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   I can't help...I'm not up on this 'firewire' thing all the kids are using. One of my dream soundcards still uses an ISA bus. 

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James Lee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525	Topic: Audio Interfaces Posted: March 01 2005 at 18:03
	I can't help...I'm not up on this 'firewire' thing all the kids are using. One of my dream soundcards still uses an ISA bus.


Certif1ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559	Posted: March 01 2005 at 15:13
	Mmmm... Digidesign... Nice Horrible little box though - would be fine for portable recording, and with the legacy of ProTools behind it, I'd bet it performs brilliantly. However, we're pretty much decided on a rack mount solution for the "studio", and that means a few more inputs are needed. Thanks for the heads up though.

sigod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779	Posted: March 01 2005 at 09:57
	Digidesign have the M-box which although I've only used a few times, seems to be a good bit of kit. Edited by sigod
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Certif1ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559	Posted: March 01 2005 at 06:27
	Follow the link I provided and you'll see that Digital Village are selling it for £459.99 Thanks for the other suggestions though - we'll investigate...

arcer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 01 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1239	Posted: March 01 2005 at 03:45
	hmmmm I'd have a look at the Yamaha O1X M-Lan (uses Firewire) looks good and as Yamaha just bought Steinberg should synch with Cubase very elegantly in the future. It looks surperb. Or how about the RME Fireface - Firewire 35 input and 28 output channels 24 bit 192khz. IU rack mountable with 4 front panel XLR mic pres with phantom power with high z jacks and 8 balanced TRS jack inputs and 8 out on the back panel. It's about a grand. A control surface would be ideal I suppose. mackie do some nice ones, but that Tascam you're thinking of seems like a good idea - and at £899 from www.turnkey.co.uk it's not a bad price. Happy hunting.

Certif1ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559	Posted: February 28 2005 at 06:52
	...so it looks like the clock on the Gina is dying or has issues - we're getting drop-outs and jittering unless we turn off the ASIO drivers... which is bad for synchronisation. A new PC Audio interface is therefore required - but which one? We've been looking at the Tascam FW1804, to give an idea of the ballpark we're playing in (budget end only, I'm afraid...) - anything else we should check out? We need plenty of inputs, so the little "Drive bay" breakout boxes aren't good enough - we need something that can either be rack mounted or occupy desk space. The former is obviously preferable...