M-Audio Firewire 1814 or Digi 002r?

[Loudnoize Ent.]

I'm thinking of getting either another LE w/002 (currently own the MBox) or PT M-P with the Firewire 1814. Has anyone ever used the 1814 with any other software before and how does it compare to the 002 re: Pre's, Latency, Overall Unit?

Thanks.

[Loudnoize Ent.]

You mean there's been no one?

[Loudnoize Ent.]

Anyone!

[danhops]

No experience with either, but I'm taking the plunge on the M-Audio route.

[edytnbch]

does the new pro tools support rewire????

[danhops]

Yes it does. Go to the software comparison chart.

[dissolve]

Well the Digi 002r will have some more flexibility with interfacing. The Firewire 1814 only has -10 dBu inputs, while the Digi 002r's inputs can be switched from -10 dBu to +4dBu. +4 dBu is essential if you're interfacing with pro gear. The M-Audio Pre's are probably about the same quality as the Focusrite Pres on your Mbox, and M-Audio A/D Conversion is decent. Who knows maybe there will be a shoot out in some of the recording mags in the near future.

[jonnyc]

The great thing about having the m-audio gear is that fact that is pro tools mpowered bites you can use any other software you want.

[The Mighty Burner]

If you guys are on the Mac platform...be careful.

I had purchased the audiophile firewire interface a few months back after selling my 002r and it was, hands down, the buggiest piece of hardware I have ever encountered.

Not only was it just about impossible to get the device to play nice (or even boot up and work), it routinely crashed my system and even almost rendered one of my firewire drives unusable. I hadn't even installed any DAW.

I shouldn't have known when the unit came with a piece of paper warning, "do not hot plug this firewire device. Hot plugging the device could result in permanent damage to your firewire port or system".

I had to wipe my system clean and do fresh installs of all my hardware/software to get my firewire drive working again and the bugs out of my system. I later heard from a friend at Sweetwater that M-Audio products are notoriously unstable on the Mac platform.

I went out and got an Mbox, and I haven't had one problem since.

I have heard, however, that the M-Audio stuff is rock solid on PCs. Go figure...it's usually the other way around!

Anyways....when I tried, it was pretty obvious that they didn't have their drivers together for the mac...so use caution! Call a dealer and get some feedback...

hope this is usefull....and BTW

...anyone want to buy my M-Audio firewire audiophile?