Thinking of going down the usb 2.0 route for my new interface.

After lots of searching the two that interest me the most are

Octo Capture

RME Fireface UC

Round trip latency is an issue for me so wondered what kind of numbers people are getting.

Also how do they perform in general? Ive heard that the latest firmware/drivers for the octo have increased latency, hence my question here as cannot find any up to date info.

Running X1 expanded win7 x64  amd x6 4 gig ram

Any experiences shared would be most appreciated

Thanks

Bibs

I bought an Octa-Capture about two months ago, to replace a dead Saffire Pro 40 (firewire).   Craig Anderton has a very in depth review of the Octa-Capture on harmony central.   It's been working without problems, basically I power it on and it works.  It's set at the initial default buffer size and I haven't had a need to change it, although I could get lower latency if I needed it.

I was done with firewire (which many say is on the way out) and it's finickyness with firewire chips in the PC (I have a T.I. chipset) (and higher latency than USB).

The hardware section of the forum has some threads on the Octa-Capture

I too have OCTApus... works great for me... latency is a problem for me but not because of the OCTA... working in PURE audio the thing screams....  working with VSTs ON (I have UAD2) is an issue when I try to track a VSTi instrument but like I said, this issue has ZERO to do with the OCTA.

You get a lot of bang for the buck but if you have external MIC Pre's, there is no way to bypass the PREs of the OCTA. But on the plus, with the GAIN of the external mic pre's, there is not need to PUSH the OCTA Pre's at all which when on high gain, have a bit of white noise.

Jim

It looks like both are evenly matched as far as latency is concerned. The Fireface lacks the effects the OC has which is not a big deal IMO.

It depends what you want. You'll probably get better quality with the FF but the OC is no slouch at all.

I have the Fireface UFX and it is dynamite compare to my Tascam FW-1884 (which is now relegated to just a control surface).

They say you can't go wrong with an RME. I believe them.

+1 with the octa capture, and it has nice preamps!

I have posted a lot of messages about the OctaCapture but my issues have to do with strapping two of them together on the newest version of the firmware. If you want to just use one then I think you will be very happy.

I am very disappointed in the support I have received from Roland on my OctaCapture issues. Basically they have been completely useless and I still have not been able to get my two OctaCaptures to work correctly together. They were fine before the latest firmware. Alone they are each fine.

I use the noise gate function on my OctaCapture which works well although I wish the gate/compression feature was analog but it comes after the pre-amps. I would never use the onboard reverb. The auto leveling function is a really great feature.

Ken

Ken,

I don't have the octa capture yet, but was saving up for one, with further plan to get the second octa to link up. However after the firmware upgrade and reading about the problem you're facing, I decided not to proceed at the moment, till Roland solve the issue.

I've written to Roland support about this, with a link to this thread, hopefully they will resolve the issue.

Got one - like it a lot.

The RME is the bets choice, but OctaCapture is the next choice imho!

Lance