Profire 610 = Best 500 dollar doorstop I've ever bought.

[Element77]

I am going to stick this thing up my cat's ass.

No matter what I do, I don't believe I'm getting the sound out of it I should be.
The input knobs on it seem very "loose" and fidgety. Trying to gage where I should be with the knobs is a bitch. I try to play to get a decent level, then I palm-mute, and WHAM... clip city.

Put my SM57 on it, I get no reading until I've got the gain all the way, and I'm screaming....

Can I put a compressor in-front of the inputs, or throw a RedEye into it?
The sound on it alone seems very hollow, and incorrect...

Anyone else have some input, or own this thing who'se had problems?

 

[006]

There is something wrong with that particular unit man. That is not at all the experience I have had with my 2626, nor two of my friends that have the 610. If it is still under warranty or within the 30 day return period most places have, I would highly suggest exchanging it for another unit. That is not typical performance you can expect from that interface.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

poor cat

 

[LeSedna]

poor cat

+1, no animal crualty please, your cat does not work for Maudio !

Anyway, it's almost 100% sure you have a faulty unit, which in itself is already pretty strange. My 2626 worked flawlessly, and still does, not to mention its preamp has a lot of headroom when singing in a Sm58 or 57.

Totally return it man.

 

[Element77]

No, my cat rules.... I'll just do it if she pukes in one of my guitar cases (again.) ...I rule with an iron fist.

Secondly, I'm screwed.... M-audio can't find my registration information. (nor can i now.) And I can't get the 1 year warranty w/o it. Which is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I have my reciept, I have my CC card, but they can't find the registration info....

 

[Charlez]

$500? D: should've bought a Saffire Pro 40 instead

 

[guitarguru777]

$500? D: should've bought a Saffire Pro 40 instead

+1000000000 and you would have saved $50.

Focusrite > M Audio

 

[006]

^ Nah... equal at best.

 

[drew_drummer]

FocuSHITE.

 

[Element77]

Jesus... It's under warranty, but they don't like to exchange things... nice. So Guitar Center can't exchange it, but I have the pro-plan on it. I call Avid, they have me call GC, who has me call somewhere else, who has me call Avid. ...To send it for repair... I don't want repair... I WANT A NEW ONE. FML.

funny side note, the first kid i talk to a Guitar Center tells me "Oh, we can't exchange it, they'll probably just have you take a picture of it, and they'll send you a check to buy a new one......" Makes perfect sense to me..

 

[006]

Awesome, just get that shit repaired and go back to making music dude. At least you can get it repaired in the first place.

 

[Vinny]

You could have gotten a 2626 for only $50 more. They are going $550 new now I think.

 

[infectdsniper]

yea i got my first 2626 for 550 and my second for 450 which have both performed quite well with no malfunctions of any kind need to consider used sometimes.

 

[Fragle]

2626 and 610 are two very very different beasts....
while the 2626 is actually a decent mid level interface, the 610 is indeed an expensive doorstop....sadly.
i had my 610 for like 2 weeks, then i bit the bullet and went rme ff400...never looked back.
there's just too many issues with it. the whole thing feels very amateur-ish. i guess it's fine if you're just doing some songwriting demos or something.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

^ Nah... equal at best.

Yeah that's my thoughts on the matter. I bought the 2626 pre pro tools 9, m powered 8 was the primary reason for shelling for the profire.

 

[Element77]

I actually paid 300 for it, not 500... I forgot. Secondly, it could be "rose-colored glasses" but I had an old EMU-0404 PCI, and that thing seemed to sound better to me... although it was 99 bucks.