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Originally Posted by feedingear
I'm using desktop only, so Firewire cross compatability isn't an issue - so you think PCI/PCI-e is the way to go? Any recommendations as to what sort of brands/gear to investigate?
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Compatibility still can be an issue even on a PC destop as it all depends on what FW chipset your mainboard has. Even if you buy a PCI to FW card you still need to make sure of the chipset - that's FW for you though.
On a desktop I would always go PCI unless you want to buy something for both a laptop and desktop straight off, as it might be cheaper to kill two bird with one stone. Although if I add it up, it was actually cheaper for me to get the Echo and the 9632 over say an FF400.
My needs are maybe different though as I still run an old analogue mixer, outboard compression, FX and hardware synths and samplers. If you need the on-the-interface processing for FX and complex mixing you might want something different.