M audio profire lightbridge updating firmware updating a dell optiplex gx1 os
27-Jan-2021 23:49
Considering the close relationship between M-Audio and Digidesign, I was disappointed to find that Pro Tools M-Powered is somewhat the poor relation when it comes to software partners for the Profire.Sample rates above 96k Hz aren't supported, which probably won't bother many users, but you also lose the second pair of ADAT ports, bringing the total I/O count down to 18.This didn't happen very often, nor for more than half a second or so at once, but it was disconcerting — not least because it sometimes seemed to be playing back audio parts that I hadn't yet recorded!
Up to 18 of these sources are available for setting up cue mixes within the control panel mixer; so you could, for example, combine a stereo return from your recording software with up to 16 directly monitored input signals.
Admittedly, Profire buyers also need to fork out for their recording software of choice, but it still looks like a very cost-effective way of putting together a multi-channel recording rig — and if your recording software of choice is Pro Tools, the M-Powered version offers almost all the functionality of Pro Tools LE.