okay... I just purchased a m-audio profire to replace my trusty old firepod. Thought I would do a little shootout to observe the difference in sound between the two units.
I recorded a short clip from the beginning of "idols and anchors" by parkway drive. unfortunately the unit didnt come with a break out cable, so no midi, which means I couldnt record drums with the profire until the breakout cable arrives. (I trigger the kick via midi)
so I just recorded drums with the fp, then I quad tracked guitars with my dual rec, and a 57 off axis near the dustcap on my marshall 412 cab.
I recorded Di`s into each interface, then reamped with the corresponding interface.
Bass was my shitty peavey into the instrument input of each interface.
The mixes arent any thing special. performances are kinda sloppy. I left the guitars completely clean (no eq or comp.)
bass is just logics scooped bass stack setting.
I used all the same effects and plugs on both mixes, to make the comparison as fair as possible.
the clips are on my soundclick: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=937043
I am very confident in my purchase now
I think the profire mix shits all over the firepod clip!
nate wright commented that the profires low mids sound less boxy, the high end is much more open, and the high mids arent as in your face, and after doing this shootout, I have to agree with him!
at some point, I`ll make a clip using my mbox2 pro as well. I know protools users would find that useful!
I wouldnt mind hearing your opinions of course
peace
Liam
I recorded a short clip from the beginning of "idols and anchors" by parkway drive. unfortunately the unit didnt come with a break out cable, so no midi, which means I couldnt record drums with the profire until the breakout cable arrives. (I trigger the kick via midi)
so I just recorded drums with the fp, then I quad tracked guitars with my dual rec, and a 57 off axis near the dustcap on my marshall 412 cab.
I recorded Di`s into each interface, then reamped with the corresponding interface.
Bass was my shitty peavey into the instrument input of each interface.
The mixes arent any thing special. performances are kinda sloppy. I left the guitars completely clean (no eq or comp.)
bass is just logics scooped bass stack setting.
I used all the same effects and plugs on both mixes, to make the comparison as fair as possible.
the clips are on my soundclick: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=937043
I am very confident in my purchase now
I think the profire mix shits all over the firepod clip!nate wright commented that the profires low mids sound less boxy, the high end is much more open, and the high mids arent as in your face, and after doing this shootout, I have to agree with him!
at some point, I`ll make a clip using my mbox2 pro as well. I know protools users would find that useful!
I wouldnt mind hearing your opinions of course
peace
Liam
But yeah, the Profire sounds slightly clearer, though you really should've made this a blind shootout dude! In fact, if you could rename the files "a" and "b" and upload 'em to dropbox or drop.io or something, that'd rule!
