m audio 1010lt vs RME Multiface 2

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so I bought a delta 1010lt a few months back and it's been useful but to be honest i'm not super excited about it.. gets the job done (been giving me some problems lately with the levels being way to hot but that's probably my fault i must be doing something wrong)

A guy i know is selling his rme multiface 2 for 700$ how do these interfaces compare sound quality wise.. I know having a breakout box will be a godsend.. I never realized how much not having one would suck.


I'm sure i can sell my 1010 for around 1-150 so that means i'll be looking at a 550 investment.. worth it?
 
eeb said:
A guy i know is selling his rme multiface 2 for 700$ how do these interfaces compare sound quality wise..
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About half has much as going from SoundBlaster to M-Audio :D
 
eeb said:
so I bought a delta 1010lt a few months back and it's been useful but to be honest i'm not super excited about it.. gets the job done (been giving me some problems lately with the levels being way to hot but that's probably my fault i must be doing something wrong)

A guy i know is selling his rme multiface 2 for 700$ how do these interfaces compare sound quality wise.. I know having a breakout box will be a godsend.. I never realized how much not having one would suck.


I'm sure i can sell my 1010 for around 1-150 so that means i'll be looking at a 550 investment.. worth it?
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RME is a more respected company, with better quality gear, although for $550, you won't see a huge difference in performance. You be better off putting that money towards acoustic treatment, monitors, preamps, or mics, imo. But, if you have all this and the m-audio is your weakest link, then certainly think about it.
 
alright.. so I'll notice a little.. but not a drastic change.. I'd just love to have a break out box and I was reading about how it's compatible with laptop's thus I could use it on a new imac that i so desperately want.. (the only thing stopping me is the 1010 really.)

but maybe i'll wait a bit.. i still need to acoustically treat my room and upgrade a few mics.. just the deal kinda came up and i was debating.
 
I hear an enormous difference between RME and M-Audio gear. Granted, I have the monitors, environment, and experience to do so. The converters on the Multiface are heads above a 1010lt, which, frankly are on par with some of the newer Creative cards out there now if not less than. Performance itself is also huge, as RME gear will perform at the lowest latency if you're using soft synths or using real time monitoring thru effects.

One thing is that you won't be able to use a Multiface with a MacBook until RME releases an Express card to replace their antiquated Cardbus HDSP card. But that should be by the end of the year.
 
Hard2Hear said:
I hear an enormous difference between RME and M-Audio gear. Granted, I have the monitors, environment, and experience to do so. The converters on the Multiface are heads above a 1010lt, which, frankly are on par with some of the newer Creative cards out there now if not less than. Performance itself is also huge, as RME gear will perform at the lowest latency if you're using soft synths or using real time monitoring thru effects.
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Strongly agreed. M-Audio gear is definitely a step up from a SoundBlaster, but most other modern interfaces are at least as big a step up from there, IMHO. The difference between my 1010LT and my MOTU 8Pre was like night and day.


Hard2Hear said:
One thing is that you won't be able to use a Multiface with a MacBook until RME releases an Express card to replace their antiquated Cardbus HDSP card. But that should be by the end of the year.
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You won't be able to use a Multiface with a MacBook, period. It has no slots. MacBook Pro, sure, but only if they update the design to use an ExpressCard-based card as you mentioned.
 
eeb said:
alright.. so I'll notice a little.. but not a drastic change.. I'd just love to have a break out box and I was reading about how it's compatible with laptop's thus I could use it on a new imac that i so desperately want.. (the only thing stopping me is the 1010 really.)
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Uh... an iMac won't ever support the Multiface. It requires a PCI or CardBus card. The iMac doesn't support either of those. You have to go with FireWire for an iMac (or USB, but you really, really don't want to do that).
 
dgatwood said:
Uh... an iMac won't ever support the Multiface. It requires a PCI or CardBus card. The iMac doesn't support either of those. You have to go with FireWire for an iMac (or USB, but you really, really don't want to do that).
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"The connection between CardBus card and I/O-box is established using ordinary FireWire cable (6-pin IEEE 1394a). The data transfer does not use FireWire protocol, but a proprietary bus protocol by RME. The supplied cable has a length of 4.5 m (15 ft.), a cable length up to 10 m (33 ft.) has been tested successfully. The CardBus card does not provide power to the attached I/O-box. Therefore a compact and light-weight hi-tech switch-mode power supply is included. "

http://www.rme-audio.com/english/hdsp/cardpci.htm



am i missing something here? maybe i'm really misunderstanding this but from what i gather it can be hooked up using a regular firewire connection.. it uses the firewire connection to link up to the cardbus.. it's not actually firewire per say. My technical understand of how all this works is quite limited.. I just want a system that'll work reliably.. give me some mics and I know a little more at least.. but on this half of the industry and i get pretty lost sometimes

hehe i'm one of those know how to use programs and whatnot with ease but i'm lost when it comes to hardware specs and whatnot.. hehe i shoulda been born earlier then i'd just be an analogue guy



edit: oh and i had the firepod.. maybe there are better firewire interfaces available.. haven't tried a motu yet.. but i was not at all impressed with the firepod.. had many problems which is why i went with a pci.
 
No it CANT be hooked up to a firewire port. It uses a firewire CABLE but the protocol and signal sent through that cable is completely different.

Just get a Fireface400 and be done with it.
 
If it was regular 1010 to multiface, I'd say it would be an incremental improvement, but going from the 1010LT to a multiface is a whole different ball of wax. As long as you have the basics covered, decent monitors, mics, pre's, etc., and don't have an immediate need for acoustic treatment, I'd say go for it.
 
Robert D said:
If it was regular 1010 to multiface, I'd say it would be an incremental improvement, but going from the 1010LT to a multiface is a whole different ball of wax. As long as you have the basics covered, decent monitors, mics, pre's, etc., and don't have an immediate need for acoustic treatment, I'd say go for it.
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Everyone, if they don't have any, has an immediate need for acoustic treatment :p
 
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