M-Audio Firewire 410 Mobile Recording Interface

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Includes Maximum Audio Tools containing a great collection of software so you can make music immediately.

MAudio Firewire 410 Mobile Recording Interface
FireWire 410 is a FireWire-compatible audio/MIDI interface that has it all- power, flexibility, compact size and low price. Its 4-in/10-out configuration with preamps is perfect for personal recording, routing discrete outputs to a mixer, or directly driving a surround sound system. The on-board ASIO 2-compliant mixer and software control panel provide total routing flexibility -including monitoring with external effects. You also get ultra-low latency software monitoring and zero latency hardware direct monitoring--and two headphone outs with independent level controls let you collaborate with a partner anywhere, anytime. FireWire 410 can even be completely bus-powered for total mobile operation*.

Features
2 x8 24-bit analog I/O

192kHz output (output 1 and 2 only; 96kHz on others); 96kHz input

digital I/O w/ S/PDIF, AC3 and DTS (coax and optical)

1 x 1 MIDI I/O

powered via DC supply or FireWire bus*

dual mic/instruments preamps w/ gain control (66dB available gain) and phantom power

2 headphone outs w/ individual level controls

low-latency software monitoring; zero-latency direct hardware monitoring

analog outs can directly drive up to 7.1 surround

software-assigned level controller for tactile control of all input and output levels

2 convenient high-speed FireWire ports

* requires 6-pin FireWire port

Includes Maximum Audio Tools containing a great collection of software so you can make music immediately.

Specifications

frequency response: 20-40KHz +/- 1dB

signal-to-noise: -108dB

dynamic range (A-weighted): 108dB

THD + N: 0.00281% @0dBFS

Physical Specs

Dimensions: 9 1/4 in. X 7 in. X 1 7/8 in.

Weight: 2.95 lbs.

The FireWire 410 Control Panel provides complete control over audio routing/monitoring, level controller assignment and more.

Minimum System Requirements
PC: Pentium III 500 MHz, Windows 2000/XP, 128MB RAM, DirectX 8.1 or higher
Mac: G3 500MHz w/ OS 9.2 or greater, 128MB RAM; G4 500MHz w/ OS 10.1.5 or greater, 256MB RAM

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 401-658-5765

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. (273 ratings)
Submitted June 20, 2008 by a customer from libero.it

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Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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I like the shape, the sound, the very very wide features. You need really take care of following : NEVER DISCONNECT OR POWER OFF THE DEVICE WITH THE COMPUTER IS ON. You can easy damage your firewire card ( or your motherboard). You MUST have a fireware card ( or motherboard) with Texas Instrument Chipset ( TI Chipset), Pyro, for exaple. If not you will have a lot of scratch and noise, Impossible to record !!. So don't start to work around drivers and similar stuffs...power on and power off... and so on. If you got problems , 99% are related to firewire interface.
Sound
It sounds ok. low noise and flawless
Features
2 headphones jacks ... digital in (optical too) ..and more . It has all. Umbeatable for the price.
Ease of Use
You need a little practice with the software. Hardware is easy to use.
Quality
Quality is ok. Only the connectors seems not so solid.
Value
it worths the price ( actually worths more)
Manufacturer Support
If you looks on m audio web site you can find many answers.
The Wow Factor
it is nice

Musical Background:

hobbyst

Musical Style:

electronic, new age, pop
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