Focusrite Saffire 6 USB w/ Sonar?

It will work with Sonar however because your system is a little on the slower side you may not be able to get great latency values. I've managed to get my latency values down to about 8ms roundtrip with the Scarlett but my system is a powerhouse. I'm thinking you'll be able to get around 12 ms Roundtrip at best and if you were doing a LOT of tracks or using resource heavy synth effects you might get dropouts at that point. They do have a Zero Latency monitoring option but that won't work for everything. Like I said in the other thread I'd contact Focusrite with your system specs and be sure to ask about latency. Also you mentioned something about USB 3.0 support. Focusrite seems to have some kind of driver thingie that will allow you to use one of their 2.0 devices in a 3.0 port but I don't think I'd mess around with that personally. Have you looked at some of MOTU's stuff? They're pretty nice and will probably provide better latency. They are more expensive though.

Well you should be okay then but just double check with them for any conflicts. They're good guys. Here's their answerbase and some contact info... http://www.focusrite.com/answerbase/en/ Cheers.

i use it with a laptop. Zero problems going on 2 years now. more stable than my 0404 as they never got the 64 bit drivers quite right.

I'm using an 8i6 Scarlett on an i3 Dell and it's been working great, after I disabled the WiFi in the Dell.

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Well - all I can say is I am using the Saffire 6 USB, and it works without any problem (inputs/outputs + MIDI)on my slightly older computer (Asus P7H55-M motherboard, 8Gb memory and a Intel i3-540). As a side note - are you sure you used your EMU 0204 on a 2.0 USB bus? There are some problems with this device on a USB 3.0 bus.

^^^ Ditto to this. I'm running the Saffire 6 on my "secondary" DAW which is permanently connected to the internet, used for Office/Gaming/Email etc with NO audio tweaks, and it runs really well.

I picked up a Saffire 6 USB for an interface for my laptop. Needless to say, I had to try it on my regular studio desktop. I was not surprised to find that the unit performed wonderfully! Great detail, very warm to the ear. And the included software was a great plus as well. The only qualm I have is this unit is USB 1.1! I heard that the newer drivers allow it to use USB 2.0 ports but I am not convinced that the latency would be a little faster if that were so. The latency had to be set a little higher than what I achieve with my MOTU 24io. But, I still say bang for the buck-wise, it is worth the investment!

Sonar artist 64bit  hangs with focusrite saffire 6 usb. any suggestion?
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Sonar artist 64bit  hangs with focusrite saffire 6 usb. any suggestion?
Thanks

If you're running Win 7 or 8, I suggest doing all of your installs with "Run as Administrator".  Also, try a different USB port (Make sure it's USB2, and not USB3).