Hi,
having firewire as an alternative port is an advantage, then you can choose whatever runs better on your system.
You will surely operate such a recording device 10+y, much longer than a laptop or PC.
Maybe you will have a desktop or latop in the future which allows for firewire, who knows.
So its perhaps better to have firewire on top as a "plan B" shall USB have issues, caused by either chipset or
the combination of USB devices connected. USB is a synchronous protocol, Firewire is implemented asynchronous.
So it works a little different and can make a difference.
Besides Firewire port there are some more differencies between UC and UCX, which IMHO justifies to spend even a bit more good invested money.
The UCX offers on top:
- newest low latency converter
- converter from Micstasy/UFX (but without parallel converter design, this is UFX only)
- Autoset
- FX chip with complete UFX 192kHz effect engine
- Class Compliant Mode for connecting to Apple or recording with iPAD
- Possibility to connect the ARC (advanced remote control)
- 6 standalone setups on the device (setup recall); UC only last settings
I am not 100% sure but I remember having read, that also the FPGA on the UCX is a little bit larger than on the UC allowing for more changes additions in the future.
I think if you spend money in that range, you should go for the device which is newer from design perspective and features. Then you have a value for longer time.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/961 … s-2014.pdf
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/961 … -2014.xlsx
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