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Feature:
Pretty basic, but it does have a built-in compressor/limiter and MIDI. It's better that it be basic in features but better in quality where it counts, such as is the case with its mic pres and ADA converters.
Quality:
No cheap plastic here. You could probably run over its metal case with a car and it would still hold up.
Value:
A bit more expensive than competing units from ART, Presonus or M-Audio, but you get what you paid for.
Desirability:
The industrial design is not as cool looking as a Presonus AudioBox USB, for example, but it is designed well.
Sound:
This sounds better than anything else I've tried in its price range.
Ease of Use:
It's just plug and play on my MacBook Pro. I didn't even have to install the driver software since I don't need the extended software features. Works great with Logic Studio and MainStage.
Support:
Edirol/Roland tech support was easy to contact with their previous gear. I didn't have a need to contact them about the UA-25EX.
Overall:
I have no intention of buying another interface, this one meets my needs. If Apogee redesigned the Duet without the funky breakout cable, made it USB instead of FW and lowered the price by $150, then maybe I'd consider that instead.
Submitted: 1/5/2009
Style of Music: electronic space music
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Feature:
For me, the most useful features are the TRS outputs (balanced jacks), which are the reason I bought it. On the other hand, this card brings no interface-configuration software (all goes hardware), apart from a mini-little ASIO/MIDI config window, nothing else!!
Quality:
Here come the bad news: working exclusively with this card (mother board sound off), my old PC (pentium IV 3,2ghz; 1GB ram) can't play mp3 (on winamp) with no clics or random stops. Even worse: the cpu load on Ableton Live, or on the included Cakewalk Sonar LE, goes crashing just with 4 vstis loaded!!!. And all these with the UA25EX audio driver buffer at max level... This issue is the key, and, sorry Edirol, but any other thing doesn't matter when this fails.
Value:
If it worked fine, would be good value. For me: crap.
Desirability:
I wanted it...
Sound:
Very good sound.
Ease of Use:
Can't deny it's easy to use. Good on this issue. Clear manual, but very short.
Support:
I'm still waiting an answer from Roland/Edirol Spain...
Submitted: 10/8/2008
Style of Music: Electronic
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