M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface
The ProFire 610 from M-Audio is a rugged and compact digital audio FireWire interface that shares many features found on the flagship ProFire 2626 interface. These include two high quality preamps featuring Octane technology, a powerful DSP-based monitor mixer, two discrete headphone outputs and an assignable master volume control knob to facilitate many kinds of recording and mixing.
With six inputs and ten outputs (analog and digital), the interface features premium digital converters that deliver high-definition, 24-bit/192kHz audio throughout the signal path. MIDI I/O allows the user to connect keyboards and other outboard MIDI hardware and the unit also doubles as a standalone two-channel microphone preamp and A/D-D/A converter.
The portable design and bus powered operation of the ProFire 610 allows for capturing professional-grade recordings anywhere, be it in the studio or on the road.
- Six-input, ten-output FireWire digital audio interface
- Function with resolution and sample rates of up to 24-bit/192kHz
- Two high-quality microphone/instrument preamps featuring OctaneT technology, LED meters and phantom power
- Two front-panel XLR/TS Combo jacks accept microphone or instrument level inputs
- Two rear-panel 1/4" TRS phone balanced line inputs
- Eight rear-panel 1/4" TRS phone connectors provide discrete balanced or unbalanced analog outputs
- Two independent 1/4" headphone outputs with volume control knobs for each output
- S/PDIF In/Out
- MIDI In/Out
- Onboard DSP provides five, near-zero latency 16x2 monitor mixers
- User-assignable Master Volume control
- Functions as a standalone two-channel microphone preamp with analog-to-digital and digital-to analog conversion
| Converters | 24-bit |
| Sample Rates | 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192k |
| Analog Input |
2 x 1/4" TS/XLR combo (front panel) 2 x 1/4" TRS phone Line |
| Analog Output |
8 x 1/4" TRS phone 2 x 1/4" TRS phone Headphone |
| Digital Input | 1 x RCA coaxial S/PDIF |
| Digital Output | 1 x RCA coaxial S/PDIF |
| MIDI In/Out |
1 x 5-pin DIN MIDI In 1 x 5-pin DIN MIDI Out |
| Sync In/Out | S/PDIF |
| Headphone Output | Two outputs with independent volume controls |
| THD + N |
Mic Input: 0.0022% (-93dB) @ -1dBFS, 1kHz Line Input: 0.002% (-94dB), 1kHz, -1dBFS Inst. Input: 0.0025% (-92dB), 1kHz, -1dBFS Line Output: 0.0016% (-96dB) @ -1dBFS, 1kHz |
| Dynamic Range |
Mic Input: 108dB, A-weighted Line Input: 108dB, A-weighted Inst. Input: 107dB, A-weighted Line Output: 108dB, A-weighted |
| Frequency Response | 20Hz to 22kHz, +/- 0.1dB |
| System Requirements |
Mac: Minimum G4 1GHz (G4 accelerator cards not supported - G5 required for sample rates above 96kHz) OS X 10.4.10, 10.5.1 512MB RAM FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) port Recommended G5 2GHz OS X 10.4.10 1GB RAM FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) port PC: Minimum Pentium IV 1.6GHz Windows XP (SP2), Vista (32-bit) 512MB RAM (1GB for Windows Vista) FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) port Recommended Pentium IV 2GHz Windows XP (SP2), Vista (32-bit) 1GB RAM FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) port |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | Desktop enclosure |
| Weight | Not specified by manufacturer |
| Specialties | Two IEEE 1394 FireWire ports |
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
by PowerReviews(based on 14 reviews)
Ratings Distribution
92%
of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Pros
- Easy to use (11)
- Excellent sound (11)
- Versatile (6)
- Low distortion (4)
Cons
Best Uses
- Home studio (9)
- Amateur recording (8)
- Professional recording (7)
- Performances (6)
- Outdoor events / games (4)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Experienced (7), Professional musician (4)
Most Liked Positive Review
The interface you need
This product is great for home users. Easy to use, plug&play and the best thing: It´s not expensive.
I use in a progressive way, so I can recor...Read complete review
This product is great for home users. Easy to use, plug&play and the best thing: It´s not expensive.
I use in a progressive way, so I can record bass, guitar, keyboard, solo, voices and so on. But if you need record Drums or your band alive... then you need another one interface, if you want different tracks for each instrument.
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Most Liked Negative Review
Don't bother
Used the M-Audio 410 with great success for years. I thought I would have a similar experience with the 610. Wrong! To my great disappointment, they have been bought by AVID. The drivers...Read complete review
Used the M-Audio 410 with great success for years. I thought I would have a similar experience with the 610. Wrong! To my great disappointment, they have been bought by AVID. The drivers for the current Mac OS10.6.8 just have many problems... the worst being having to reinstall it every time I start up my machine. AVID help is pathetic at best and hard to understand over the phone. No I'm not going to reinstall my drive (with over a terabyte of software) to get this driver to install properly. Typical AVID hubris. Unit sits in my closet as a back-up in case my MOTU traveller goes down. Also, MOTU sounds better to my ears.
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Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
Used the M-Audio 410 with great success for years. I thought I would have a similar experience with the 610. Wrong! To my great disappointment, they have been bought by AVID. The drivers for the current Mac OS10.6.8 just have many problems... the worst being having to reinstall it every time I start up my machine. AVID help is pathetic at best and hard to understand over the phone. No I'm not going to reinstall my drive (with over a terabyte of software) to get this driver to install properly. Typical AVID hubris. Unit sits in my closet as a back-up in case my MOTU traveller goes down. Also, MOTU sounds better to my ears.
