Saffire Blows, Suggestions?

CWoodOne · Post by **CWoodOne** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:01 pm

Jubei wrote:I have had one for well over a year. Never one hitch. Not one pop....click.....nothing. As far as the dsp, well the compression and eq do the a really nice job on my vocals and it suits my needs perfectly. To each his own I guess. It's funny how everyone panics when one person on a board says his expierence with an item(anything....not just music gear) sucks, or was faulty. No one makes threads to just rave about a product that often. I mean.....I didn't and I love my saffire.

Not "one person on a board" on this one.
-- I tried several units, on several different computers, as have other people. Different units had different issues. Other people have had the same experience. I think this is an understatement

"I retract my previous glowing statements about the Focusrite Saffire. It's a genuine piece of gorilla shit. Latest firmware, drivers, apps, OS etc and it still just gives me the digital finger. Either it spends the whole time flicking on and off or goes to digital noise after about 5 minutes of use. Same results in Live 5/6, GarageBand, Logic and Soundtrack Pro. Also the same on a G4 PowerBook and a Core Duo mini. I give up. "

Jubei · Post by **Jubei** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:04 pm

So then your saying mine is the fluke that works???
Well...mine and all the mags that reviewed it?

Wow! I guess I am really lucky!

cool.

CWoodOne · Post by **CWoodOne** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:10 pm

Jubei wrote:So then your saying mine is the fluke that works???
Well...mine and all the mags that reviewed it?

Wow! I guess I am really lucky!

cool.

I'm just saying other people have found it to be an extremely problematic piece of hardware compared to other units. Secondly, magazine reviews are usually based on units direct from a manufacturer, used in a controlled environment and not by musicians "in the field".

Brando · Post by **Brando** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:23 pm

Never really had any probs w/ mine either, studio or live setups, although only on PC not MAC.?!

~B

JahGuide · Post by **JahGuide** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:35 pm

I am still contemplating on getting the Saffire LE. But to get three of them all faulty I dont know man. Atleast I have the 30 day trial period from these online stores.

CWoodOne · Post by **CWoodOne** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:37 pm

JahGuide wrote:I am still contemplating on getting the Saffire LE. But to get three of them all faulty I dont know man. Atleast I have the 30 day trial period from these online stores.

Mine was the full Saffire, not the LE, and it was the first release of the hardware, just to be fair.

JahGuide · Post by **JahGuide** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:07 pm

Cool I will do some more research. sometimes I feel like I am wasting money on gear. You never get what you want and you find out when its too late that a piece of equipment just does not cut it. I wonder if these comapanies know this. I need a new hobby this one is too expensive

David · Post by **David** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:28 pm

I owned the Saffire for a while. I had the first generation of drivers, they werent perfect, I had to uninstall and re-install from time to time. The 2nd Generation of driver was fine for me, no probs. I found the audio quality pretty good, I have nothing else to compare the quality to though apart from a 16bit Soundmax soundcard. I sold it becuase these days I like having less. I miss 24 bit depth, but I prefer a built in soundcard out of sight that just works all the time. PC Laptops will one day ship with built in 24 bit Soundmax cards. That'll be nice. Btw, I sold on Ebay and it retained a lot of its value, I didnt lose very much on the sale, it was just like renting 24 bit for awhile.

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:00 am

So Solid Poo wrote:saffire blowz me 2 i sugges u wear a rubbah between u n me shez a dikaholik my cuz dik gon green sins she goobble itup now hez tekkin medikation 4 siffilus r herpez r sum shit

do you think it's cool, not being able to speak / spell propperly?

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:39 am

don't mess with Tha Poo, man...

phil909 · Post by **phil909** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:39 pm

i've had a saffire le for 3 months now.
i've not had one problem with it and it sounds great.

i'd go as far to say that it's most reliable piece of audio gear.
i'd recommend it.

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:17 pm

thanks for the info folks. curious, are those that are having a good time with it on Windows or Mac? perhaps it's the Mac drivers that are shit.

JahGuide · Post by **JahGuide** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:10 pm

I am curious to find out how it works on both mac and PC too. I think I will be buying a Macbook soon for live playing. I am so tempted to go out and buy the Firebox today too, ahh this is driving me crazy. I do like the specs and the look of the Saffire Le though.

Jubei · Post by **Jubei** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:57 pm

I am on a Mac here. Flawless for almost a year.

JahGuide · Post by **JahGuide** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:06 am

Bought the FireBox today. Oh the clarity, it sounds so damn good. I still prefer the look and layout of the Saffire Le though. But I like the size of the FireBox nice and small. I will see how it holds up for the next few weeks. Man it sounds good.