Hi!

Any owners/users of s here? I'd like to get me a portable unit for
just recording quality demos and stuff. US122 seems pretty ideal for me.
I also own FF800, but I don't feel like dragging it home and back to
studio and my laptop doesn't support FW, so I'm looking for USB solution.

Any pros/cons appreciated!

Thanks,
Sven

Sven wrote:
Hi!

Any owners/users of s here? I'd like to get me a portable unit for
just recording quality demos and stuff. US122 seems pretty ideal for me.
I also own FF800, but I don't feel like dragging it home and back to
studio and my laptop doesn't support FW, so I'm looking for USB solution.

Any pros/cons appreciated!

Nice box. Rugged; except for S/PDIF it's got all the
gozinta's and gozouta's you'd want in a 2 channel box
incuding a headphone out of local monitoring mixed with what
is sent by the host. Darned quiet pre's for the buck (-127
dBu) but not much pre gain, around 40 dB, although the low
gain is ameliorated by the 24 bit converters. I.E. there is
plenty of room for additional digital gain in post.

It's very convenient and I think a good deal. I've used it
considerably and have no complaints. I use it on an iBook
into Digital Performer and have never had a problem but some
with PC's have reported problems due to poor USB Win drivers.


Bob
--

"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein

In article writes:

Any owners/users of s here? I'd like to get me a portable unit for
just recording quality demos and stuff. US122 seems pretty ideal for me.

I reviewed it for Recording Magazine a year or so back. I rather liked
it. It's not a $2,000 mic preamp and $2,000 converter set in a box the
size of a large paperback book, but it's very well thought out and
makes recording "demos and stuff" pretty easy for one person working
with a computer, a mic, and a set of headphones. It's a lot of really
useful functionality (as opposed to something loaded with features
that you'll rarely use) in a small and inexpensive package.




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The only problem I've ever had with it is playback latency. I'm hearing it
at a delay when I'm overdubbing so my overdubbed part lays down behind the
pocket. If I use my sound card audio to listen while overdubbing it lays
down in the pocket. Maybe I do have a bad driver. Anybody know where to
get a better one?


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Sven wrote:
Hi!

Any owners/users of s here? I'd like to get me a portable unit for just
recording quality demos and stuff. US122 seems pretty ideal for me. I
also own FF800, but I don't feel like dragging it home and back to studio
and my laptop doesn't support FW, so I'm looking for USB solution.

Any pros/cons appreciated!

Nice box. Rugged; except for S/PDIF it's got all the gozinta's and
gozouta's you'd want in a 2 channel box incuding a headphone out of local
monitoring mixed with what is sent by the host. Darned quiet pre's for
the buck (-127 dBu) but not much pre gain, around 40 dB, although the low
gain is ameliorated by the 24 bit converters. I.E. there is plenty of
room for additional digital gain in post.

It's very convenient and I think a good deal. I've used it considerably
and have no complaints. I use it on an iBook into Digital Performer and
have never had a problem but some with PC's have reported problems due to
poor USB Win drivers.


Bob
--

"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no simpler."

A. Einstein

Mike Rivers wrote:

size of a large paperback book, but it's very well thought out and
makes recording "demos and stuff" pretty easy for one person working

Thanks, Mike and Bob

I think, I'd go with it. Now I just have to find who's selling it here
in Estonia, because our market's so tiny and nobody sells good stuff
here ever

Sven