Impressed

I've only had this for a couple days now, but I'm really impressed so far. It feels more solid than I expected it to, which is a nice surprise. This thing was super easy to setup on my mac, just plug it in and install the drivers. I've used a digi 002 for years, and after that died my line 6 pod xt pro as a soundcard, so not the greatest interface, but useable. This thing just sounds great. It's super quiet and super clean. I can finally start using my UA 4-710d again and pipe whatever else I need through that. For someone like me, a "prosumer" this is perfect. Works seamlessly with Ableton Live and all of the mac apps.

Holy Cow!!

This is truly the best portable interface at this price, or for me the best interface at this price period! The conversion itself is definately something to write home about. Its amazing sounding, very clear and true to the performance. The preamps are very nice as well for the price. You can really take advantage of the conversion though with an external preamp, like a True Sysyems P SOLO. Thats what I use and it really works well with the babyface! Thinking of putting a Urie 610 through it. I cant wait for the results! The steady clock in this sucker is really a solid rock, no latency. The ADAT feature also is great. I have an 8 channel strip of focusrite pres linked to it for drums. This interface is a must have! Totally up there with Apogee with its own sound of course but you will not be disappointed!

Exceptional Sound with Wow Form Factor

I was very impressed with the Babyface from the moment I picked it up. This unit is has a very nice heft to it in an attractive metal housing. The drivers are rock solid and so is the support staff if you have any technical questions.

The sound produced by the A/D & D/A converters is really something that you have to hear to believe. Extremely low noise. You really are upgrading into a nice sweet spot from anything entry level with this unit.

The TotalMix FX mixing/routing software that comes with the unit is really so powerful in its unlimited useability that the sky is really the limit in getting creative.

A very nice well rounded interface.

professional compact interface

i am looking for a professinal compact audio interface with usb connectivity that works on both pc and mac ang got this little guy. i own duet1 nad firestudio mobile along with this. first of all, it very easy to install both on mac and pc with totalmixfx software.

i first used my duet1 to see the difference between babyface and duet1. the difference between these two is significant. my initial interpretation is babyface is more open and transperant. it is so natural that i feel the vocals recorded in logic is some what more near to the actual vocals some one hear near by the singer. i have noticed i did not lose much melody that the singer express on mic. where as i see duet1 more digital and crisp and accurate with out noise, but i still feel something is missing out of this. i do not own duet2 so i can. not really tell who has more edge in terms of sound.

in short, this is very good nice sounding, almost no noise at high gain levels usb audio interface with very good drivers.

RME Babyface vs Duet 2

Well after extensive testing of both units I must say that the RME wins the battle! TotalMix, Mac/PC compatibility, Midi, Spdif, DSP and most importantly STABILITY! The Duet 2 freezes or is not recognized or Maestro gets weird then you must re-boot or unplug or remove the big dial to avoid static shocks (yeah I know, see forums). The Babyface just sounds better too. More natural and true to the source. The Apogee is loud and big and bright but it sounds fake and you get tired of the overemphasized highs. Feels like sonic trickery to get that WOW sound. The Duet 2 offers more gain (75 vs 60 dB) on the preamps which is the only advantage for those of you with old ribbons. The RME drove my gain hog SM7B just fine and the conversion is beautiful. Truly a boutique product. Well worth the money. The best USB interface on the market imho. And so flexible too... Cheers

Powerful, but user friendly

Killer piece of gear. This is a huge upgrade from the interface I had before, and I couldn't be happier. It has loads of features for such a small device, and the expandability is an awesome bonus. Preamps and convertors sound excellent, there's plenty of clean gain, and the TotalMix FX software is very well done. I was able to plug in and record within an hour; it's capable of doing a lot, but it's also easy to use.

Brilliant!

I love everything about this unit.
The sound is excellent, TotalMix is fantastic, drivers are solid and stable, the build quality is great, the controls work exactly how I want them to, the simplicity of USB connectivity, balanced I/O and the feature set is more than I expected.
It's a perfect fit for my studio.

Lovin' It

Great internal clock... Audio is well defined through my monitors...great drivers... I'm happy withe the purchase of mine..

Overall Excellent

Excellent portable flexible unit to host home consumer connections or balanced pro audio connections (-10dB vs. +4dB). Longer USB2 cord (8 ft.) can be used with no increase in sample rate. 100mA for a USB2 connection, the gain on the inputs is highly flexible enough. The manual for the unit is the first place and perhaps last place to check to make sure. The electronics of the unit are excellent.
A mention to RME may have them think to change some things in the TotalMixFx program and for me only make it better. Add to that echo, reverb, and parametric equalizer included with TotalMixFx and the consumer has a highly portable flexible excellent unit.

Overall Excellent

Excellent portable flexible unit to host home consumer connections or balanced pro audio connections (-10dB vs. +4dB). Longer USB2 cord (8 ft.) can be used with no increase in sample rate. 100mA for a USB2 connection, the gain on the inputs is highly flexible enough. The manual for the unit is the first place and perhaps last place to check to make sure. The electronics of the unit are excellent.
A mention to RME may have them think to change some things in the TotalMixFx program and for me only make it better. Add to that echo, reverb, and parametric equalizer included with TotalMixFx and the consumer has a highly portable flexible excellent unit.

The best!

I can't find any other table top interface that can outperform this little guy. It's worth the extra money 100%. It can do what ever you want it to do plus more!

Great Home Recording Interface

This interface is awesome for the price! The AD/DA Converters are awesome and the pre-amps are killer for the money you spend. Also the nice thing is it has s/pdif and adat optical connections so you can expand. All and all I love this interface and its a real good home interface especially now that pro tools 9 is open source.