Product ReviewsNon Functional M-Audio Delta 1010 Breakout Box

Excellent hardware.Did not like the software as it was useless for my needs

The Delta1010LT is an amazing piece of recording equipment.
I am not a big fan of digital recording interface devices but I have become one overnight since purchasing the Delta 1010LT.
I am using mine primarily to transfer old multi track 4 and 8 track analog tape recordings to digital format for remastering and editing.
All of my older recordings are in analog format. So with this card they can be transferred to wav or mp3, which is great.
In fact, I can transfer all 8 individual tracks simultaneously with the Delta1010LT.
The sound is amazing with this card.However, I want to mention something about the software.
By default, mine came with Ableton live LITE version 6.
Unfortunately, the serial had already been registered to the previous owner.
So the software was useless.Ableton were very helpful in helping me obtain a registered serial number as the card had changed ownership.
However, I could only use 4 of the 8 inputs at once....which defeated the purpose of buying this card.
Also, I had nothing but latency between recording and monitoring of the tracks while testing the recording features of Live Lite.
My pc was just too old for this software, as nothing I did helped reduce the latency issues.
There was around a two second delay in recording from the time an instrument was played until it could be heard through the headphones.
It is expensive to upgrade to different versions of Live.Plus, you need a beefy computer to handle the software.
I ended up buying software called "Multitrack Studio" for around 100 dollars..It works perfect even with an older 32 bit windows based pc like I have.This software provides an unlimeted amount of recording tracks just as a full version of Ableton live would.
It also provides tons of post processing editing effects for each recorded track, and the ability to mix down to smaller mp3 files as well.
If anyone decides to buy one of these, please consider buying the Multitrack Studio software as it is much easier to use and will run on older machines as well.
I am very pleased with the hardware, but not so much with the provided Ableton Live Lite software.
You may end up spending $200.00 or more to get a full version of Ableton...versus $100.00 for the Multitrack studio software.Read full review...

Awesome quality for little money!

This is an excellent interface for the amateur or professional engineer and/or musician. I have been in audio production for 15 years and this one is truly superb. I was using the E-Mu 1212m (v2) for the last few years, but even though the E-Mu has slightly better specs on the converters the quality that you are able to receive on the A/D and D/A conversion is not the same. This unit reproduces every nuance. I did some of my own tests and the noise level is typically around -130 dBFS at most frequencies. If you need a unit with 8 channels of in and out, this is the one. It also gives you S/PDIF and Word Clock as well. Keep in mind that if you use Word Clock or S/PDIF you will bypass the internal clock. One last note, and this applies to Mac and Windows owners, M-Audio's drivers are the best in the industry- rock solid. They continually update and improve them, even after they stop selling a device. Get the Delta 1010, you'll love it!Read full review...

Built like a tank, not sounding like one

Got this replace an older unit which was powered on for about 10 years. This one works well out of the box, wasn't scratched. Only downside is that I have to power it up after windows is fully booted (not a big deal) and sometimes some scratchyness at low volumes when it is still "cold", but overall I am very impressed for the quality considering these haven't been made for over 10 years.Read full review...

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Transparent sound.. rememer to switch between 44.1K and 48K software

I have 2 X 1010's in my system it took some head scratching to configure with Ableton 8... 1 to 8 and 13 to 20 channels active using a word clock BNC lead. 9 to 12 feedback? spdif inputs??
Transparent sound using external pre amps and decent mics. able to easily configure outputs into a deskRead full review...

Works perfectly

Great deal on the breakout box. Works perfectly.

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awesome sound on a budget.

top notch interface great sound quality ease of use what more could you want? ok so its not lit up like a x-mas tree and full of other bling its the quality of the sound that makes this unit so great.periodRead full review...

Great product!!!

Thanks

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Reliable

The Delta 1010 is a great piece of equipment. As always research what is best for your own recording needs. This is a great, sturdy PCI sound card.