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| Re: Focusrite Sapphire? [message #80699 is a reply to message #80629] |
Sun, 25 February 2007 19:05  |
Tony Benson
Messages: 453
Registered: June 2006
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Yes, I do. The plug-ins are not good in general. The reverb would be ok for
some ambiance while tracking, but not usable on a finished track IMO. The
comps are not good, and the guitar amp simulation is the worst I've heard.
It's not that the pres are hideous, they're just very, very mediocre.
Lifeless comes to mind as an adjective here. The line ins sound fine and
I've haven't had any troubles with it operationally. With that said, if
you're interested in one, I'll sell mine at a good price. It's one year old,
and I've probably got less than 10 hours on it total. I got it to use with
my laptop, thinking it would be a good song writing tool when traveling. The
problem is, I don't travel all that much, and when I do, I don't have time
to write, so. . . Anyhoo, I just don't have as much use for a mobile
interface as I though I might. Let me know, and I'll shoot you a good price.
Tony
On 2/24/07 1:28 PM, in article 45e083eb$1@linux, "James McCloskey"
<excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think Tony has one. I think you should email him. People have said that
> the mic pres suck, YMMV.
>
> If you went with an M-Audio or Digi interface you could advertise that your
> studio has ProTools. With the M-Audio you can run Cubase SX and PT. Get
> the 1814 or the proFire Lightbridge and you could put whatever converters
> or pres you want in front of PT.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> James
>
> "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote:
>> Yeah...that was me. I was wondering if this thing was any good..........
>>
>> http://www.zzounds.com/item--FOCSAFFIRE
>>
>> Amy writes a lot of stuff spur of the moment while she is doing other work
>
>> (graphics mostly) on her computer in her office. The purpose of getting
> this
>> would be so that amy would have some reverb available in the cans while
> she
>> was laying down scratch vocal/guitar tracks to a click for roughs in Cubase
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>> LE. Then I could just grab them on the network and import them into Cubase
> 4
>> in the main studio for further production.
>>
>> We want something simple and easy to use. Does that even exist? Large track
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>> count isn't an issue. Most of this stuff iwll be two track.
>>
>> Maybe the TC box? Every step up seems to involve another $100.00 here and
>
>> there with the possibility of it still not being WAF. It may be more
>> effective to just get her a FF400 and an outboard reverb.
>>
>> ;oP
>>
>>
>>
>> "Chris Ludwig" <chrisl@adkproaudio.com> wrote in message
>> news:45dfa328$1@linux...
>>> HI DJ,
>>> Did you call me earlier at work?
>>> Who ever took the message didn't even come close to getting the phone
>
>>> number right.
>>>
>>> The Saffire LE and the Saffire Pro have both been working fine so on any
>
>>> of the systems we've used them on. The Saffire Pro works best when plugged
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>>> in the bus powering is sketchy.
>>> Also the Saffire NON-LE) version is a waste of money. the plug ins that
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>>> come with it suck and you get less analog I/O so it's pretty useless.
>>>
>>> Except for the sound issues with Sonar the TC Konnekt series sound great
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>>> and have been working good so far with everything but Sonar. The 24d comes
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>>> with Fabrik C and Fabrik R and also the Assimulator plug in from the power
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>>> core. It has some DSP of the powercore in it. The plugins sound excellent.
>>>
>>> Otherwise the MOTU 8Pre would the other thing I'd recommend for a budget
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>>> firewire interface atm.
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> DJ wrote:
>>>
>>>> Suck or not?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris Ludwig
>>> ADK
>>> chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
>>> www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
>>> (859) 635-5762
>>
>>
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