Why am I jealous? giggle.
 
I hope you love it.

I've never had an issue with the UFX via USB. Never tried FW.

And what about latency (in USB mode ?
Is it short enough, if you need it to be ?

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And what about latency (in USB mode ?
Is it short enough, if you need it to be ?

 

When I'm tracking real time effects I often run with the buffer set to 64 and I don't have problems and once I have started to mix I will change this to 512.

I tend to mix at 2048 because of switching screensets. Switching screensets can cause drop-outs for me.
 
I'm able to record at 48 sample buffer, but tend to use 64 like Karhide.
 
Now, for me, anything below 256 I consider useable.
 
Also, on my laptop, I have to bring the buffer up some. 128 or 256.

Also, if I'm doing one take wonders (most of my recordings), I skip Sonar and just use RME DigiCheck to make the recording. I apply eq-compression and reverb and send the outs for headphone monitoring from the interface in virtual zero latency. If I want a metronome, I've taken to running a metronome through one of the inputs in the interface and routing it to the headphones. Then, we can just play. When I import into Sonar later I can line up the clicks on the recorded click track. I just write down the tempos as I go.
 
This doesn't take advantage of Sonar's ability to do comp recording (unless you record the same song repeatedly at the same tempo) or Sonar's midi synths, but it's super simple and easy to do. If you're people can really play and aren't looking to practice the same song 22 times in a row, it's a great way to make recordings.
 
One of the nice parts about this type of recording is there is no starting and stopping during the session.

Thanks you !

The ability to record in standalone mode (DigiCheck), is one of the things that I really like about this interface.
Great for field recordings.