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It's time for a new recording interface

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:05 am
by Steve Holmes
Looks like the Presonus 1818svl is shitting the bed. Lots of pops and cracks on playback no matter how many tracks. My setup is pretty basic, just my macbook air and garage band for basic drum recording. Sometimes I wonder if USB is a bottle-neck. Updated the firmware and drivers, tons of folks online have this issue un-resolved unfortunately.

The Saffire Pro 40 has firewire out and support Thunderbolt with an adapter. This is much faster. It has the 8 inputs I need.
http://us.focusrite.com/firewire-audio- ... ire-pro-40

Any other suggestions?

Re: It's time for a new recording unit.

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:28 am
by Steve Holmes
This has thunderbolt straight without firewire but the inputs aren't XLR. I would have to get xlr-1/4" adaptors.
http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/828x

Re: It's time for a new recording interface

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:35 am
by cannelle74
I'm using these two :
https://www.presonus.com/products/FireStudio-Mobile
http://www.presonus.com/products/FireStudio-Project
with a MacBook Pro. No problem at all.
But I'm not a real specialist of audio interfaces ...

Re: It's time for a new recording unit.

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:13 am
by Julián Fernández
Steve Holmes wrote:This has thunderbolt straight without firewire but the inputs aren't XLR. I would have to get xlr-1/4" adaptors.
http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/828x


No, those are line inputs... You won´t need adaptors, you´ll more preamps...
BTW, usb is probably not your problem... It has most likely to do with clumsy drivers (probably you started having more issues when upgrading to Mavericks?)
Thunderbolt is the future, but nothing you´re gonna need if recording only 8 tracks at a time... Spend some time lurking forums about interfaces and Mavericks, and follow that advice... Most of the interfaces uses the same DACs and similar components. Drivers and support is the only difference in that price range imo...

Re: It's time for a new recording interface

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:49 am
by Steve Holmes
Well, here it is:
http://support.presonus.com/entries/227 ... patibility

My (newer) macbook air doesn't work with my 1818vsl.
Thanks for the heads-up on Mavericks too.

Re: It's time for a new recording interface

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:35 pm
by Paul Marangoni

Re: It's time for a new recording interface

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:25 pm
by electrizer
Heard good stuff about this one. My brother uses the discontinued 8x8 version in his studio and is very happy: http://echoaudio.com/products/audiofire-12

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Re: It's time for a new recording interface

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:27 pm
by Julián Fernández
No preamps on the Audiofire either... You could grab an API lunchbox and pick flavors, but you´ll need a whole different budget...

Re: It's time for a new recording interface

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:35 pm
by Christopher
I've had one of these for about a year. So far it's been good. Nice and quiet pre amp.

Enough XLR inputs for kick, snare, two toms, two floors, and two overheads.

Not too pricey either.


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http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/tascam-us-1800-usb-2.0-audio-midi-interface

Re: It's time for a new recording interface

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 5:35 pm
by Steve Holmes
Went with the Saffire Pro 40. I'll update when I try it out, might be a coup lay days. Thanks for the feedback! =)