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Arny Krueger wrote:
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Arny Krueger wrote:
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Are you at all familiar with Focusrite's Saffire (LE)
? http://www.focusrite.com/product/saffire_le/
No.
A friend of mine's been offered one at an attractive
price and he's curious to know if he can use any of
those test tools with it. What's the one you like
again btw ?
Most if not all Windows test and measurement software
is based on WDM drivers.
http://www.focusrite.com/media/saffi...ire_LE_GSG.pdf
says that they provide both ASIO and WDM drivers, which
is good. It is not uncommon for hardware that is
provided with both WDM and ASIO drivers to have less
function in WDM mode. How this will effect operation at
24/96 (pretty much required for use as test equipment)
and 24/192 (nice to have) is not clear from the
documentation.
Sounds encouraging though.
Performance-wise this is not 100 dB plus dynamic range
hardware, at least as specified. Of course it may
perform better.
Compare it to a M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 as line-level
test equipment.
No balanced inputs renders it useless for the required
task I'm afraid.
The other one you like is the Lynx Two isn't it ?
Well, that at about $800 for the 2-in, 2-out Lynx L22,
and the M-Audio Audiophile 24/192 at less than $200.
Both have balanced line-level I/O. The AP24/192 is a
better than 100 dB dynamic range card, while the L22 is
more like 115 dB, but with a slightly unusual gain
structure that delivers best possible dynamic range at
FS-11 dB.
Ok, looked at the AP24/192. It still has cruddy
'consumer' connectors though.
TRS is consumer?
Pro connectors are a must here.
I also forgot to mention that he wants to use his laptop,
so it has to be external.
That changes everything.
For testing software your rate Audio Rightmark don't you ?
That, plus Spectra Lab and CoolEdit/Audition. Lately, I've been using RMA
more and Spectra less. Some of that is due to the fact that I'm able to get
more out of the spectral display in Audition.