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The FireWire Solo is designed from the ground up as an easy-to-use, high-quality interface for songwriters to record guitars, vocals and more on the computer. Compatible with most popular music software, this compact bus-powered unit is small enough to go anywhere you want to take your music. In addition to the 1/4" guitar input right on the front panel, a professional XLR microphone input also lets you record vocals and acoustic instruments. There are also dual line inputs for effects, drum machines and other outboard gear. FireWire connectivity, up to 24-bit/96kHz sample rate support and digital I/O all add up to outstanding sonic performance. As simple to connect and operate as it is powerful, FireWire Solo is the foundation of your computer-based songwriting studio.
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Technical Details
- FireWire audio interface for recording guitar, vocals, and more on Mac or PC music software- Front-panel XLR microphone input with gain control and clip LED
- Front-panel 1/4-inch guitar input and 2 rear-panel 1/4-inch line inputs
- Dual FireWire ports for easy device chaining; front-panel switch toggles between front and rear inputs
- Rack-mountable metal chassis; includes FireWire cables; 1-year warranty
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By J. Dollak (Charlottesville, VA United States)
I'm running an iMac from about two years ago, with 10.6.
After installing the interface, which was awkward, and eventually getting it to work in Garageband, it worked fine. The quality was good. The guitar sounded a bit more natural. When I ran a condenser mike with the phantom power, that actually sounded very good.
Then once I moved to 10.6.3, the interface started getting bad. My computer started having a variety of really annoying problems. First, it doesn't shut down correctly. When it does manage to shut down, the screen won't come back on. So I need to force the system to power down, remove the power connector for a few seconds, plug it back in, and power on in order to start back up.
The interface started to generate some really annoying errors. Unless I had just restarted, the interface would add a hum to the signal. This wasn't a normal hum, this was a really substantial signal problem. When I plugged an instrument in, the signal would be distorted - it was typically lowered about 1.5 steps. And it was irregular, adding an electronic buzz periodically.
I assumed this was because of my move to 10.6.3.
After a whole lot of messing around, I managed to completely wipe my computer, and bring it back to 10.6.0. The interface still had the exact same problems. It will occasionally record correctly, but it's a matter of cycling the power on by the device and my computer until it happens to come up right. And then I can only record until I unplug the instrument, since once I plug back in, the interference on the signal comes back.
I am unhappy with this interface, because it may be responsible for messing my computer up considerably. But in the time that it worked, it did a fine job.
To be honest, for recording guitars, using the line-in seems to do just as well as the interface did.
I plan to try another interface eventually, but it won't be m-audio. They didn't even make their speakers compatible with this interface.
By Matt Gilbert
This thing has given me endless headaches. It's not clear whether it's just glitchy or if it's poorly supported by my Mac laptop. Sometiems the output ports are available, sometimes they aren't. Sometiems the inputs work, sometimes they don't. The nature of the problems is hard to discover/troubleshoot. Sometimes a restart fixes the problem, sometimes it doesn't.
When it works, it works well.
By D. Lucas (Portland, OR)
This thing is a great value for laptop musicians on the road. It's got an XLR and a 1/4" plug, plus a phantom power switch for those mics that require it. It is solidly built and fits nicely into your gear bag.
By TMC (Los Angeles, CA)
I've used this thing an awful lot and never had any trouble with it. The interface is easy, the sound is really good and best of all, it is simple. Anything extra you'd need to do you can do in whatever recording software you're doing, but I have always been happy with what I've gotten out of it.
I record guitar, bass and conga parts with it (directly and miked), and also transfer a lot of analog sources to digital through it. Never had a problem, would replace instantly if it broke.
By S. Blum (CA)
Since I bought this device 1 1/2 years ago, it's never really worked well with my mac. Perhaps pro's can use this easily, but I just wanted to plug my guitar or mic into my mac. I'm running OS 10.5.5, and I've tried updating the drivers, I've tried re-installation, but it's just never worked right. It kind of worked for a while, but not consistently and never very well. Now it just tells me that no device is recognized. Customer support from M Audio is completely non-existent. If you're looking for something that is plug-and-play, save your money & look elsewhere.
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