m-audio profire2626. What's ur rate?

[lordtech]

ive just check out this thing. The physical looks cool. The rest i dunno. Anyone using this alredy?

 

[PostMortem1666]

I have 2 of them and they are fantastic.

 

[lordtech]

awesome~ will it work in other DAW as well?

 

[PostMortem1666]

It sure will. I have used mine in Reaper many times.

 

[t-rave]

awesome...

great sound, sturdy build quality,

and I had an extra 8 preamps streaming through the adat and it works without a hitch..


I use it with reaper..


It also has vista 64 drivers and install and works without a hitch...with a texas Intstruments firewire card....my generic on board firewire was terrible with it though....


eventually I might try PT8 with it...

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Still thinking of getting one of these for myself, as an upgrade from my 002.

 

[lordtech]

Cool~ thnx guys

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I could probably get by with just the Profire 610, it's smaller and not rack mountable though.

I'd have to go to a studio to record drums anyway...

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I've got one here right now.

BUY IT!!!

I'm Buying this one fo sho.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

I've got one here right now.

BUY IT!!!

I'm Buying this one fo sho.

If you insist. I'll go ask for a deal from the local M-Audio dealer tomorrow if my final paycheck shows up in the morning. If it's too pricey I'll just order one from Playback.

Any Finns here who want to buy my Firepod?

 

[Melodeath]

Probably going to get one over the summer or later. Getting a Saffire Pro 26 first

 

[Jaymz]

Might be selling a Saffy Pro 10 soon. The profire does look good however.

 

[Jesse Z]

I have one. I prefer M-Powered to LE because of this interface.

I've used the 2626 on OS X with PT, Ableton Live, Garageband, and Reaper.

It really kicks ass. PT compatible, quality A/D D/A, 26 inputs, etc.

 

[::XeS::]

I have one. I prefer M-Powered to LE because of this interface.

Expecially because PT 8 LE and M are exactly the same thing

 

[006]

Expecially because PT 8 LE and M are exactly the same thing

Generally speaking, yes. One of the differences I can immediately point out off the top of my head is that with the toolkits you can only use one with M-Powered, only LE has the option to combine the two toolkits to get the most tracks.

~006

 

[Jesse Z]

M-Powered doesn't work with the DV toolkit (now called DV toolkit 2, also included in CPTK) so that's a deal-breaker if you're doing post work and need timecode.

One other distinction: M-Powered does not include POW-R Dither.

These things matter not to me.

 

[::XeS::]

Generally speaking, yes. One of the differences I can immediately point out off the top of my head is that with the toolkits you can only use one with M-Powered, only LE has the option to combine the two toolkits to get the most tracks.

~006

You're right..but if I have to spend 1500€ for a complete toolkit, I switch to hd1.

 

[Jesse Z]

You're right..but if I have to spend 1500€ for a complete toolkit, I switch to hd1.

Precisely!

 

[Melodeath]

I just called Sweetwater about getting ProTools 8 M-Powered (since I'm planning to get the Profire 2626) and we wound up talking about a few things. First of all, the dude said that M-Powered is not a "real" version of ProTools. He said it doesn't run on the same DAE engine. So it's like the interface of ProTools, but not the same engine as LE/HD. I have no idea if this is true. Can anyone shed some light?

He also said the preamps in the 003 are superior to the preamps in the Profire 2626.

I have no idea what to get anymore.

 

[Metaltastic]

Hmm, both of those claims (M Powered not being the same engine and the 003 preamps being better) seem suspect to me, though I have nothing to back it up (except that the 002 preamps are notorious for being some of the worst ever in an interface of that price! )