RME Fireface UC

[UntamedSpirit]

RME Fireface UC (http://rme-audio.de/en_products_fireface_uc.php)

When RME comes out with a usb interface and says it's better than their firewire line, you have to at least take note.

I'm in the market for a new device, has anyone tried one of these?

Sceptical of usb having sustained transfer rates, but I'm open to first hand feedback from anyone.

[Stéphane]

Hello Rob,

There is one thing better on the Fireface UC : It can use a lower latency than the Fireface firewire.
You can look at this graph. I've used the latency indicated in Cubase, and some values are interpolated.

http://www.casawave.fr/upload/rme_3.jpg

[TAFKAT]

Hey Stéphane,

Good to see you here.. :-)

Interesting results with the UC, a little behind the FF800 across the comparable latencies, but managing to scale to a lower latency.

Out of interest, what are the system specs and O.S being used.

BTW: Cool graph layout, I may need to borrow a few ideas for my reports .. :wink:

[Stéphane]

Hi Vin !

It was with a Core i7 920, 4Gb DDR3 @ 1066, Windows XP 32bits SP3, Cubase 5.1.
Dawbench DSP (ReaXcomp, 5mn test).

I think that all my future tests will be with Windows 7 and the same computer.
In a week, I will have the results for a 2408 and a Emu Pci.