For an interface in this price range it sounds great. Nice conversion and preamps. I've had the Echo Gina 3G and NI Audio Kontrol 1 and the pre's on the Saffire sound better than both.

Very feature packed. Lots of different input and output possibilities.

There is a big learning curve for the Mix Control Software. I wish there was a way to totally bypass it and use the DAW to control sounds. That said once you figure it out there are many routing possibilities and you can change configurations quickly. But I personally could do without it.

Seems to be built very sturdy. It's bigger that I thought it would. Very solid.

Good value for what you get.

Active Musician, Hobby Engineer/Producer

J

The best for vocals

Really good, u can connect to other speakers n monitors

Really easy to setup with my windows xp & Mac

Looks very durable

Good for the money

Haven't had any problems

Really nice design

Lead vocalist

Pop Rock

i have used this sound card and its amazing...i will highly recomend this one....

high quality preamp..lots of i/o...nice AD converters.......

it will take little time to getting use to it..

solid build...

nice team..

go for it if you have firewire slot in your pc or laptop..

The sound is great, I produce mostly hip hop so Im mostly sampling vinyl and every thing sounds good no problems, my triton also sounds quite well although I do run that through a tube amp. Plenty of headroom. I give it a 9 just cause I only have my mbox 2 to compare this too which the focusrite it blows out of the water..

zero monitoring, wish they had some reverb to add to the zero monitoring, the dsp does that for $100 more. THIS CONSOLE ONLY HAS 4 ACTUAL AUDIO INPUTS, dont get confused on that. Many posibilities to expand up to 24 inputs but only 4 audio in. I like the led meters on the front of the console very useful

I wouldnt say there is a learnig curve

everything feels solid

Now that everything works like it should I am very confident I got my moneys worth.

Here is the deal if you need support do not expect it from focusrite tech. They have plenty of stuff on the web site to get you going, If you do need help and have to talk to someone....GOOD LUCK. This is the main reason Im writing this. Make sure you look up there incompatable list on there web site. if you have nvidia nforce4 chip on your computer there will be problems, I finnally figured this out after many hours of headache. Although it didnt look like there was a fix, I bought a new firewire chip from frys electronics for $27 it worked like a charm so dont give up just yet. the chip was a "Siig firewire 3-port PCI I/O"

YEA for the price cant beat the quality.

Ive been producing for 7 years

HIP HOP

Played the drums for 18 yrs, been Producing for 8 yrs

Hip-Hop/Classical/Latin/Reggae/Jazz

Sound quality of this unit is pristine. The preamps are much more quiet than my Yamaha mixer and are very hot, which for me is a good thing. At first my mixes were sounding 'muddier', then I realized that this is a good thing, as it will help me to put in more separation in mix. After a couple weeks I can already tell the difference over my previous sound card.

Components seem really well. I like the front pot controls. The inputs and outputs are more than I use know, but I bought the unit to encourage growth.

The unit itself is easy to use, but the software has a learning curve. Its just works differently than any other mixing software I've used previously, and that's a lot.

Build quality is great, it's heavier than it appears, and to me that's a good thing.

Definitely worth the price to me. I felt like it was an upgrade that was worth it.

I haven't dealt with phone support, however their internet site is pretty thorough, and Focusrite has tutorials on youtube, etc.

Semi-Professional Producer

R&B, Pop, Hip Hop

Premps are pretty transparent, and offer good gain for the price of the product, I am impressed. Until I get my mad lion mod for my digi002, I've been using this one with pro tools and I don't even miss the 002. It has what i need and I'm feeling the bass station vst that came with the unit. Honestly, I was surprised that it makes my Blue Dragonfly sound like it's connected to an external preamp, then interface, so the pre's inside of this unit are no joke and caught me off guard, and of course I'm feeling the firewire over usb.

A free copy of bass station, a must of electronica.

This unit was easy to use.

I'm feeling the price on this.

Focusrite is under avid, I have no problems with avid support.

Nice, cool sleek black and fits nicely in bag with laptop. Fits in with my decor, a lot of blacks and grey metal gear in rack.

Musician/Audio Engineer

Electronica/House

perfect

loopback is great adat, spdif, on board pres what else do you need

i had trouble with m-audio. but who doesent focusrite was a dream drivers, plug and play simple to use just amazing

solid

do your reserch focusrite got it rite

did not need it

very sexy

active musician

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