yeah that's what I was thinking... blanche how much do they go for in england?

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http://cgi.ebay.com/Presonus-FIREPOD-24-bit-96K_W0QQitemZ280024193421QQihZ018QQcategoryZ41784QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280024193421

Ebay-around 300-400, used. Around 500 new. Plus shipping.

If you can't find someone to do it for you, let me know. I'm not sure about the exchange rate, but it sounds like someone wants to screw you.

If you are going cheaper, look at Mackie and (cheaper still) Behringer. If that is the case, definitely talk to me...

so with the behringer one you have to get an adat soundcard? is the correct? if so that's starting to get a bit one the expensive side...

First of all...skip ADAT. Hard disk recording is significantly better. Unless you have already sunk a pile of cash into the ADAT's, in which case...Ebay the ADATs and get a hard disk system of some kind. In my opinion, ADAT sucks.

I firewire into a crap laptop with a dedicated recording partition (as in dedicated operating system, file storage, etc.) from a Mackie Onyx 1640 that I borrow from work. works great. There are comparable products, of varying prices. Get a crap computer, streamline at least part of it for recording, and get an AD converter of some kind. There is a lot of competition in the market right now for exactly this sort of application, and you will find many products that work more or less well.

H8 mOdems writes:

been looking at the firepods and they are like 1500 AUD in australia. The price difference is ridiculous... and for some reason it's going to be around 100 USD to ship it over if I get one from america. What's the deal? Are they like made of lead or something?

oh yeah it would work with nuendo 2 wouldn't it?

1) As previously mentioned, buy one on E-bay. You can get one brand new with manufacturer warranty for $600 USD or less. Shipping to Australia? Dunno but it can't that much. They are NOT heavy.
2) The FirePod will work with Nuendo. After you hook it up and install the driver (included on the accompanying CD-ROM), go to the "Devices" drop down box on your top tool bar in Nuendo. I trust you can figure it our from there.
3) It has been mentioned the hardware interface is a little simple for some advanced purposes. This is true but only if you don't know how to run your software.
4) My one and only quality gripe is that at VERY high gain settings, there is a bit of cross talk between channels. Not enought that I lose sleep over it.

B.

h8 m0dems wrote:yeah that's what I was thinking... blanche how much do they go for in england?

i know a guy who can get music equipment cost price... maybe i could get you one for £400... maybe £450.

Gear isn't that cheap here, either... HOWEVER, I am stopping through New York on the way home - Dec 17 - so if you can wait that long I could pick one up for you on the way home - it would be tax free with no shipping...

The problem with getting shit sent from overseas is that you can sometimes have to pay import tax. I had something sent from the states - and even though it was sent as a gift, i was still nailed with over £100 in import tax.

just remember that even if you buy a firepod cheaply from abroad, it cannot be powered by firewire, it needs an adaptor.
Presonus in an attempt to preserve the vast international markup charge a shitload for a localised adaptor on its own. For example I was quoted a price of 100 pounds sterling for an adaptor last year when I was thinking of buying a firepod from america.
If you can live with just two preamps, you could buy a firebox from abroad and run it by firewire (you need a six pin firewire slot for this).

ah right, I thought the firepod would just run off firewire as well. thanks for the heads up.

(I'm assuming you can't get a generic adapter to power it??)

OK-

The Mackie 1220. Minimum Advertisable Price: 529 usd new. Firewire card for same: 249.99 usd.

Only four mic preamps, but you get a mixer with usable EQ (much, much better than the usual VLZ crap, but still kinda smeary) and 12 channels of decent firewire audio recording, plus software monitoring. Get some way to put more mic pre's...piggyback off an old mixer, etc. Any typical sleazy dealer can get better pricing than mentioned above, and...you get a mixer as well. I'm no Mackie enthusiast, but for my pocketbook, it's the only decent thing I've used. Next to no software issues. Free software with firewire card. Etc.