Once you open the box, in addition to the interface, you’ll get a FireWire 400 to 800 cable, some paperwork, and a power supply. On the other side of that, it doesn’t appear to be rack mountable and may have to sit on the desk in my studio.įront Panel of the Saffire PRO 26 from Focusrite The interface feels solid and I could easily place it into my backpack along with my laptop to do remote recording sessions. This opens up a lot of possibilities in terms of being portable. I’m glad I did because the unit is actually smaller than I thought it would be. I decided to use my MacBook Pro to test the Saffire PRO 26 as my main system is in the middle of a project. Its four award-winning Focusrite preamps along with the very latest in A-D/D-A conversion technology combine with the powerful Saffire Mix Control software to deliver professional sound quality, flexible routing options and rock-solid reliability. When Focusrite recently announced their new Saffire PRO 26, I wanted to see if it would make the short-list.Īccording to Focusrite the Saffire PRO 26 is an 18-in, 8-out 24-bit/96kHz FireWire/Thunderbolt compatible interface designed with professional users in mind. In my search for a replacement interface these are the basic things that I need. I don’t need a ton of I/Os as I use external preamps, I like having two headphone jacks as I’m usually recording with just one other person, and I use an Eleven Rack so I need S/PDIF inputs to embed guitar settings into Pro Tools. The 003 has worked well for me over the years. While Avid still provides driver updates for the unit, they haven’t sold it since 2011 and they’ve announced that support will end on March 31, 2016. Also, here is the kicker, I've had the interface working in the past as I've recorded guitar direct into Ableton with it, I just can't remember how I got it to work then.As a user of Avid’s (formerly Digidesign) 003 Rack FireWire audio interface, I know my days are numbered. My mic is plugged into Input 1 of the interface, and I'm getting a signal on the interface itself and in Saffire MixControl, but the audio channel in Ableton is not picking anything up, and when I look at my MacBook sound preferences, Saffire Firewire is highlighted as the input but no signal is being received there either. I'm not at all what you would call an experienced recording artist, and to top that off I've been on about a year long hiatus since using this piece of gear, so I'm at a loss as to how to record through this thing via Ableton! First of all, I've viewed the YouTube video put online by Focusrite about setting up Ableton with the interface, and I followed that exactly, but something still isn't right. My interface is a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP. Hi all, I need just a quick fix here! I'm working with Ableton Live 8 on a MacBook Pro purchased new in '09. There has to be a simple solution to this, can somebody please help me out? Also, here is the kicker, I've had the interface working in the past as I've recorded guitar direct into Ableton with it, I just can't remember how I got it to work then.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |