I got my replacement unit yesterday: it’s a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP, first released a few months ago in June. I really like the new horizontal form factor, the heavier gage case, and the more detailed dial labels.
It took all day, installing, uninstalling and reinstalling, but I think I’ve finally got the Saffire’s new software interface all figured out. On top of that, the Saffire and Cubase appear to be playing nicely together. Woo hoo!
Then I listened back to some of the files that I thought were already complete, and was very disappointed (read: disgusted) by what I heard. It’s too early to tell, but it’s possible I may be starting over from scratch.
I was already thinking about it before, but now I’m decided. I’ll be calling an audio engineer on Monday to come over and help me configure everything. I hoping that if he can optimize my setup (mic placement, hardware, and software), I can re-record the whole thing in a tiny fraction of the time it took me to get this point. And in less time (I hope!) than it would take me to try to clean up everything I’ve already done.
This feels like one of those stories where bad news becomes good news and good news becomes bad news.
My Saffire started blasting static – How terrible!But it’s under warranty, and they (eventually) replaced it with a better unit – Oh, well that’s good.Unfortunately, the new unit is so good, it revealed how crappy my recordings were – Certainly, that’s bad!Yes, but thankfully I now have a chance to fix it! – Well, that’s good!
See what I mean?
I think I’ll wait until tomorrow to start futzing with recording. I’m tired!
