M-Audio Firewire 410 with Live
Ok, I hooked up my FireWire 410 today and tested it with my Toshiba 3ghz laptop. I set the ASIO latency to 256 samples.. which is 6 or 8ms.. Tested it with Fruity Loops 4.12, Cubase SX 1.02, Traktor 2.1.1, Reason 2.5, Live 2.1.2 and it is damn solid.
I really like the fact you can route any of the outputs to the headphones. And routing in general is pretty flexible. I am very happy with this unit. The control panel have a very Live look and feel to it also.
Martin
bioroid
I really like the fact you can route any of the outputs to the headphones. And routing in general is pretty flexible. I am very happy with this unit. The control panel have a very Live look and feel to it also.
Martin
bioroid
I think you can use all 4 inputs at once because two stereo inputs (analog and digital) show up in Live. I don't have any way to test 4 inputs but they should work. You can also download the manual from the M-Audio website.
Also, I noticed a huge improvement in Cubase SX over the EMI 2|6 I was using. Before in one of my songs, the Novation V-Station would miss the first few beats the very first time it was played but I did not have this problem with the 410. Everything seemed a lot tighter and glitch free.
bioroid
Also, I noticed a huge improvement in Cubase SX over the EMI 2|6 I was using. Before in one of my songs, the Novation V-Station would miss the first few beats the very first time it was played but I did not have this problem with the 410. Everything seemed a lot tighter and glitch free.
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Yes, 4 inputs.
I don't own a Firewire 410 but I did the research, so I'm posting this in hopes it clears up the confusion re: # of inputs.
The FW410 has 2 analog inputs and 2 digital inputs available. Therefore, it has 4 simultaneous inputs.
The unit also happens to have 4 analog connections available: 2 on the front and 2 on the back. This does not mean that there are 4 analog inputs available. Only two of the analog inputs can be utilized at once.
I hope that helps someone reading this.
Best,
Logicat
The FW410 has 2 analog inputs and 2 digital inputs available. Therefore, it has 4 simultaneous inputs.
The unit also happens to have 4 analog connections available: 2 on the front and 2 on the back. This does not mean that there are 4 analog inputs available. Only two of the analog inputs can be utilized at once.
I hope that helps someone reading this.
Best,
Logicat
just wondering if you managed to get rid of the pops and clicks. i've got a relatively hi spec windows system that's also having trouble with clicks and pops on the 410...Lucas wrote:Just picked one up at guitar center today, and im having a hell of a time getting it to work without pops and clicks in os9 havent tried osx yet. Ah man im gonna be so upset if i just spent $400 bucks on another junk product. Ill keep this post updated with my progress.
lso
thanks
-sunit
No unfortunatly I had to return the product. I just thought that my machine (Ibook 600) wasnt fast enough to handle it. I dont have a firewire port on my pc, so i didnt try it there (that wasnt the point anyway). I push my laptop pretty hard. I can get 8-10 tracks with like 6-8 auto filters working great while recording loops in real time no problem with soundmanager. I mean the machine is really sluggish at this point, but never any clicks or pops. The 410 would click and pop even with only 1-2 tracks with no effects.
lso
lso
the faq section for the 410 on m audios website has the following
Symptom: Popping and clicking on a G3 I-Book
Solution: Check CPU usage in running application. If CPU usage goes above 70 % the results could be pops and clicks. Please reduce number of tracks or plug-ins.
They also have the manual on line if anyone wants to see before they buy. I'm thinking of getting one - I have 667 powerbook and G4 imac, any positive neg experience with them ?
Cheers
Nick
Symptom: Popping and clicking on a G3 I-Book
Solution: Check CPU usage in running application. If CPU usage goes above 70 % the results could be pops and clicks. Please reduce number of tracks or plug-ins.
They also have the manual on line if anyone wants to see before they buy. I'm thinking of getting one - I have 667 powerbook and G4 imac, any positive neg experience with them ?
Cheers
Nick
i'm running a dell inspiron 8100 - not that new, but still pretty fast, with 512 mb of ram,a pIII processor, and a 64 Mb vid card. also running off a 7200 rpm hardrive and an optimized winxp.
m-audio replied saying that on laptops sometimes there are conflicts with the firewire ports and the pcmia cards that cause problems....not sure about this one, but i thought i'd get a pcmia firewire card anyways, and see if this clears anything up.
-sunit
m-audio replied saying that on laptops sometimes there are conflicts with the firewire ports and the pcmia cards that cause problems....not sure about this one, but i thought i'd get a pcmia firewire card anyways, and see if this clears anything up.
-sunit
firewire 410 works great
i have used the firewire 410 for about 2 weeks. it works great. i use a 1ghz ti book with 1 gig of ram. used with dp4. live and reason no prob. also gives a much better midi controller response than oxygen 8. firewire is the future (and usb2). had the edirol ua-20 and this piece of junk didn't work for shit. the driver still has some definite issues but i am sure those will be resolved soon. so for those of us who can't afford the motu interface this is a solid option.
just my thoughts
just my thoughts