> Posted by: "Fernstudio" fernstudio@telus.net nando10000 > Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:33 pm (PST) > > Hi Nick, >> >> Quoting Nick Batzdorf <recording@earthlink.net>: >> > I have both a FW400 and a bunch of MOTU PCI-424-based boxes >> > on my main G5 at the moment, and I can tell you that the >> > latency is not worse in the RME. Maybe they improved it in >> > the 400? After all, they did improve the mic preamps vs. the >> > 800 (although the 800 still has slightly better converters). >> >>> Are you able to set your buffers as low on the FF400 as you are >>> on your PCI-424 cards? Everything I've read seems to indicate >>> that the FF800 driver's buffers cannot be set to as low as >>> some other audio interfaces without crackling or CPU strain. >>> Have you compared these by pushing their performance in that >>> manner? I'm curious. I've been wanting to improve my audio >>> quality from an 828 MkII but have been reluctant to because >>> the drivers are rock-solid and I haven't found anything better >>> on the latency front. Well, I have it set at 128 samples, and the cue I'm working on at the moment has a ridiculous amount of stuff going on - off the top of my head: a Sculpture, an EFM1 (?the Logic FM synth), an NI FM7, two EXS24s, three EW Colossuses, a Stylus RMX, two NI Absynths, a Cakewalk Dimension Pro, an Ivory Grand, and I've probably forgotten something. Two short Altiverbs and an iZotope Ozone. This is a 2 x 2.5 GB with 8GB of RAM in it. The thing just keeps going and going and going - this isn't straining it at all. Oh, and actually this is an aggregate device with the RME Fireface 400, a MOTU PCI-424 with three boxes, and Soundflower (so I can run stand-alone programs outside Logic to get more memory access). But note that I'm not recording live audio here - this is all host- based stuff. Nick Batzdorf, editor/publisher Virtual Instruments Magazine - the world of softsynths and samplers www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com 1-877 VImagzn (846-2496) 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101 Nick Batzdorf, editor/publisher Virtual Instruments Magazine - the world of softsynths and samplers www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com 1-877 VImagzn (846-2496) 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101