Fireface 802 : RME FF802

Great soundcard as expected.

Converters are very transparent. I especially value the latest and most advanced D-A put into this model, which is one of the main reasons i bought it for, as i am doing live performances with it. The only issue is that it feels kind of fragile, so i have to be extra extra extra careful travelling with it on the road.

Maybe would be nice if RME considered making a rugged casing version or even a special case for its soundcards, so that performers may benefit and stress less about them being taken around. Thats the only thing that i think motu is better at: even their equivalent model, the new 1248, has more of a robust and hard case in it. But its really the only thing thats better, all the rest is not up to standard.

Routing via TotalMix FX is awesome, the new software looks nice and is very practical, not so hard to learn after all. I feel at home using it, its done perfectly the way it should be.

I love also the loopback possibilities on this, made my life much easier as im using multiple software at the same time on my performance, so routing audio from one to the other became very easy.

It was a great choice from RME to also include AES/EBU, this is professional standard digital conection, the s/pdif many use is in my opinion very outdated for the professional market.

All in all, awesome soundcard and very neat upgrade from the previous FF800.