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2010/05/20 14:14:38 (permalink)

Fireface UC

Hi. Anyone using the Fireface UC?  I need a USB device to replace a Layla 24 (with old laptop adaptor). This thing looks hopeful.
Thoughts?
Many thanks
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    Jim Roseberry
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    Re:Fireface UC 2010/05/20 14:59:42 (permalink)
    Counting Coup


    Hi. Anyone using the Fireface UC?  I need a USB device to replace a Layla 24 (with old laptop adaptor). This thing looks hopeful.
    Thoughts?
    Many thanks
    CC

    The Fireface UC offers the same features/performance as the Fireface 400.
    One of two USB audio interfaces that offer (low) round-trip latency on par with the best PCI/e and Firewire units.
    Excellent choice...

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    Jim Roseberry
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    Re:Fireface UC 2010/05/21 05:08:23 (permalink)
    Jim Roseberry

    One of two USB audio interfaces that offer (low) round-trip latency on par with the best PCI/e and Firewire units.

    What's the other one?
     
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    InstrEd
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    Re:Fireface UC 2010/05/21 09:14:30 (permalink)
    What's the other one? Sven



    The other one Jim has been talking about is This One from M-Audio. 

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    Re:Fireface UC 2010/05/21 16:40:00 (permalink)
    The other one Jim has been talking about is This One from M-Audio.

     
    Yes, that's the one...
    The FastTrack Ultra 8R delivers total round-trip latency of 5.5ms at a 64-sample ASIO buffer size/44.1k.
    The unit has solid Win7x64 drivers... and works well under heavy loads.
    I wouldn't have believed it... had I not experienced it first hand.  

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    Re:Fireface UC 2010/05/22 02:43:25 (permalink)
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    ... The FastTrack Ultra 8R delivers total round-trip latency of 5.5ms at a 64-sample ASIO buffer size/44.1k.
    The unit has solid Win7x64 drivers... and works well under heavy loads.
    I wouldn't have believed it... had I not experienced it first hand.  
    Hi Jim,
     
    Do you think M-Audio's FastTrack Ultra has the same round-trip latency of its bigger brother, the 8R, since they both have similar on-board MX Core™ DSP mixer? If yes, that would be a cheaper alternative for those who don't need all the 8R features.
     
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    Re:Fireface UC 2010/05/22 07:34:52 (permalink)
    just my two cents , but latency is one thing (owner here of fireface 400 ,vs 100 , vs 700 , ua1g) and i have damn low latency with my cakewalks too  , but drivers quality is anotha thing , so go fireface uc or baby and stay away from m audio !!

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    Re:Fireface UC 2010/05/22 11:53:17 (permalink)
    FastTrack Ultra

    Thanks everyone. This I feel I can say from experience: It was the 3rd Fast Track Ultra I took home that finally decided to work, but only then when hanging out of one specific USB port, and only then if I boot in the correct sequence. It has a list of boot instructions taped to the top resembling the anti-gravity toilet instructions in 2001, A Space Odyssey. It does work, but I only keep it for emergencies.
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    Re:Fireface UC 2010/05/24 08:32:10 (permalink)

    so go fireface uc or baby and stay away from m audio !!

     
    RME is great... no doubt about that
    But the FastTrack Ultra 8R does have rock-solid Win7x64 drivers.
    I've been using one to play live gigs... (set at a 64-sample ASIO buffer size for super tight timing while triggering about a dozen soft-synths).  Not a single hiccup in many hours of rehearsal and being on stage...
    post edited by Jim Roseberry - 2010/05/24 08:33:13

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