Dear All,
Apologies in advance for yet another interface thread... but we do them so well here
I'm in the market to upgrade my M Audio 1814 FW (Reason: upgrade converters & preamps) and I've narrowed it down to either the Saffire Pro 40 , Scarlett 18i20 or the Roland Octa Capture. Budget roughly in this ball park...
The Saffire has been out quite a while (2009?) now but this series seems pretty popular in these parts.
Basically... if buying again would you still consider this or is there something else I've missed? Also any buyer regret? Latency issues? Any thoughts at all!
The Scarlett looks like the identical USB model although I guess the drivers will be a lot less 'mature'!
Basic requirements: Spdif, 6-8 instrument ins (I like to keep a fair bit of outboard gear plugged in), 2 outs. Not too bothered about additional DSP or more than 2 pre-amps. Shame really as apart from various Motu models they all seem to be combi jacks and I'm not overly convinced on whether you can ever really bypass these. Plus it must bump the price up. I'm leaning towards firewire as I have a fair bit already using the USB bus e.g midi connections, keyboard/mouse, external hard drive, various other things get plugged in now and again.e.g Live lauchpad.
It's a shame that the likes of the Forte (none) or Babyface (Toslink) don't have Spdif connections...
Any thoughts would be gratefully received
Brett