Love It!

This interface is low end price with big end sound. I used to use an Mbox Mini, after that I used a Digi 002. The Pro 14 was less expensive than either of my previous interfaces and had better pre amps and converters.

First of all let's talk about the pres. The pres are nice and clean. They also provide a good amount of gain without adding much noise.

I also love how much it can push my speakers. I've tried other interfaces that can't wouldn't provide as much volume to my speakers but the Pro 14 does great.

The midi inputs work great. Very responsive.

The only thing I don't like about this interface is that I had to load the MixControl software from Focusrite to get it to work. I haven't used the MixControl much. I may like it once I get to know it a little better.

Overall its a great interface. Can't see myself upgrading for a while.

Best in its class

A Pro 14 replaced a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS soundcard at home, and a Lynx II soundcard was replaced with a Pro 40 at the main studio. No comparision in fidelity, noise floor, features. I'm really impressed and very pleased with both units. And the "streaming" Firewire protocol versus "packets" data transfer with USB/Ethernet makes a huge difference.

very good

good piece of gear. Does what u need. no Complaints I'm happy w/ the purchase. not diapointed at all.

Nice

I never got so much bang for my buck. This think does everything I need it to and then some. Manufacturing is good solid quality.

Excellent, full-featured sound module

This is an impressive sound module. I was replaced a reliable but dated Aardvark system. I wanted to avoid USB due to potential bandwith issues and opted for Firewire. I had originally planned to get a similar Firewire module but I called Sweetwater to chat with them first before placing the order. I'm glad I did. The Focusrite hadn't really crossed my radar screen but I took a serious look at it after the SW rep suggested the device, did some more research and then decided to purchase the device.

The device has an excellent build quality and is cleanly laid out. Three green status LEDs indicate connection status. I would have liked to see an LED for midi activity, but this is very minor.

The first thing I noticed when I hooked it up was that there was no noise when the gain is turned all the way up. Even with a pair of headphones on the monitor out cranked all the way up there is almost nothing to be heard. Very impressive.

I did have some initial trouble with noice coming from the Firewire line. This was digitial noise originating from my old music computer that coupled to the outputs on the Focusrite. I tried a stand-alone sound card but that didn't help. When I installed it the focusrite in my newer office machine, however the noise was gone. I wound up replacing the old music computer (I was going to do it anyway) and replaced it with a modern Gigabit/Intel IC5 machine; no noise and it works great.

The fidelity on this thing is phenomenal. Again, I don't spend my days in a recording studio, but this device sounds far and away better than anything else I have ever owned.

I run it at the fastest latency settings (about 3 ms in and 5 ms out) in Sonar on the new machine and it doesn't hiccup, even with all four analog inputs AND the SPDIF being captured. Pretty impressive.

The driver software is very reliable and easy to use. The ASIO drivers have not given any trouble whatsoever.

Overall this has been a great piece of gear and has brought my sound production to a new level.

It does the job and then some!

This thing is awesome Focusrites reputation is well deserved, the pre amps sound great and give me enough gain to get my ribbon mic up to a suitable level without distortion. Mix control gives you an amazing amount of flexibility for routing and especially monitoring, it lets you set up a mix of direct and the output from your DAW so you can hear your tracks and yourself without latency.
The only thing I wish the phantom power was switchable on each channel rather than global. Ignore Ableton live it is a very limited version and almost useless.
Over all this is probably the best interface you can find in this range for a home studio or any studio for that matter.

Great Quality, Great Price

The construction of the Saffire Pro 14 is high quality. Everything from the knobs to the input jacks seem to be well constructed. It’s important to me to have rigid construction because it can withstand the rigors of clumsy users and the hazardous mess that a home studio can quickly turn into. It’s powered over firewire, however the people at Focusrite also provide a power supply with a few adapters for use in the US, Europe, etc. That’s a classy move to consider a wide user base. It comes with plugins as well as a mixer that is used in standalone. The mixer software also allows a number of different mix settings, routing, loopbacks, and output scenarios. Loopback is awesome because it counts as a separate set of channels, which provides a lot of flexibility.

I only have a few discrepancies with the interface, for one there is no power switch. I would like to be able to power it off with a switch, but you have to get the 24 model for this convenience. Also, I had to start up the mixing software before the interface would output audio when I first set everything up. I wasn’t aware of this and it seemed a little odd. It’s no big deal, just something to be cognizant of while doing the initial setup. Sometimes it just stops working if my computer goes to sleep, but never while I’m working on music. It only did this twice so I’m not sure how prominent this is, or if it’s even my OS and not the interface.

It’s a great interface at a great price. I really like that it’s constructed of metal and that it produces quality sound. It seems to me that you don’t sacrifice quality when buying the lower end models from Focusrite, which is something I’ve been victim to in the past. The built-in mixer helps out a lot because it provides you with features like sample rate, level control, etc if you just want to jam a bit without ever opening up the DAW!

Magnificent

This is THE best audio interface you can get for the price. I love the preamp as with other Focusrite's Preamp that utilizes it's years of award winning pre's. The preamp sounds very clear, does not colour your sound. It's what-you-hear-is-what-you-get thing.

Worth it!