RME Interface
Submitted By: Kirkwood West
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 5:10pm Anybody using RME soundcards? what are their experiences?
i'm looking at getting ultra high end, i'm sick of garbage cheap soundcards.
I haven't owned one personally but I'm fairly certain it will be my next I/O purchase... Either the Fireface 400 or 800.
www.monocle-music.com
www.myspace.com/monoclemusik
cool... have you used on b4? and why are you getting this one?
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i've heard great things about the firefaceseses.
Alland Byallo
Nightlight Music | [KONTROL] | Forward SF
That brand was first recommended to be my Richard Devine (whose opinion I definitely value when it comes to gear), plus it meets my needs as someone who really needs a portable I/O to use for live PA's. Danny has used one... I'll see if he'll share his experience.
www.monocle-music.com
www.myspace.com/monoclemusik
I've used the RME 400 and it's pretty bad ass. I haven't been able to test the A/D converters on it extensively, but I can say that the D/A sounds really nice, about as nice as a metric halo unit. I've heard people say they like the A/D converters on the RME better than the metric halo so that says a lot. One of the greatest things about the RME though is its software/firmware. You can get a little crazy with the fireface mixer. Every output has its own mix attached to it, so you can pretty much route everything exactly how you want it - including rerouting the system outputs to whatever physical output you want, so you could have iTunes (which always outputs on 1-2) go out 3-4 and 7-8 for example..
i highly recommend everyone to get a higher end audio interface. it makes a lot of difference in your recordings especially if you record a lot of audio.
http://www.monocle-music.com/
http://www.myspace.com/monoclemusik
http://www.myspace.com/coupler300
what about latency? did you see improvements in latency when you used the RME?
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hey guys,
i have the fireface 800 and it has vastly improved the sound quality coming through the monitors. it offers a very accurate representation of the music and the A/D converters are top notch. the latency is virtually negligible and hasn't been a problem for me at all, recording hardware and using softsynths together in Live. i have the midi clock sync delay set for the Fireface midi output in Live's prefs, so timing is rock-solid. it's a huge improvement overall from my previous sound cards.
mason
Gus & Griz
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I have a FF800. I purchased it a couple of months ago and I love it. Practically no latency at all. I feel like I'm playing through a real amp with the speaker emulator function when I plug in my guitar and use NI Guitar Rig. The mix software is pretty cool as well. You can route everything internally and create submixes etc....
www.myspace.com/rozanskimusic
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Also try Metric Halo's 2882 paired with a D-Box. A little hit and run for you.
auralism records / lil brthr
fantastic. I'm putting the fireface 400 on my next to buy list because its small and will work for touring. Thanks for the comments everyone.
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