Rme Ufx BIg Sounded

i have been in pro studios with pt hd converters and 30000 dollar sound system. the conversion is clean. m audio and,anything else emu echo apogee ensemble, focusrite 56, steinberg mr16 blah blah. the sound is huge ,clear, clean, and, transparent. dont be fooled by the forums. I almost believed the fan boys on that site. it easily competes with orpheus. its the right step to take on your first try. if,you,can afford it get and dont skimp.

Truly Fantastic!

We really expect a LOT from the gear we purchase and we're really difficult to please when it comes to audio quality. Simply put, the RME Fireface UFX has surpassed our expectations in every way. We tour with this piece of gear and can't say enough good things about LIVE and IN STUDIO.

FANTASTIC!!

I made a huge jump coming from the Mbox 2 Mini to the UFX and spent years researching the right product to buy to become the center of my studio for a long time... I still have yet to find a bad review about the UFX except for people who own insanely expensive gear. This thing does everything you could ever ask for and it does it very well. I'm still getting to know it since it takes awhile to understand all the features - there are lots - but overall it's very easy to use and sounds fantastic - like you will read elsewhere it has a super clean sound. It will keep me happy for many years to come and I have no doubt that in ten years and more it will still be a top notch product. If you are looking for a high quality interface that offers great pres, AD/DA, monitoring, etc I personally don't believe that you could find something of more value for the price...

Amazing headroom and clarity

I don't often write reviews, but this piece of equipment is the heart of my home studio and it has made a huge difference for me.

I have a few decent condenser mics for recording acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals and I was using an M-Audio 610. Other than the frequent lock-ups I had with the M-Audio drivers, I thought it sound really good.

I purchased the UFX more for the idea of not having lockups anymore, but the first time I heard the purity of the signal and how good my mics sound after getting it, the investment was worth it just to have the ability to create professional sounding recordings.

All of the musicians that have heard my recordings before and after the UFX have been blown away like me.

I highly recommend the unit.

It does what it's supposed to

I've owned a Fireface 800 for about five years and it took a surprising dump on me right before a big recording date (seems I had an early one that had a power supply issue - which I did get repaired for a reasonable fee) .

ANYWAY... I bought this and had it up and running and recording 10 tracks within an hour, using two of the built in pres with the rest using outboard pres. I recorded about 24 hours of material over three days without a hitch. I can say that the pres on the UFX vs the FF800 seemed to be lower noise, which was great.

I've since been using it for simple DAW editing - so I haven't been putting it through its paces in a major way, but it seems to agree with my PC, sharing drivers between a variety of audio programs (all open at once) which is a big deal for me. I've owned and tried other interfaces that only like to play with one program at a time, which is a hinderance.

This unit is on the pricey side, but when you compare it to anything else, its feature set is somewhat unrivaled. And as an audio professional, if I can use this for five years with no audio/sound card issues (like I did the FF800) then it will definitely be worth it.

Fantastic, Versatile and Stable Unit!

A lot of people feel the need to write raving reviews for expensive gear that they purchase to justify the amount of money spent to themselves. This is not one of those cases. I can guarantee that if you've done any amount of recording with interfaces that add "pops" or "cracks" to your recordings, drop out in the middle of a good take, have poor latency, or have unstable drivers that crash your machine, or drivers that simply don't work because they are not updated by the manufacturer when the OS is refreshed... then you need to purchase this unit.

At the time of this writing, I recently tracked a band that had the following requirements:

- They were tracking everything live
- We were working in a small space with drums and amps, and the musicians needed to be able to hear themselves well.
- I had about 16 inputs running at once

Since every track was live, even the smallest pop or drop out would ruin an entire take. This was not a problem. The unit performed flawlessly.

The TotalMix software that comes with the unit lets you essentially configure whatever mix you can conceive and route it to anybody's headphones. Two headphone outputs on the front plus 8 channels of output in the back gave me more than enough for everybody to have their own mix, in addition to me monitoring everything.

Even with 16 inputs running, I still had another 14 left to track an entire other band if they wanted to jump into the room and tag along.

Bottom line.. whatever headaches that were induced during the recording process because of my audio interface have been eliminated by this unit. Well worth the cash.

RME is GREAT

I was probably one of the first purchasers' of the new RME fireface ufx from sweetwater as soon as I heard of it I put my name on the list. I upgraded from the RME fireface UC , and all I can say is WOW!!! As soon as I hook it up I noticed a big difference. The new total mix software is fantastic and very flexible also . Im one very happy RME fireface ufx owner. My sales engineer Luke Herian always steers me in the right direction when ever I have questions on a purchase .

Thanks Sweetwater

Alan Gonzalez

Good unit - not a simple one to use

Great sounding piece of gear with lots of features. I upgraded to this from an MBox-2pro using Protools 9. There are a lot of changes that must be done to your I/O channels to start using your Fireface UFX. I am not that familiar with big changes since I have only used my MBox2pro in the past. Sweetwater Tech Support helped me get past that problem.

