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M-Audio Firewire Solo US35030 Firewire Audio Interfaceby M-Audio
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Features
- Rack-mountable metal chassis; includes FireWire cables; 1-year warranty
- FireWire audio interface for recording guitar, vocals, and more on Mac or PC music software
- Front-panel XLR microphone input with gain control and clip LED
- Front-panel 1/4-inch guitar input and 2 rear-panel 1/4-inch line inputs
- Dual FireWire ports for easy device chaining; front-panel switch toggles between front and rear inputs
Product Description
The FireWire Solo is designed to meet the need of home-based singer-songwriters. It features a Front panel with XLR Input, red peak LED indicator and level control. The Front/rear inputs allow you to select whether Mic/Guitar or Stereo Line Ins are currently active. Phantom power switch and indicators offer you complete control over your recordings. Supports Windows XP onlyReviews
DOES THE JOB.This is great for plug and play. It didn't take me long to figure the ins and outs. I found the latency is reduced with the firewire connection compared to USB devices. I haven't used the mic input yet but the 1/4" input for guitar and bass I have and the latency is close to nill. I have also used the S/PDIF in with my 2-channel mixer with turntables and it sounds great. Worth the invesment.
Very high quality product for priceThe M-Audio firewire solo is a really great product for music creation and even for sound output to a stereo. installing the drivers can be tricky though unless you download http://www.m-audio.com/images/global/manuals/FWSolo_UG_EN01.pdf
The PDF explains exaclty what to do.
After I installed everything the M-audio worked flawlessly. I record my own music and also use it for better sound output to my stereo system. The result is clear proffesional recording sound quality.
I recommend it to anyone
Works great, sounds greatI'm using this on an Apple PowerBook G4 with a 1.33 GHz processor and 768 MB RAM. I mainly record through GarageBand, and after about 10 hours of use, it has worked flawlessly so far.
Controls in front are intuitive. The clip LEDs let you know when your input volumes are maxing out.
Note that you can record only two sources at once: either the front two (mic and line in) or the rear two (two line ins). I initially thought you could record 4 simultaneous tracks with this. There is, however, a switch on the front of the unit that allows you to choose front or rear inputs.
There is an extra firewire plug in the rear of the unit, which allows you to daisy-chain several firewire devices. This works perfectly for me on my 12" PowerBook, which only has one firewire input.
Very low latency on this unit. I can play my electric through GarageBand's multi-effects units while listening on my headphones, and I notice almost zero latency. I'm anxious to try it on my amplifier, to see if it would be suitable for live performance.
I would recommend this for anyone who's thinking about getting into home recording. It's very well designed, well built, and should suit me well for years.
