M-Audio Firewire 410, Computer Hardware Options

[wolfie]

i have a power mac g4 with a m-aidio firewire 410...and actually it's great...belive me!

Hi
I am thinking of getting a 410 as well, but someone has just put a spanner in the works by saying something about oversampling, so I went to M-Audio's web site and their Flying cow (sic) has 128x oversampling - but they don't say what the oversampling is on the 410 - anyone shed any light on this ??

Cheers

[boze]

is it true that you can't use all four ins on the 410 at once? (i mean the two xlr ins and the stereo spdif).

that's a factor for me because i have a pod type thing i want to use with the spdif, but i'd still like all four ins at once.

[_guest_mick_]

wolfie -- the Flying Cow is a D/A and A/D convertor, not a computer audio interface. if you bought a flying cow you would still need an interface of some kind to get the audio to/from your computer. the 410 doesn't have input oversampling because it's not necessary. you can record directly into the computer at whatever sampling rate you want and then downsample later. the only reason to use a flying cow is if you were going from a high-quality mic pre or something like that directly into a DAT or some other digital machine whose A/D convertors aren't very good.

[fivepindin]

Have just ordered one from a fellow selling on eBay in the States. Offers FREE international shipping and although the enclosed power supply is fitted for United States, I intend to power it from (6 pin) Firewire anyway.

If you're curious, he has more available and operates under the name neuworldmidi.

Firewire 410 listing on eBay