I've got an iMac with 4 GB RAM, I'm running pro tools m-powered 7.4 with a m-audio profire 2626, its a nice setup. I'll upgrade to protools m-powered 8 over the summer so I can get a bigger track count. But yeah, I'm happy, and I'd recommend it.

 

[ze kink]

Using a Macbook Pro and a Profire 2626, no problems. The Profire gets bothered by my Lacie external HDD though if I plug it into the FW800 slot, but it should work daisy chained, haven't tried that yet though. I used a FP10 earlier and it got bothered by it too, so it's not really a surprise or anything... I feel like the Profire sounds heaps better than the FP10 BTW.

I don't use PT though, just Reaper currently.

 

[::XeS::]

If you use an external hd you have to connect it like:

MacBook pro -> profire -> external hd (using fw400)

I used to use fw800 for hd and profire conncted to the profire's fw400 but there was click and pops.