Joe Hartley <jh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, all. I'm considering replacing my M-Audio Delta 1010 an Mackie Big Knob > monitor controller with an RME Babyface Pro so that I have preamps available > at my desktop without breaking out my big mixer, and hardware volume control > for my monitors. > > I know a few folks here have the Babyface Pro (Hi, Fons and Brent!) and > I'm curious as to whether you're all still happy with it. I've been reading > that in the class-compliant mode, which is required for Linux use), that > various features are not enabled. > > My biggest concern is about phantom power, as I'd seen a mention that > PP is only settable from the TotalMix software, which is a no-op in CC mode. > > I'm also interested in any "gotchas" or anecdotes about living with this > unit under Linux. I'm afraid I never expect it to provide phantom power, since both my outboard preamps and my desk mixer can do that. So far, I'm only using it as a secondary interface for mobile use, when I need to record on a laptop with nothing but an 8-space rack of outboard equipment available. I've not been depending on it as a main interface yet in the studio. Of course, that may change. The Multiface II that is my main interface now is hooked up to a PCI-E card in the computer, and eventually it or the card will die. (Does interface hardware go to heaven when it dies, if it's very good?) Since pretty much everything new is USB now, I'm probably going to have to live with that even for my main interface at some point, and the Babyface Pro is probably as good of a USB interface as one could ever expect. (It sounds fantastic, though interestingly, in a way that I can still distinguish from the Multiface -- subtly brighter.) I think the thing I would miss the most if I had to start using it as my main interface would be not having hdspmixer available to setup intricate monitor mixes in hardware. It's a very well behaved unit though, and it works with Ardour on my Debian laptop right out of the box. -- - Brent Busby + =============================================== + "The introduction of a new kind of music must -- Studio -- + be shunned as imperiling the whole state, for -- Amadeus/ -- + styles of music are never disturbed without -- Keycorner -- + without affecting the most important political -- Recording -- + institutions." --Plato, "Republic" ----------------+ ===============================================
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