M-Audio FireWire 410 4-In / 10-Out FireWire Mobile Recording Interface

M-Audio FireWire 410 4-In / 10-Out FireWire Mobile Recording Interface | Works great when it works. But...

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	M-Audio FireWire 410 4-In / 10-Out FireWire Mobile Recording Interface M-Audio M-Audio average customer review:based on 34 reviews view larger image
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M-AUDIO FireWire 410 is a FireWire ( IEEE-1394 ) compatible Audio / MIDI interface that has it all --- power, flexibility, compact size and affordability. Its 4-in / 10-out configuration with preamps is perfect for personal recording, routing discrete outputs to a mixer, or directly driving a surround sound system. 192kHz outputs (outputs 1 & 2 -- 96kHz on others); 96kHz input Coaxial & Optical Digital I/O with S/PDIF Powered via DC supply or FireWire bus Dual mic / instrument preamps with gain control and phantom power 2 headphone outs w/ individual level controls Analog outs can directly drive up to 7.1 surround Size - 1-7/8H x 9-1/4W x 7D; weighs 2.95 pounds

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great product

I have bought this m-audio two years ago, it working fine, I use it to D.J. mostly, it's a solid piece of a hardware, well built.

It works fine with XP and Vista (updated driver from website)

Works great when it works. But...

I've owned one of these for several years. When it works, and for what it works for, it works well. However there are many problems:

1. M-Audio says the device must be first on the Firewire chain (a ridiculous requirement) and that you shouldn't hot-plug it (an absurd restriction).

2. If you do try hot-plugging it and you manage to not burn out your FW interface, as some here have reported has happened, you'll find you need to reboot your machine anyway. Windows will not recognize this device upon hot plugging, only when it reboots. I've had many other Firewire devices and this is the only one that behaves this way.

Any Firewire device that can't be hot plugged, to say nothing of one that shouldn't be hot plugged, is "broken as designed." M-Audio has no business selling any such gadget, and the FireWire consortium or whatever it is that controls that trademark should have forbidden M-Audio to use the "FireWire" name and logo on this product.

3. S/PDIF coax input basically doesn't work. Sometimes it locks to the incoming signal, sometimes not. If it does lock it usually doesn't stay locked for long. Yes, I've tried different settings of the sync source and rate. It doesn't help.

4. S/PDIF optical input isn't much better. Even through a mere six foot Toslink cable. This is, btw, with other S/PDIF devices that work fine with everything else.

5. As someone else noted, that assignable knob on the front panel sometimes -- often -- loses its assignment, and you have to go into the control panel software and re-assign it. Needless to say this is a PITA.

M-Audio should have recalled these devices and given (yes, GIVEN) all owners an updated version that fixes these problems.

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