M-audio quattro

Trat · Post by **Trat** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:39 pm

I'm looking for a decent soundcard for my notebook. I don't need 200 inputs or so: 2 will do. I like to have 2 or more channels out and I want midi. I can by a Quattro for a very cheap price.
Does anyone recommend me this one or is this really one to keep away from? I know the Quattro is EOL and I don;t think there will be a new update from M-audio for it, but I just need to get it to work on my p4 Acer XP SP1 notebook.
Please help me, cause i'm dubbing to long allready.

Trat · Post by **Trat** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:37 am

No one uses this card?

elemental · Post by **elemental** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:10 pm

If u using XP DONT!

I had a lot of problems with this interface.

On Win98 its ok, dont know about OS-X

Trat · Post by **Trat** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:35 pm

Tnx mate, thats all I wanted to hear. I think I'll go for a Indigo card. I don't hear any bad stuf about them....

m-laboratories.net · Post by **m-laboratories.net** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:44 pm

yeah, the quattro is pretty finicky. stay away if you have another option.

it took me about 20 installs on my last attempt to get it running properly. I hear people have good luck with ASIO4ALL with it, but the bundled drivers suck.

Trat · Post by **Trat** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:14 pm

I use Asio4all on my notebook. I get pretty sweet results with it: latency of 5ms in Live.

spiderprod · Post by **spiderprod** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:37 pm

i used to have the quatro & sold it cos it was sounding a bit cheap , but when i sold it ,i downloaded the latest driver to instal it on the guy's pc , it sounded fucking good with the new driver & now i regret the sale .

Trat · Post by **Trat** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:54 pm

hmm, i'm starting to doubt again......

I always wanted to have one but never had the need for it. Now I need a decent audio-interface for my windows xp sp1 notebook.

Verne Andru · Post by **Verne Andru** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:57 pm

I've been using a Quattro for a few years now. The drivers are a bit touchy to get installed, but one it's up it's as solid as a rock. Use it on my Sony laptop and my P4 workstation. If you just want good single channel audio I/O without MIDI - the Echo card may be a better way to go - it's far more portable for a laptop but won't work on a workstation [no PCMCIA slot]. If you want the multiple I/O, MIDI and the flexibility to use it on a laptop or workstation, the Quattro - especially at a firesale price - isn't a bad option. I run it on Windows 2000 Pro SP4.

claas · Post by **claas** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:56 pm

All what was said about the Quattro in this thread is right: the driver on CD are useless, but the ones you can download are very good. The first series was MAC-only because there was a problem with some USB-ports on Windows PCs.
I have the Quattro since 2001 and use it on my iBook. With the newest divers it works very fine. But there are some newer USB-Interfaces from M-Audio, that can be better for you. The Quattro needs a seperate power-supply. Interfaces like the M-Audio Fast track gets power by the USB or Firewire-port. If you wants to be mobile with your Computer an interface without an external power-supply will be better.
If I had to choose again, I would buy a M-Audio Interface, because they have a good price, good quality and a good support. But I would buy Fast Track or Firewire Solo, because of the power supply.

greetings, claas

Trat · Post by **Trat** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:38 pm

antomccarthy · Post by **antomccarthy** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:51 pm

I use a quattro and if I was buying a gain I wouldn't go for it, firstly it overheats if you are using it for a long period of time, and the ASIO drivers for it are a pain in the ass. The quality of it is pretty good but the card is very fiddly.

s4t0s1 · Post by **s4t0s1** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:58 pm

I use quattro with XP and no problem.
But latest driver is not stable. In my case,ver.1.26 works fine.
I love it.

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