The M Audio Firewire 410 computer interface is a 4 input, 10 output mobile recording device with two headphone outputs with independent level controls, and on board DSP. Also features Digital I/O with S/PDIF &  on board ASIO 2 compliant mixer with software control panel. The  sound quality is 24 bit analog I/O with 192K for outputs 1&2, 96K for the rest of the outputs, & a 96K input.The Firewire 410 also has a MIDI I/O, dual mic/instrument pres with 66 dB of gain and phantom power.

  The first thing I noticed when hooking this device up was that the chassis it is housed in is rugged enough to take some abuse on the road. Some of the knobs looked like the metallic coating may flake off after time. The connections were simple and took a couple of minutes to hook up to a PA system. The computer was a Laptop running Microsoft XP and  Amplitube 2 was used for the software. Easy to hook up and get sounds from, the only thing we had to do was to change the output device on the computer.

 The sounds were good as I ran through the gammet of Amplitube tones starting with some clean jazz sounds and then some hendrix, cream and EVH patches. I may have to do a review on Amplitube! What fun, any way back to reality here. The flexiblity of the Firewire 410 is amazing for it's price. You could do a 7.1 surround sound project with it or route the outputs to a mixer if needed. The only thing I noticed was the PA signal had a bit of noise. Not sure if it was a connection/ cable issue.

  There were no latency issues with the interface and it did it's job. The Input/Output LEDs on the interface make it easy to trace down the signal path if you needed to troubleshoot the signal. The M Audio Firewire 410 is a winner for the aspiring Recording musician who wants the flexiblity to use in a home studio or on the road. Also the M Audio Firewire 410 has seemless integration with Pro Tools M powered software for the ultimate in Industry standard recording.