Re: Does a reliable audio interface really exist?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:38 pm
Edirol FA 101 over here. Very simple, really reliable, never given any issues.
fishmonkey wrote: here is an excerpt from a recent thread:
The interfaces we've heard the fewest complaints about are:
- Anything made by Metric Halo
- Anything made by RME
- The Focusrite Saffire series
- The Roland Quad capture and Octa capture
- Dante DVS
The interfaces we've heard the most complaints about are:
- Anything made by Behringer
- Anything made by Echo
- Anything made by M-Audio
- Anything made by Avid (due to lame drivers)
- Anything made by Presonus
- The Focusrite Scarlett series
i believe that the reliable Focusrite Saffire is the Firewire version.Stromkraft wrote: Interestingly close to the picture I have in my head based on input from users and owners I encounter though I missed the Focusrite differences.
I am using a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 which is the Firewire version.fishmonkey wrote:i believe that the reliable Focusrite Saffire is the Firewire version.Stromkraft wrote: Interestingly close to the picture I have in my head based on input from users and owners I encounter though I missed the Focusrite differences.
fair enough, but there are many things that could cause problems. no interface is immune to issues.Emanresu0891 wrote:I am using a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 which is the Firewire version.fishmonkey wrote:i believe that the reliable Focusrite Saffire is the Firewire version.Stromkraft wrote: Interestingly close to the picture I have in my head based on input from users and owners I encounter though I missed the Focusrite differences.
Im using it with El Capitan and have had audio drop outs that make the timing go completely out of sync.
If I use the interface for normal computing and let the computer go into sleep mode the interface will not recalibrate. I end up having to restart the computer.
A simple contact cleaner may solve this.Angstrom wrote:
I mean when I turn up the volume it goes .. -32, -31, -30, +6 HOLY SHIT ... and I turn it back down again. Really I should have sent it in for a repair ages ago but as it only happens intermittently I've simply not bothered.
Emanresu0891 wrote:Is that a real thing.. a reliable non fucking up audio interface?
I have gone through many audio interfaces and each one fucks up in some area.
Some will randomly decide not to output any sound, some will have buffering issues, some freeze the computer while recording.
In the 15 years of working with computer music I have yet to find a single STAGE WORTHY audio interface.
I want something that is just as reliable as my guitar amp. I plug my guitar in and it works all the time.
Here is the list I of interfaces I have used through out the years.
M audio fast track
M audio 24/96
An Alesis audio interface mixer combo
Line 6 ux2
Focusrite scarlet 2i4
Focusrite scarlet 2i2
And now Focusrite saffire pro 14 via thunderstruck
Im thinking about ditching the audio interface all together and using a di box to a mixer and then to my computer (mac book pro) running OS X 10.11.5
Im even thinking about selling everything computer related and going all hardware down to an 8 track recorder.
My thoughts used to be that no one needs a $500 audio interface, but Im now thinking otherwise.
Tell me your thoughts on this please. Is there a rock solid interface that always works with out a single fuck up?
Is apogee and rme trustworthy for stage use?
Can some one explain why audio interfaces are so fucking bad? I can still plug a mic into a multi fx rack unit from the 90s and it will work like it did day one. I can record into a digital multi track recorder from the early 2000s and this will also work. Why is computer audio any different?
Never, never, never, never, never, NEVER let a computer sleep while running an audio or MIDI interface. Just don't do it.Emanresu0891 wrote:fishmonkey wrote:Stromkraft wrote: If I use the interface for normal computing and let the computer go into sleep mode the interface will not recalibrate. I end up having to restart the computer.
ain't necessarily so.doghouse wrote: Never, never, never, never, never, NEVER let a computer sleep while running an audio or MIDI interface. Just don't do it.
I have never had that work reliably, no matter the interface, no matter the computer OS.
I set my music computers to never go to sleep.
I was thinking my the same thing... sounds like a job for rubbing alcohol and Q-tipalpertt wrote:A simple contact cleaner may solve this.Angstrom wrote:
I mean when I turn up the volume it goes .. -32, -31, -30, +6 HOLY SHIT ... and I turn it back down again. Really I should have sent it in for a repair ages ago but as it only happens intermittently I've simply not bothered.