hi

i was also lookin for an audiointerface for my new laptop. i didn't try the 410, neither the quatafire, but i visited the homepage of both and i would prefer the 410. the quatafire is cheaper, but there are quite a lot of reports about problems (not pd-related!, but hardware[chipsets,...]) with the quatafire. the issue with matching number of ins and outs in pd on win is the same on both 410 and quatafire (-> 610). for my part, i decided to buy the RME HDSP RPM. it's the most expensive one of these. the rpm has got 5 ins and 6 outs, but if you run pd in asio-mode, you will have one device fo the inputs and one for the outputs, which both provide 6 channels (the mic-input is on 5 and 6). this means that you can use all channels in pd. the disadvantages of the RPM: -expensive -only one mic-input -no phantom-power (which i really can't understand!!!!!!) the advantages: -low latency (i can run pd with the second lowest provided [128 samples= 3ms] on an intel pentium m dothan 1.7GHz) -you can use all channels -you can also connect turntables directly to the 2 stereo inputs (you can choose the input level for each stereo pair)

roman

----- Original Message ----- From: jon@it-snedkeren.dk To: PD-list@iem.at Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:37 PM Subject: [PD] firwire soundcard

hi all

i'm currently looking for a firewire soundcard with mircrophone preamp/s - so that i can connect condenser mikrophones... so far i have two cards in mind: m-audio 4-10 and est quatafire 610 - do any of you know them? if yes

• how do they work with pd + what are your experince with them? are

there others that you can recoment... any pointers will be highly aprciated - thanks.

-jon

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