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Gambled on a really cheap audio I/O box
The Focusrite Pro 40 that I've been using for several years on my little laptop rig has been getting iffy; some XLR in's were becoming intermittent. I considered having it fixed (probably just some cold solders here & there) but decided to explore brand-new options instead. I picked this one up for $202.49 new!!! http://www.musictri.be/Categories/Be...MC1820/p/P0B2J I made sure I could return it - just in case. Well, after lots of testing, I'm keeping it!!!
The 8 mic-pre's sound great & have plenty of clean gain. The converters sound really good & the headphone amp is clean & loud. Build quality is solid as well. Installation (Windows 7 in my case) was a breeze, and Pro-Tools saw it right away. Since it's USB2, it crackled @ buffer 32, occasional crackles @ 64, but was solid @ 128. Another thing I thought was interesting is that Pro-Tools sets the sample rate & buffer settings; the I/O box follows suit without issue. They claim that it's designed in Germany, Midas pre's, bla bla bla. I use this (somewhat under-powered & older) laptop rig ONLY for location recording gigs, i.e. never for ODs, mixing, VIs etc. I use just a few mics, or sometimes a PA feed thrown in for good measure. I usually run @ buffer 1024 anyway, so buffer 64 not working well is okay ... for my purposes. (Although I gotta say, the Focusrite Pro 40, which is firewire 400, was solid @ 64 on the same laptop.) I'm wiring up an XLR input bay, so that I don't stress the XLRs on the unit itself. Also, rather than racking it, I'm gonna lay it on a rack tray & surround it with squishy foam to take up the shock of getting schlepped around town. Let's see if it works over time!!! There ... I didn't even use the "B" word.
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Re: Gambled on a really cheap audio I/O box
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(cough, cough, focusrite, cough, cough) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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James Cadwallader Mac Studio, 64GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, Glyph 2TB USB3 HDD, OWC drive dock, Mac OS Monterey 12.6.8 Pro Tools Ultimate 2023.9, HD Native, Focusrite Red 8Pre Presonus Faderport, Pro Tools | Control |
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Re: Gambled on a really cheap audio I/O box
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So, I just now changed my sig info to reflect this new I/O interface. Still no "B" word ...
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Desktop build: PT 2020.5 / Win 11 / i9-11900K @ 5.1GHz / 64GB / 4TB NVMe PCIe 4 / Gigabyte Z590 Vision D / PreSonus 2626 Laptop: PT 2020.5 / Win 11 / i5-12500H / 16GB / 1TB NVMe / Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro / U-PHORIA UMC1820 Ancient/Legacy (still works!): PT 5 & 6 / OS9 & OSX / Mac G4 / DIGI 001 Click for audio/video demo Click for resume |
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Re: Gambled on a really cheap audio I/O box
More testing with this rig. Made 8 audio record tracks. Added an EQ and a comp to each. Aux send each to a reverb. Routed all to a stereo record "mix" track. Buffer 128 (as explained above) and 48k. Hit record (8 mono tracks plus 1 stereo track); hit stop. Did that 10 times. Then, I hit record and went to bed. Seven hours later, it was still rolling. Hit record/stop 10 more times. Checked playback (an exciting recording of room tone ...) at 5 mins and also at 7 hrs. Works.
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Desktop build: PT 2020.5 / Win 11 / i9-11900K @ 5.1GHz / 64GB / 4TB NVMe PCIe 4 / Gigabyte Z590 Vision D / PreSonus 2626 Laptop: PT 2020.5 / Win 11 / i5-12500H / 16GB / 1TB NVMe / Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro / U-PHORIA UMC1820 Ancient/Legacy (still works!): PT 5 & 6 / OS9 & OSX / Mac G4 / DIGI 001 Click for audio/video demo Click for resume |
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