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Figured I might as well post a review.
Presonus Firepod (FP10):
I love everything about this piece of equipment. I have owned one for about 3 years now, I guess and recorded probably over 100 songs on it. I've never had any problems with it.
Now, I'm not so much on specs for electronic equipment, but if you have a fairly fast computer with a 1 GB + of RAM and a large 7200 RPM hard drive, and a Firewire port, then all you need are some mics and a Firepod to make some great sounding recordings.
It's a 10 channel audio interface with 8 mic pres (the jacks are actually combination jacks, so you can plug in an XLR or a 1/4" cable into each jack). It also has two channels of digital inputs. Why do you need all those mic pres? Well, say you want to record acoustic drums. I sometimes use 8 tracks just to mic drums. Having 8 mic pres means I can record each drum on its own track instead of running a stereo sub mix of the drums.
The unit also lets you run a outputs to two devices. I have one set of outputs going to my studio monitors and have the other set running to a 4 channel headphone amp.
Another nice feature is that you can daisy chain up to 3 units together, giving you 24 simultaneous recording track (30 if you count the digital inputs). I've got 2 of them myself, and have them in a rack so I can take them and my laptop to gigs and record our shows. I simply run a couple of 1/4" 8 channel snakes from the inserts of the live mixing board to the inputs of the Firepod, and that gives me each channel from the live mixer on a seperate track for recording.
These things come with Cubase LE recording software, which is fully functional, but doesn't have as many bells and whistles as Cubase SX and the like.
AND, at less than $400 new, they are a GREAT bargain.
Presonus Firepod (FP10):
I love everything about this piece of equipment. I have owned one for about 3 years now, I guess and recorded probably over 100 songs on it. I've never had any problems with it.
Now, I'm not so much on specs for electronic equipment, but if you have a fairly fast computer with a 1 GB + of RAM and a large 7200 RPM hard drive, and a Firewire port, then all you need are some mics and a Firepod to make some great sounding recordings.
It's a 10 channel audio interface with 8 mic pres (the jacks are actually combination jacks, so you can plug in an XLR or a 1/4" cable into each jack). It also has two channels of digital inputs. Why do you need all those mic pres? Well, say you want to record acoustic drums. I sometimes use 8 tracks just to mic drums. Having 8 mic pres means I can record each drum on its own track instead of running a stereo sub mix of the drums.
The unit also lets you run a outputs to two devices. I have one set of outputs going to my studio monitors and have the other set running to a 4 channel headphone amp.
Another nice feature is that you can daisy chain up to 3 units together, giving you 24 simultaneous recording track (30 if you count the digital inputs). I've got 2 of them myself, and have them in a rack so I can take them and my laptop to gigs and record our shows. I simply run a couple of 1/4" 8 channel snakes from the inserts of the live mixing board to the inputs of the Firepod, and that gives me each channel from the live mixer on a seperate track for recording.
These things come with Cubase LE recording software, which is fully functional, but doesn't have as many bells and whistles as Cubase SX and the like.
AND, at less than $400 new, they are a GREAT bargain.
