DrewPeterson7
Sage of the Order
My trusty Presonus Firepod woke up dead, so to speak, on Wednesday. I'd had some issues in the past with the Firewire jack and it not connecting consistently through one of the ports, but this was something new - basically, it wouldn't power up.
So, since I was in the early days of a project and since I had always been fairly impressed with my old M-Audio Firewire410 I used before I decided I needed more inputs, I grabbed the Profire, on sale at GC for $599. I haven't really done much with it aside from a few direct bass tracks from a Sansamp pre (which if you're running 1/4" inputs it evidently bypasses the pres, so I can't really speak to the quality of the Octane preamps yet), but so far it seems pretty cool - installation was a cinch, it feels and looks pretty solid, and it could very well be placebo effect or sheer relief about hearing sound coming out of my speakers again, but playback seems a little clearer too.
It was this or the Presonus Firestudio Project, and while this was a little more expensive I was kind of worried about Presonus reliability, after two issues with the firepod and a Bluetube pre getting a bit scratchy on one channel.
Anyway, as I continue to work with the thing I'll post up more thoughts, but for now it seems pretty cool.
So, since I was in the early days of a project and since I had always been fairly impressed with my old M-Audio Firewire410 I used before I decided I needed more inputs, I grabbed the Profire, on sale at GC for $599. I haven't really done much with it aside from a few direct bass tracks from a Sansamp pre (which if you're running 1/4" inputs it evidently bypasses the pres, so I can't really speak to the quality of the Octane preamps yet), but so far it seems pretty cool - installation was a cinch, it feels and looks pretty solid, and it could very well be placebo effect or sheer relief about hearing sound coming out of my speakers again, but playback seems a little clearer too.
It was this or the Presonus Firestudio Project, and while this was a little more expensive I was kind of worried about Presonus reliability, after two issues with the firepod and a Bluetube pre getting a bit scratchy on one channel.
Anyway, as I continue to work with the thing I'll post up more thoughts, but for now it seems pretty cool.