alesis IO26 or presonus firepod

goodewill · Post by **goodewill** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:26 am

so they both go for about $400 US...8 xlr/trs inputs, phantom powered..i prefer if somebody out there have tried both firewire interfaces for a more objective comparison...i use a coreduo macbook with 2gb ram for multitrack analog recording. I probably won't need more than 4 phantom powered inputs (but no less than 3). I'm kinda new at this so that's why i may sound retarded. thanks for any help dudes.

aklisiewicz · Post by **aklisiewicz** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:36 am

I use FIREPOD with PC for almost 2 years and I'm very happy with it.
no problems at all, altough it has only two powered inputs.

Arthur

966sf · Post by **966sf** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:18 am

goodewill wrote:...i use a coreduo macbook with 2gb ram for multitrack analog recording.

you can do analog on the macbook???

uhhhh but anyway, the Presonus is the tried and true one out of the two. You know you're getting a good buy with that. It probably has better preamps

But the Alesis has ADAT lightpipe. So you can just buy even BETTER preamps later when you have more money?

Think about the future and what features you will need then.

Kodama · Post by **Kodama** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:20 pm

Well of you are recording audio from the real world, yes it is analog, YOU are analog!!!!

goodewill · Post by **goodewill** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:26 am

thanks for the help, sweetwater is sellin the io26 with a $40 rebate and i gotta be frugle whenever possible, which by the way, i will now sell my Edirol FA-66 frwr.intrfc. for $180 to help me pay for the io26. The lightpipe option in nice from the long term perspective-thanks 966sf...i sure miss the mission district...
oh and i meant to say audio (guitar drums etc)...BUT analog in a biochemical kinda way.

peace.

aburgener · Post by **aburgener** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:21 pm

goodewill -

Did you go with the Alesis IO? Are you happy with your purchase? I'm actually trying to find a new sound card and these are two candidates I'm looking at.

Let me know!

laird · Post by **laird** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:24 pm

aklisiewicz wrote:I use FIREPOD with PC for almost 2 years and I'm very happy with it.
no problems at all, altough it has only two powered inputs.

Arthur

I just got the presonus firepod (works great so far!)

Seems to me that all 8 inputs have phantom power.... there's a little button on the front to enable phantom power for inputs 1-4, or 5-8.