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I purchased FL online a few years ago and so get "lifetime" free updates. To be honest if you intend to work with more than a few tracks of audio I'd steer clear of it because it lacks a proper hard disc recording / playback strategy - great for short clips and samples but not so good for long...

I very briefly owned a Saffire Pro 40 but I returned it as the firewire connection kept dropping. Tried it on with both a TI & Ricoh chipsets, the latter wouldn't connect at all.

Anyone tried the M-Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R? I'm considering this instead of the Tascam us-1641 because of the extra monitoring options but can't seem to find any testimonials. I'm using Sonar 8 Studio.

Like any piece of mass produced electronics you will find examples of faulty units. But you will also find many satisfied customers - check out the unofficial Tascam Forums www.tascam2488.com for advice and testimonials. I've had a MKI for 3 years with no issues (20 full songs recorded and...

Anyone using the us-1641 with Vista 64? Any problems?

Good stuff - sound like you are getting fully kitted up. I'm gonna opt for Sonar Producer too though have now decided it will be on a new laptop and interface (us-1641 is OK but I've decided I need a Cue mixer and it doesn't have one)

Well my Sonar trial timed out now. Managed to test the new interface (Tascam us-1641) with it for a day or so. Recorded 8 channels for 25 mins. 1 drop out at "normal" latency settings. For now I am using the bundled Cubase LE4 which is, to be frank, "buggy" at best. To be honest I'm not...

Well that backs up what Cakewalk say though I am not sure how scientific it is because doesn't look like the snapshot was taken at the same point in the track.

Your desktop may well have a 7200rpm hard drive anyway. I haven't tried Amplitube but if you use it as a plugin then you'll need to run fairly low latency if you want to monitor the sound whilst recording and that might tax the CPU.

Yeah I'm always a little sceptical about such claims. I'm actually running the eval version on my Dell laptop (Core Duo 1.73GHz, 1GB RAM) and so far the results are very promising with Sonar sharing the CPU load evenly across both cores. I've had 18 tracks and about a half a dozen FX plugins...

According to Cakewalk's website Sonar 8 uses 5-20% less CPU than Sonar 7. http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/English/benchmark.asp But why not download the free 30 day trial and see how you machine performs? http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/kb20081217.asp

I have a MKI and a MKII and I am not aware of any bugs since firmware 1.02 on the earlier machine.

If your looking to automate mixing then you might be interested in this software which was specifically designed for the 2488 http://www.mixermuse.com/

No, the 2488 can receive such information but does not transmit it. This means you cannot use it as a control surface for a computer DAW.

Wow lot's of 2488 users! I keep meaning to post a picture of my new dual 2488 (I'm calling it the "4888") setup. Yeah, the button thing is pretty common though after 3 years my 1st machine still only has the problem occasionally. As for the mic FX I've actually found having 8 insert...

Why not just make 10 louder? ;)

Damn I missed one out! Artec Big Dots tuner.

I have a PedalTrain Jnr Micro POG Stereo Electric Mistress #1 Echo (all EHX) MXR Microamp + the triple function footswitch for my Trademark 60 and a GigRig power distributor (underside) Super sexy sounds!

Yes, you can batch export the raw tracks as .wav files, either via USB or CD. You can also import .wav tracks to the 2488. You just can't do any of this in real time.

No, the 2488 is a STANDALONE hard disk recorder, where as the US-428 is basically an audio interface and software control surface rolled into one. They are two completely different things. You can transfer .wav files between the 2488 and Cubase but not in real time. You can also use MIDI to...