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Posted by knoxy5000 on Nov-20-2005 08:44:

M Audio

Well just recently made the change over from vinyl to ableton, so i invested in a new laptop to run ableton on aswell, seems we all know most laptops come with crappy 2 channel soundcards i wanted to upgrade to a good card that has at least 4 channel so i can monitor and cue. So i browse the net for a few weeks reading reviews and decided on getting the M Audio Firewire Audiophile for �150. It arrived yesterday and the damn thing is D.O.D., so now i have all the heartache of sending it back and waiting for the tests on it. So off to a good start for a company thats all loads of hype, No more mixing for me for a while

Posted by Xtracktor on Nov-20-2005 10:06:

Re: M Audio

quote:
Originally posted by knoxy5000
Well just recently made the change over from vinyl to ableton, so i invested in a new laptop to run ableton on aswell, seems we all know most laptops come with crappy 2 channel soundcards i wanted to upgrade to a good card that has at least 4 channel so i can monitor and cue. So i browse the net for a few weeks reading reviews and decided on getting the M Audio Firewire Audiophile for �150. It arrived yesterday and the damn thing is D.O.D., so now i have all the heartache of sending it back and waiting for the tests on it. So off to a good start for a company thats all loads of hype, No more mixing for me for a while

Maybe shipping was the problem....btw you on soulseek ta channel?

Posted by knoxy5000 on Nov-20-2005 10:47:

Yeah i think ive seen you in that channel aswell

Posted by Dj Ricky H on Nov-21-2005 00:13:

Re: M Audio

quote:
Originally posted by knoxy5000
Well just recently made the change over from vinyl to ableton, so i invested in a new laptop to run ableton on aswell, seems we all know most laptops come with crappy 2 channel soundcards i wanted to upgrade to a good card that has at least 4 channel so i can monitor and cue. So i browse the net for a few weeks reading reviews and decided on getting the M Audio Firewire Audiophile for �150. It arrived yesterday and the damn thing is D.O.D., so now i have all the heartache of sending it back and waiting for the tests on it. So off to a good start for a company thats all loads of hype, No more mixing for me for a while

I have the same card....and have been using it for awhile now...it's an awsome card, but have you tried to d/l the new drivers for it on the m-audio website?....and for using ableton, I think the firewire 410 would be better....

Posted by Keith Chambers on Nov-21-2005 03:06:

I was using the 410 with a Mac and I had it drop a few times. By drop I mean that it was like it lost power for 5-10 seconds. I lost all trust in it.

I ended up upgrading to the RME Muitiface. It's a lot more expensive but it's worth a look.

Posted by Dj Ricky H on Nov-21-2005 20:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Keith Chambers
I was using the 410 with a Mac and I had it drop a few times. By drop I mean that it was like it lost power for 5-10 seconds. I lost all trust in it.

I ended up upgrading to the RME Muitiface. It's a lot more expensive but it's worth a look.

i think that you are the only one who is unhappy with the 410, I heard nothing but good things about it.....but then again...i really know nothing about Macs, so it could be a mac thing.....