Turn your PC into a personal production studio with this 6-in/10-out interface, including two award-winning preamps for enhanced noise reduction.
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M-Audio ProFire 610 Firewire Audio Interface is an excellent tool for computer based Multi-track recording. The ProFire 610 turns your PC (or Mac) into an incredible 6 input/10 output recording studio. Excellent digital HD converters provide your setup with 24-bit/192kHz. Two Award winning preamps boast a transparent sound packed with headroom without the annoyance of a high noise level.
Built-in DSP mixing gives the user a flexible recording experience with 10 outputs perfect for sending multiple, separate monitor mixes. An assignable master volume knob gives the user control over the outputs. Connect your MIDI devices through the MIDI I/O. This versatile half-rack-space unit will also double as a two-channel microphone preamp and A/D-D/A converter. Compatible with most software available, the ProFire 610 is the perfect multi-track HD recording hardware for your Home or Studio.
Features
- 6 x 10 simultaneous analog/digital I/O
- 2 award-winning Octane technology preamps
- Premium digital converters
- High-definition, 24-bit/192kHz audio
- Flexible onboard DSP mixer
- User-assignable master volume knob
- Functions as 2-channel mic pre/2-channel A/D-D/A converter
- JetPLL Jitter Elimination technology
- Compatible with major audio software
- Rugged, metal, half-rack-space chassis
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Preamp section: - Phantom power - 20dB pad on each preamp - Signal/peak LED indicator lights
Mic/Line Inputs: - 2 XLR/TS combo jacks - 2 TRS 1/4 inch balanced inputs - Stereo S/PDIF in
Outputs: - 8 TRS 1/4 inch balanced outputs - Stereo S/PDIF out
General: - 2 TRS 1/4 inch headphone outputs - 1 x 1 MIDI interface - 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports
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Sound:
The sound is top notch for a $500.00 interface. The solid state pre's sound great. I don't understand all the bad reviews, those customers obviously do not know what the audio game is all about. I have several solid state outboard pre's that cost thousands of dollars and the profire 610 pre's are definitly in the same ball park. Obviously they aren't warm and colored in the same way as a tube pre, but they are not harsh like the majority of solid state pre's built into interfaces of a lesser grade. And so it has plastic knobs so does my $2,000.00 digi 003 who cares, I didn't buy the interface for the knobs, I bought it for the pre's and the a/d converters.
Feature:
The 8 line out's are fantastic, it allows me to process through my outboard eq's and comp's and not bog my IMAC down with plug ins. And whoever said the profire doesn't work with IMACS is dead wrong! I have used mine with my IMAC and have never had any problems. I have also used the profire with a dell on win xp/and win 7 and still never had I had any problems with it. Knowing what your doing is half the battle folks!
Ease of Use:
It was easy to understand and use. Yeah it's probably not easy for the absolute novice just getting started but you learn these things.
Quality:
The best it can be for it's price, if you want non plastic knobs go spend 2,000.00 on an apogee duet or something that doesn't have plastic knobs.
Value:
It's a great value for the money and it's an interface that performs like an interface twice the cost.
Manufacturer Support:
never used them as of yet.
The Wow Factor:
it is what it is.
Overall:
I expect that I will be happy as long as I own it.
Style of Music: any style that walks through the door
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"The ProFire 610 works great for me. Sonar 8.5 PE, heavy user, electronic music production."
Sound:
I get very accurate sound from this interface on all i've recorded with it. Vocals, guitar, direct line in with various basses, and with a very low noise floor (both by bit rate/depth and hardware) i can pick up very subtle dynamics with vocals, strings, or whatever i plug in, though i will say i usually use this to supplement the electronic music i work on. I run 64 bit audio at 96000khz and up to 70 tracks in a project, about half of those are stereo, so yeah, this card can handle some absurd i/o. current latency is 5.3ms. If anyone is having a hard time getting decent latency with 24bit 44,100 must have a completely crap system otherwise. I have Win7 64bit, AMD Phenomx4 processor and 3gigs of ram. Gonna upgrade system as soon as the amd 6 core bulldozer comes out, but with what this system can handle, it's still hard to justify, but hey, if you can get latency
Feature:
It came fairly no frills, just a driver CD, Ableton Live Lite 7 (which there are free updates to on Ableton's site) and a cable. That's more than i need, and i still haven't messed with Ableton, as i have Sonar 8.5, which runs flawlessly with this hardware.
Ease of Use:
. The GUI for the M-Audio Profire Control Panel could be annotated a bit more (Why is this or that option greyed out, ect..) but it is overall very well labeled, easy to navigate, create your own presets (for various recording session types)
Quality:
I waited until the Windows 7 drivers were released before installing and I am more than happy with this interface, and i have had NO crashes, no bug reports to file. Hardware is rock solid other than the plastic volume control knobs on the front. I replaced those with cool old guitar knobs though, so no worries if you have those or ten bucks to buy them. The reliability for long sessions is great. I would give it a 10 for price to performance ratio alone, but i am taking off two points for the cheapo knobs and the fact that this is NOT full professional quality and i don't want people who need a full studio environment for mixing to think this will give them all the ins/outs they really need.
Value:
For $399.99 i have found no better interface period. the sound quality and reliability have made this item an easy recommendation to all my friends who are just getting into music production. bundled software is nice and will undoubtedly make some djs very happy, but it's not tuned to my needs, so i didn't use it.
Manufacturer Support:
M-audio's support is kinda slow, but their online knowledge base is so detailed you practically don't need it. I've had no issues with this product, just the Axiom i bought, so i haven't dealt with the interface support guys directly.
The Wow Factor:
Most people with a cheap usb interface drool on mine, but can't seem to convince themselves it's worth it until they use it. Having had it, and working with other interfaces, i would say it is a sexy little beast, as it makes my buddies super excited to get one. Nice black finish, stylish blue leds, solid metal case. Gotta say it has great design.
Overall:
I really like this interface on a lot of levels, but if i damaged or lost it, i would probably replace it with its big brother the Profire 2626.
Style of Music: Electro a la Prodigy, Pendulum.
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