Saffire Pro 40?

[guitarguru777]

I read some reviews that said its got some crappy head room is this true?

Theres one in the pawn shop in town for $300 and I am wondering if its worth the investment over the Fireproject Studio

 

[Jaymz]

The pre's are the same as the 56's regular pre's of which are great!

That rumour is un-justified, buy it now!

 

[updog]

Crappy headroom? Where did you hear that?

Definitely worth the 300 bucks. I've had mine for like a year now and I'm happy with it.

 

[guitarguru777]

It was a Guitar Center review go figure:

Here it is:
Good pre's / no headroom

I used this interface the other day to track my band's drum kit. The mic pre's do sound excellent, however they have no where enough headroom to support recording a drum kit. Even with the pads on channels 1 and 2, other tracks, even overheads were prone to clipping and caused me to need to change mic placement. What's the point of 8 pre's if you can hardly track drums without more gear?

Reviewed by Chad K on 7/8/2009 who plays Indie rock, folk.

 

[updog]

Haven't personally tracked drums with it, but I call bullshit.

 

[guitarguru777]

WOOT its mine

Now to track some shit!!

 

[guitarguru777]

And here she is all tucked away

And a photo of the studio setup in my office

Took a little bit to understand how to set it setup correctly in my DAW (Sonar) but now that shes in and running I will get some new stuff recorded ASAP.

I just need to find a drummer willing to let me set him all up in here

2 more of these and I will be set for life ... lol

 

[updog]

Congrats on your purchase!

Don't be afraid because of the lack of users this interface has, it's mostly because it costs new almost the same as the standard M-Audio Profire everyone buys.

If you need more channels you could buy Liquidpres or something else that you connect to your Pro 40 via ADAT, with possibly even better pres than the Pro 40.

The accompanying software mixer might be kind of difficult at first, but Focusrite has put up some nice tutorials on their website nowadays, check them out.