At 17:32 27/03/2012, Augustine Leudar wrote: >actually I was considering the RME HDSPe RayDAT which is actually the >same price as the lightpipe but I would have to use a desktop and I want >to use a fast laptop with a ssd drive (thus the need for firewire)
Firewire is on the way out. Few laptops come with these ports now. On the other hand, RME do two USB A/D/A convertors, which I have used and can thoroughly recommend. The UFX will do both Firewire and USB and will record multitrack direct to a USB drive -- even a flash drive. The input levels are all controlled digitally. Then there's the inestimable advantage of Totalmix software, which runs on your laptop and allows control of input levels, compressor/limiter and good EQ. Plus Digicheck software metering. All the software just mentioned runs on RME's internal DSP, with no load on your laptop apart from displaying the results. The bottom line is that you dont need a recent laptop to accompany it. RME has an excellent user forum which is frequently visited by their designers.
I am not in anyway associated with RME -- just an extremely satisfied customer! David _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
