Round trip latency, driver performance (Mac OS X Lion, Intel Core i5-2410M)
#Saffire mixcontrol 3.7 pro
Fortunately the PRO 14 has other outputs which work fine. IMHO it does sound a bit different especially on headphones, giving an impression of more saturated and fuller low end, and, what's worse, it also affects double and quad tracking guitars resulting in a certain weird quality in recorded material (phase issues?). In theory this shouldn't make a difference as the sound is a wave and it doesn't matter to human ear if it's compression or decompression, because both are perceivable. There's a 180 degree phase shift on the phones out that the Focusrite support confirmed to me in a reply to my inquiry. Note that the Mac mini also uses a power plug without the earth pin. The problem never appeared when the PRO was powered through the included external power supply. I noticed a small problem when the unit was powered via Firewire bus - occasional noise appeared in the guitar signal chain and it seemed to have some connection with what was going on with Mac mini that the Saffire was connected to. Saffire PRO 24 vs Saffire PRO 14, information taken from user guides downloaded from (FA0268-02, FA0415-01) These are differences in A/D and D/A dynamic range of both units: Parameter With input gain set to 3.5/10 there's more gain than on other interfaces with gain set to 5 or 7.Ĭompared to the PRO 24, the PRO 14's guitar inputs sounds a little bit better. Without processing recorded guitar tracks sound full, dynamic and natural. They have plenty of clean gain and sound nothing like most digital devices with instrument inputs. Hi-Z inputs are really exceptional in this unit. It's not as tight sounding as Presonus Firestudio Mobile, but it has a nice character of its own. The PRO 14 sounds pleasantly with soft low middle range and enough clarity to my ears. This interface has pretty much standard features, but what's interesting is a software loopback stereo input which allows recording the output mix of the device. 8 inputs (4 analog, 2 S/PDIF, 2 loopback), 6 outputs (4 analog, 2 S/PDIF).
It uses JetPLL jitter elimination technology that ensures stable clock and pristine audio quality. It offers 8 inputs, 6 outputs, great sounding Focusrite preamps, 2 Hi-Z inputs and a phantom power. The Focusrite Saffire PRO 14 is a firewire audio interface for PC and Mac computers.
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