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Feature:
Well built, solid construction. Comes with Cubase LE, a full version of Acid and over 1gb of drums samples. I'm personally not crazy about Cubase but you may find it a plus. The control panel is a breeze to operate, and the preamps on the lxrs are warm and clean. I do wish it had real knobs for level control, but that's so minor.
Quality:
Not only is it built like a tank, but it looks great as well. I would replace it in a heartbeat. The fact that it can be daisychained to four other interfaces, and to the Firebox or fFirepod as well. Just an all around great little piece of geer.
Value:
worth every penny and then some. You simpley won't find any audio interface with this quality for this price.
Sound:
Awsome and clean. You won't get any better for the money!
Support:
I emailed the company requesting a manual in pdf, and had an answer with in a couple of hours. Although there was a manual already in pdf on the install disc, which I had over looked, Presounus had me one in a flash. I called the support desk, not for tech support, but for a product suggestion, and the support rep was plesent and inthuseastic.
Overall:
I'd replace it in a heartbeat. I plan to buy a Firebox of Firepod later down the road, but this was in my budget at the time. It does all I need it to do. I just need a siple interface to record my keyboards and sound modules with, and a mic pre, and this does it for me. There's no digital i/o but I didn't need it at the time. I can't say enough that this is an awsome product. Blows everything in its price range away.
Submitted: 11/20/2005
Style of Music: Rock, Country, Island, etc. Play it all.
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Feature:
I wish it had balanced outputs like the presonus firebox. I had a defective unit, I got noise coming from the rca outs when hooked up to my active monitors. I didn't bother trying another unit, as the software control pannel also froze up on me time to time.
Quality:
The unit is actually metal, which is suprisinging, I thought it was plastic at first. You could probably drop it a few times and it would still work. It would have been nice to have external volume controls etc on the unit, but then that bumps up the price.
Value:
It's worth the selling price for a beginner, but it's probably a better idea to go with something like the firebox because of the balanced outputs to your monitors.
Desirability:
I think it has appeal. I remember wanting it a lot because it seemed like the answer to a person new to recording. It has the pro pack bundle, and drum loops and hiz inputs and easy to install etc. but really it's not that worth it, trust me.
Sound:
The sounds I got from this unit were pretty good. The preamps are nice and clean, no pops or crackles etc. Sounded good with my studio projects B1.
Ease of Use:
It is generally pretty easy to use, I learned a lot from using it, it would be good for beginners. Also there are videos on the presonus website to show you some basics about using it and setting up recording a track in cubase le.
Support:
the support was questionable. I got my emails returned but they were short and frustrating responses. I told them about the noise issue and the guy said the inspire was designed to work with computer speakers not active monitors. Even tho the demonstration videos on the presonus website have a guy using it with krk active monitors. doesn't make sense!
Overall:
I returned my unit and am looking into different options for a music recording set up.
Submitted: 3/28/2006
Style of Music: rock
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