placidsound

Hello Everyone, I wanted to say thanks for all of the replies! I ended up working with the Saffire Pro 40, I had a few issues with it. -Sometimes the Firewire lock would disconnect erratically forcing me to reboot my entire setup -Could not access "device mode". This was a problem because the Saffire was set on one of the Safe Modes and therefore I could not get any decent signal unless I brought up the gain to 8 or 9. Also, I tried out the Zoom R16, just to check it out. It works very well but as you would expect the preamps are not the best. Right now I've moved to a Tascam FW1884 (after using the R16 I really enjoyed having a control surface) for my newest project. I'm sending signal also to 2 DR-680's as backup and everything is basically hooked up to my MacBook Pro with Nuendo. We'll see how this goes.... Thanks again everyone, I really appreciate it!

Thank you, that will have to be one of my next purchases. Luckily right now everything we've been working on tends to have pretty short takes but I will definitely be in need of the sync. Ryan Mozek

Thank you all for the great recommendations. I've decided to go with the US-1641 as it has phantom in two 4ch groups. Also, when I mentioned before about the Traveler having all TRS, well I was looking at the UltraLite instead, my mistake. I would love to get the MOTU Traveler but it just isn't in my price range right now. Thanks everyone!

I'm looking to purchase an audio interface to use with my MacBook Pro (2009 model) under $500 as I have a very limited budget. Right now I'm looking at a Presonus FireStudio Project. It has the inputs I need as well as the outputs I need. Any recommendations or tips? I've been running a HD-P2 (as this is what is available to me) and I really need more channels as well as more monitoring. I've got a project coming up that I'd like to run with 1 boom, and 3 lavs. Also, I will most likely run Nuendo or possibly BoomRecorder. I would really appreciate any feedback I can get. I've noticed that the Motu Traveler seems to be used a lot but that would require me to go from 1/4" TRS to XLR and my current funds won't allow for that.