Konnekt 24D

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:56 am

Looks like TC electronics has caught the NI bug....everything with a K.

This looks like a fairly interesting audiointerface with (most likely) quality DSP on board....

http://www.tcelectronic.com/Konnekt24D

Wonder how it will compete against the Ultralite and RME fireface 400...

Discuss..

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:16 pm

I guess with the advent of the new excellent soundcards in this price range, this isn't garnering that much attention..interesting.

I probably wouldn't go for it either.

I am really waiting to see what the Fireface 400 is going to cost on the street. Looks really sweet.

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:41 pm

where do you see pricing info?

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:57 pm

I like the idea of the Fabrik channels but I get the idea you only get one of each (reverb and eq/compression) which is a shame.

in the British Empire prices are like this for the 'portable interfaces'
fireface 400 is reputed to cost around £600
konnekt 24d is listed as around £400
emu 1616m = £329
focusrite saffire = £329

although RME have a good reputation, so do TC electronic.
I'm not sure that the RME really has £200 or $400 difference?

Everyone dismisses the emu but it still seems to perform well and got a good review in sound-on-sound. No wordclock though.

I do quite like the TC, but wish it offered more Fabrik channels

the girl next door · Post by **the girl next door** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:59 pm

http://www.musik-produktiv.at/shop2/sho ... inx=596785
Neraly double the price,I was wondering about one of the Two Konnekt or the 400

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:11 pm

Thanks Angstrom, konnekt 24d looks like about $US 700-800 , then.

The fireface 400 price I've seen mentioned is EUR 900.

How does either compare to the MOTU Traveler?

[edit] http://www.rme-audio.com/english/firewi ... tm#PRICING

fireface 400 sounds like a badass unit...

konnekt 24d: here is US pre-purchase being advertised, $US 500
http://www.audiomidi.com/Konnekt-24D-P7915.aspx

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:15 am

I have seen conflicting stuff about the fireface.....one sites says US$900, but many say "less than US$900", which could mean considerably less than, or US$899.

I thought I saw the konnekt 24D for $499 somewhere. I will go take a look....maybe sweetwater.

The fireface has everything.....everything....it really is the shit...the thing is.....you want to buy now, and not have to upgrade later..

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:16 am

Sorry, audiomidi has it for $499.

yogz · Post by **yogz** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:34 am

simple question about dsp:
does the soundcards w/dsp help with all vst plugins/application ?!
I understood that for the e-mu cards with onboard dsp, the dsp only help the e-mu effects

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:54 am

Both the Konnekt and the Fireface are available in June..... but the RME is 887 € while the Konnekt 8 is 365 and the one with the on-board DSP is 521.....

Also, does the RME Fireface 400 have a dedicated high-gain guitar/bass input too?

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:56 am

FORMAT wrote:Both the Konnekt and the Fireface are available in June..... but the RME is 887 € while the Konnekt 8 is 365 and the one with the on-board DSP is 521.....

Also, does the RME Fireface 400 have a dedicated high-gain guitar/bass input too?

Anyone know?

poshook · Post by **poshook** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:29 am

any1 have Konnekt 24D with Live?

rikhyray · Post by **rikhyray** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:23 am

It is rather bulky/heavy like 3 RMEs, didnt have time to try it-- after Novation SL disaster i am not going to buy anything too early, will wait and see first how good it really is.

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:04 pm

yogz wrote:simple question about dsp:
does the soundcards w/dsp help with all vst plugins/application ?!
I understood that for the e-mu cards with onboard dsp, the dsp only help the e-mu effects

It will help the TC effects only, since those will have been coded for that DSP.

ultrasource · Post by **ultrasource** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:11 am

i'm the guinea pig on this one. i picked one up for around 480. i get decent latency and the dsp sounds good but i can't use them in live... only monitoring. unless i'm missing something. i know it can be done in cubase but i don't have that on my pc. i couldn't get this card to work on my G4 powerbook but it seems pretty stable on my hp lappie. i'm giving it a thorough test tomorrow to see if it goes back to the land of unwanted fw interfaces. so far it pounces my m-audio 410 but there is a dropout here and there that will only probably be avoided with a driver update.