The software installed without difficulty, and works great with my MacPro 8core. Solid interface and very stable.

Flexibilty + Dependability= UFX

Rock-solid drivers and a great RME forum (and tech support) combine to make this a great addition and outstanding "bang-for-buck." Having 12 mic channels (8 external) takes care of most location assignments, The DURec (Direct USB recording) is brilliant-- a complete backup of all WAV files makes this fairly idiot-proof. The DIGIcheck utility offers excellent metering-- and absolutely accurate RMS values. Unfortunately it is not fully functional in Mac OS.

This is an extremely flexible and capable unit, and as such requires some homework before critical use. Once it is understood, however, it is approached by only a few interfaces for the its sound. If desired it can operate fully stand-alone and thanks to 2 onboard DSP chips DURec will carry on.

RME UFX

Excellent audio interface! Works very well with Pro Tools 9.0.

Just buy it and thank yourself later!

I will not get all technical and ramble on about this product with things you can read about from the description here on sweetwater. My opinion, this interface is the only firewire interface I can say is truly high end in quality, performance, capability and craftsmanship. It has more than worthy conversion and the pres get the job done. I use it for my B room and track sessions while the A room is in use, then send the session to the A room for mixing. I produce many genres of music and design sound/produce music for video games. This interface is the last I will buy until the next gen.

Great interface

RME made a winner with the ufx. Converters are awsome in and out. Great features and solid build quality. Preamps are very clean and transparent, giving a very natural, precise sound and image. Basically want you here in the room is what you get. Total mix is very nice and the effects are really good. Everything they explain in the overview is correct and I haven't found anything I don't like about it. I've tried a lot of other gear and interfaces but nothing compared to this, and in one package. I am getting rid of all my other gear it took to do the same thing and making my studio very mobile. If your looking for a clean powerful interface than look no further than this.

Not Plug And Play

The RME Fireface UFX is not a simple audio interface. It is much more than that. It has a very sophisticated and rather complicated software audio mixing/routing feature that must be installed. This must be used to operate the interface.
This software will run parallel to Protools or whatever DAW you are using. This will put a load on your processor, I am not sure if it is a heavy load or not. I got this to go with my Mac Pro (8-core) so that has not been an issue, but if you have a smaller core count or low RAM you might experience issues, and should carefully look into that before purchase. I am sure your Sweetwater rep will look into that when you ask him/her if you are considering purchasing one.
This is the first time I switched computers with Protools. I was using a Mac Mini with the M-box 2 Pro and Protools 9 before. After loading up all the software on to my new computer it was time to fire up the audio interface and get things talking. The Fireface UFX software icon plants itself on my Apple Dock whenever the device is turned on, very nice! Clicking on the icon opens the mixing window, pretty cool.
Now getting Protools and the Fireface to talk is not hard but I was not familiar with new audio interfaces and Protools. With the M-Box, Protools had a preconfigured audio interface template for IO. To use the Fireface you have to reconfigure the IO. Fortunately Sweetwater tech support was able to guide me through this process. If there is a guide or manual somewhere to help a user make the necessary changes to get different devices talking I am unaware of it. The RME Fireface UFX manual is not very helpful (that is why I give this 4 stars), but the interface is rock solid and sounds awesome. I have only had the Fireface a couple of months now. I am still getting familiar with how to use it. I would recommend it to anyone wanting a deep and versatile interface that is willing to dig in and learn how to use this beast. It does not give up its secrets easily!
I am still learning the mixing software RME uses. It is not intuitive, at least not for me. I wish RME wrote a better manual. I think everyone agrees that manufacturer manuals are written for people that already know the gear! Where do they Beta test the manuals, at NASA, or MIT? They certainly do not at the Home Project Studio level. Anyway - Great gear! Good Sound! If it was not for Sweetwater Tech support I probably would have returned it because the learning curve is pretty steep. I still am probably only using about 15% percent of this things capability. Good luck to you all with your studios!

RME Fireface UFX

The product seems amazing. I had a DIGI 002 and I upgraded to this because PT10 works on any hardware. I did a lot of research. I wanted something that would last for a long time and have a big upgrade in the A/D D/A conversion and I/O features. I haven't used it long enough to give a 5 star review. But when I first plugged into it I could hear a big difference in audio quality from the 002. Everything seemed wider and clearer, more depth and resolution. A very tangible sound through the pres. Just what I'd hoped. Again, I haven't used it for long or A/B'd anything just a first impression.

I do wish RME had a better "set up" tutorial available. Even with the manual in hand, I struggled a bit getting all the software set up and communicating with Pro Tools and Ableton, but I got there and its working perfectly. TotalMix FX can be daunting at first. Once it's set up I'm realizing what a powerful mixer it is. I really expect this to be a great expandable interface for my growing studio. Sweetwater has great customer service too, thanks.