What audio interface do you use?

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Giganova

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I am thinking about upgrading my audio interface to my MacPro (I current use an M-Audio MobilePre).

What audio interface do you use to monitor the audio output and what is your experience?
 
My main interface is the M-Audio 2626. I also have the M-Audio 1814, which is the interface I started with, sitting in the rack but not connected. The center of my post-audio setup is Sonar 8.5 Producer Edition.
 
Traveler Mk3, but it serves other purposes also. I have read that the Apogee Duet has some of the very best sound anywhere and is very mac friendly.

Grant
 
Phonic Firefly 808 up to 192khz. Got it brand new for $150 from an auction on Ebay. They retail for $400-500. Its rackmountable and a great interface. You can run it as USB or Firewire. All the inputs have direct outs. All around great. I actually switched from M-Audio Mobile Pre to this.


Nicole
 
I have 2 Motu 896HD, 1 Digirack 003 and an Apogee Rosetta 200. In all honesty, if I was buying one unit RIGHT now, it would be this:

http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/828mk3

(or the new 896HD)

The CoreAudio drivers for the 003 to use it with other software are horrendous. Not a fan. Given PT9 now lets you use any interface, the 003 is going. I also have a PreSonus Firebox, but at the end of the day, I am a huge fan of the MOTU products. The work great. In the past I also had 3 or 4 M-Audio devices including the Delta 1010 and again, the Motu has been my favorite. I've heard great things about the Metric Halo as well.

The Apogee piece is rock solid, but I think the price tag for the Rosetta is a bit steep. I've done Frequency and Time domain analysis with recordings done on the 896HD and the Rosetta 200 and blind test compared them through other people and people never picked out the Rosetta recordings or monitoring over the 896. It was pretty equal.

I have not used the Duet, but I just find the lack of connectivity would make me not use it. Beyond just mixing of films, I score as well and so I use all inputs on my 2 896HD along with some A2D to ADAT converters so I run about 36 inputs total for my synths. :)
 
Echo Audiofire 2.
Rock solid software, very flexible routing options, some of the best AD/DA converters for the money. If you need preamps the Audiofire 4 isn't much more expensive.

I used to own an EMU 0202 and find the Audiofire to be better in every respect.
 
I love ProTools and Digidesign's STRIKE has been a songwriting dream for me...

So, Apogee pre's/converters feeding an M-Audio Firewire 410 via SPDIF. Sonic quality comes from the Apogee gear, the 410 just shoots it into ProTools. Midi via an M-Audio keyboard controller.

All my FCP dialogue tracks take a run through ProTools as well - some vintage EQ and compression plugs add a great sheen without the vintage-gear noise floor.
 
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