Thank you Phil I'll have to check that out then I hope I can afford it. Those tracks you recorded sounded very good, but its my voice I'm concerned about. I still find that sometimes there is a little distortion after bouncing the track down and listening to it in smaller systems with smaller speakers. The tracks sound okay on my computer monitors and even better on my studio monitors. They sound great in the car, but when I play them on a small boom box I can hear distortion on the voice. Maybe it has something to do with how I'm EQing my voice I'm not sure, but when I have a little bit more funds, I'll have to get the focusrite and try it out. Thank you again for the recommendation. May the peace of God which passes all understanding guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. God bless you! Music soft sacred and soulful Website http://www.nevillepeter.com email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone 407-222-4488 -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil Muir Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 5:23 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Focusrite safire 6 problems Am using the original Focusrite Octopre which, has the same pree-amps as the TrakMaster Pro however, they don't make that any more. Recommended the Focusrite OctoPre MkII to Jack Conti. Jack's way more qualified to talk about that unit as I don't have one here. However, I believe that Jacks very happy with his. Talking to Jack the other day. Hea tells me that "it's never turned off." Regards, Phil Muir Accessibility Training Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK +44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of neville Sent: 24 January 2011 00:13 To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Focusrite safire 6 problems Hey Phil what is the name or model of the focusrite pre-amp you have? I am thinking about getting one. I'm not sure the audio Tampa I have is doing my voice justice. Any recommendations? May the peace of God which passes all understanding guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. God bless you! Music soft sacred and soulful Website http://www.nevillepeter.com email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone 407-222-4488 -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil Muir Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 6:48 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Focusrite safire 6 problems I would switch to using ASIO drivers as they are generally the best option at the moment for Focusrite gear. Not personally recommending this interface as it's USB 1.1 which is not good for recording audio and softsynthes with a high track count. Shame really as you can do a lot with all of the hardware switches on the box E.G, turn a stereo source to mono etc. Anyway, getting back to USB1.1, From the manual: "Whilst Saffire 6 USB is a USB 1.1 device, the USB connection will work with any USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 compliant connector on your computer." Regards, Phil Muir Accessibility Training Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK +44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos Sent: 22 January 2011 14:46 To: Dancing dots Subject: [ddots-l] Focusrite safire 6 problems Hi all, i just got my focusrite safire 6, i installed the drivers, plugged it in and opend sonar. When i plug in a mic and get level it sounds as if it's distorting and there's a slight delay, this happens at about -5 dB SO I'M NOT TOO LOUD. I prosume it's a latency problem and i have no clue to fix it, firstly in audio options at driver mode, which is best to select, wasapi, wdm/ks, asio or mme 32 bit? Then the playback and record buffers are set to 256, on the general tab it's set to 16 bit 44.1 KHz, buffers in playback q is on 2 and buffer size is 5%. 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