I was thinking of buying the M-audio Firewire 410 for my laptop so I can do some recording on the road and wanted some feedback from anyone that has one , I already own 2 midiman products and am happy with them but they are installed in a PC and a Mac now I thought of upgrading my laptop ,so I can use it on the road . I know I have read some bad revues about the 410 are there any good ones before I buy it? thanks in advance... -- Mojo Mike..

Still has some bugs to be worked out, OS 9 is a no go, OS X possibly. Do a search of the group.

I've been using this card for Audio Instruments and have had nothing but trouble free performance.None of the noise, pops , clicks etc that you get with other cards.I haven't attempted any kind of complex audio recordings though. Paul www.paullawler.org

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "mike" <lincoln85@y...> wrote: > I was thinking of buying the M-audio Firewire 410 for my laptop so I > can do > some recording on the road and wanted some feedback from anyone that > has one > , I already own 2 midiman products and am happy with them but they > are > installed in a PC and a Mac now I thought of upgrading my laptop ,so > I can use it on the road . I know I have read some bad revues about > the 410 are there any good ones before I buy it? thanks in advance... > I've been using one for a couple of weeks now and it works very well. My only complaints are: 1. No host power. You need to plug it into an AC line with an annoying wall-wart power supply. 2. Inputs are misleading. You get two LINE/MIC inputs and two digital inputs. Looking at the box, you might be confused into thinking that the 4 inputs are analogue, but they're not. Either the front or rear analog inputs are active at a given moment. 3. Noisy Neutrik connectors. And that's about it. Performance-wise, I have no issues with this device. My A62m won't even work on my G5 without popping and clicking and it prompted me to try something different until my M-Audio Delta cards get upgraded. If I didn't need more inputs (and less outputs), I'd be tempted to keep it. Give one a try!