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
Cons
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
- Home Studio
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
This interface works great out of the box. It has the right inputs, the right features, and sounds pretty good. It works well, and there were no driver or interface issues I encountered with a Power Mac G5.
Pros
- Excellent Sound
Cons
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
Worked great right out of the box. I downloaded the latest drivers and it worked great with Ableton 8.0. No issues so far.
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
- Versatile
Cons
- Larger than expected
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
- Mobile DJ
- Performances
- Professional Recording
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
This interface is a great quality piece. I already own the 2626 and was looking for a smaller interface to carry when I travel, this interface has the same quality pre-amps as the 2626 and is much smaller. While it's not the smallest interface out there, this one does provide lots of I/O in a quality package.
If size is your only concern, this is a bit larger in real life than it looks on the web. But if quality is more important, you can't go wrong with this unit.
Pros
- Cost Effective
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
- Small
Cons
Best Uses
- Performances
- Professional Recording
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
This product is great, we use it to control our sound system in the theatre, using Qlab we can control which output is used (which speaker) we want to select or all of them
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
Cons
- Needed extra cable
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
- Events
- Home Studio
- Mobile DJ
- Performances
- Professional Recording
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
I use this product with Garageband on a Macbook pro and it works flawlessly. I have had no issues with drivers or hardware. Just plug it in, turn it on and you're good to go.
The sound is crisp and clear and I have had no issues with latency. Couldn't be happier with my purchase. Only problem I experienced was the two firewire cables that came with it did not fit my Macbook. One trip to the store fixed that. Haven't used the MIDI I/O so I cannot comment on that.
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
- Events
- Home Studio
- Performances
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
We bought the ProFire 610 for our live Christmas performance at church. Drummer sends 8 channels out of Ableton Live via Firewire to the ProFire. This way the click, loop, and other channels in the audio mix are controlled by the drummer. Very easy to use!
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
- Versatile
Cons
- Unnecessary Functions
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
- Home Studio
- Mobile DJ
- Performances
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
I bought this as a replacement breakout box for my home studio after my Presonus card started giving off smoke. So far, I'm pretty pleased with this product. It's portable yet has multiple functions. The mic preamps are supposedly great though I haven't had the change to test them fully.
I was initially a bit annoyed by the fact that the volume control for headphone monitoring was linked to the master volume knob (i.e. you couldn't turn up the volume in the headphones without simultaneoulsy pumping up the volume in the speakers). It turned out, however, that this was an easy fix, just had to reroute some things in the settings.
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
- Low Distortion
- Versatile
Cons
- None
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
- Events
- Home Studio
- Professional Recording
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
I use the ProFire 610 to create multitrack recordings for web sales around the world. I can only say good things about this compact unit.
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
- Low Distortion
Cons
Best Uses
- Home Studio
- Professional Recording
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
Pros: Great audio quality (low noise), solid mostly metal build, inexpensive
Cons: you have to plug in the firewire before you start up the computer, it's not "plug and play" if you disconnect you must restart the computer. also, if you are recording with Apple Sound Track Pro, you MUST save and quit STP before ejecting and unplugging the audio interface. otherwise STP will crash and you might loose data.
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
- Low Distortion
- Versatile
Cons
- None
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
- Home Studio
- Professional Recording
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
We purchased this piece of equipment to be used for offsite audio recording for our weekly announcements. The benefit for us is tremendous in that it allows our volunteers to record scripted announcements, then email them to us to include with video footage to let our congregation members know what is going on at the church.
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Events
- Home Studio
- Performances
- Professional Recording
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
So far I have just been using the 610 as an interface. I have a small mixing console that I send a stereo mix to from the 610. The routing on this is great - software mixer is straightforward and nice to look at.
Built like a tank compared to the first firewire boxes from M-Audio (seemed like very little was in the box with the original firewire 610's). Everything is more solid. No "lead paint" warning on this one either, which is always a plus.
The only problem I have had with it is that I kept getting an i/o error in all my audio programs after installing using it. I am able to work around it at the moment but I will have to figure that one out soon. I installed an os update around the same time, so that could be the problem as well.
Pros
- Easy To Use
- Excellent Sound
- Low Distortion
- Powerful
Cons
Best Uses
- Home Studio
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
I am using it as my audiointerface with my synthmodules and VST instruments.
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about M-Audio ProFire 610 - FireWire Audio Interface:
This product is great for home users. Easy to use, plug&play and the best thing: It´s not expensive.
I use in a progressive way, so I can record bass, guitar, keyboard, solo, voices and so on. But if you need record Drums or your band alive... then you need another one interface, if you want different tracks for each instrument.
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Cables
- Price: $14.95
Digital Cables
- Price: $15.99
Headphones
- Price: $119.88
Monitors
- Price: $88.24
Software
- Price: $414.00
What's in the Box
- External Power Supply
- 6-pin to 6-pin FireWire Cable
- 6-pin to 4-pin FireWire Cable
- FireWire Series CD-ROM with Drivers and Documentation
- Software Bundle CD-ROM
- One (1) Year Warranty
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