Echo Audiofire.

[Hollowcell]

I am planning to grab a new interface for use in a mobile situation. I have done a fair bit of reading and now (mainly due to the converter quality - good ol' AKM ak4620) I am leaning towards the Audiofire 4.

I am wondering what you guys are using outside the studio, and if any of you has had experience with the Audiofire range, or Echo interfaces in general.
Any of you guys using these boxes?

[Doc Jones]

been using an echo layla 24 for over 10 years now. And I still think the converters are top notch on this unit!

[Hollowcell]

Yeah the more I read, the more I find people are very happy with the converters on the Echo stuff - I mean the converters in the Audiofire 2, 4, and some of the 12s are the same as the ones used in the RME-Fireface400.

The only thing is that there are a few complaints about latency, which isn't the best for a live solution to my needs. How is the latency on your card?

[Doc Jones]

no problem there. I routinely run my Echo at 256 buffers which I think equates to about 6ms of latency. Basically not noticeable at all.

[Hollowcell]

Cool, thanks for the feedback Doc. I am actually looking forward to breaking the bonds of the studio!

[Hollowcell]

Got the Audiofire Doc, and the sound of it isn't bad at all. The only thing is I can't seem to get the latency down to what I would really like for a live setup.

On the laptop and in Ableton I am getting the following:
Input Latency: 5.08ms
Output Latency: 5.08ms
Overall Latency: 11.6ms
(these numbers are what Ableton is telling me - the Echo control panel says something much lower, but it just aint so)

Also the numbers above are on quite an intensive set that is running stable at a buffer setting of 128 and at 48k.

Any ideas on how to get this lower? And if any of you other guys are reading this, what kind of latency are you getting within Ableton?