The Behringer Firepower FCA610 is a 6 x 10 FireWire/USB 2.0 audio/MIDI interface that offers a rich feature set, lots of I/O options, and a surprisingly low price. The half-rack unit sports 2 front-panel mic/instrument combo jacks—equipped with Behringer's top-of-the-line XENYX microphone preamps—as well as 2 balanced line inputs, 8 balanced line outputs, and MIDI in and out jacks on the rear-panel. Digital I/O includes TOSlink optical and RCA coaxial connector pairs, each of which supports 2 channels of S/PDIF. When both analog and digital I/O are utilized, the unit is capable of streaming 6 inputs and 10 outputs simultaneously. Each front-panel input channel is fully equipped, including an input-level control knob, a 48V phantom power switch, a switch for a low-cut filter (great for preventing the pickup of low-end rumble), and a Hi-Z switch with an LED indicator.
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When activated, the Hi-Z switch sets the input's 1/4-inch jack to handle high-impedance sources like guitars and basses. The FCA610 features direct hardware monitoring, allowing you to monitor as you record without distracting latency delay. The Direct Monitoring knob lets you smoothly crossfade between the direct signal you're recording and the one returning from the DAW. The two headphone outputs offer source-select options, and each has its own volume control. The unit is equipped with a variety of useful LED meters and status lights to give you visual feedback during recording. A master level knob lets you control the signal going to your studio monitors.
The FCA1616 runs on AC power (an AC adapter is included), but can also be bus powered via a 6-pin FireWire cable, contingent upon a computer that feeds sufficient power. Purchasers of the Firepower FCA610 are eligible to download a huge software bundle from Behringer.com. It includes Audacity (the most popular open-source audio editor); and a great selection of podcasting software: Podifier, Juice, Podnova, and Golden Ear. Rated 4 out of 5 by Qin zuozhe from nice small solution My Presonus Firestudio died after 7 years of very light use, couldn't be repaired, and I was desperate to get something that was an economical replacement. My needs were to have 8 separate audio outs; don't use it for recording, so I didn't care that there are only two mic inputs.
But the unit is so portable, I may well use it for some field recording. The software controller is very basic, much less control than the Presonus. But I do all my control in my editing software anyway, so no burden there.
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Results so far are that it is easy to use, solid metal case, pretty to look at, and very compact. The controls seem a bit less rugged than the Presonus, we'll see how it works out. Rated 4 out of 5 by Sound Hound from Pristine Recording for layering trax The FCA610 provides ample inputs to keep a mic, guitars, bass and midi keys always in ready mode, working solo or with a friend.
Input monitoring and dual headphone monitoring work flawlessly and it behaves nicely with Reaper. With a few mics, guitars, a cheap DAW and midi keyboard, I can create anything just about (talent not included).
If you want a live drum kit, spend the extra $50 for the FCA1616 (8 inputs) Also, if a preamp fails you will have more than 1 left. For me, I can't afford all the mics/cables, etc. The extra inputs would require, so I opted for this unit. Rated 4 out of 5 by David from Does the job.
I'm using this interface with Pro Tools 12 on Windows 10, using FireWire (rather than USB). I have a MIDI keyboard plugged in, I use the inputs for guitar, bass and mics, and the outputs go to a pair of monitor and headphones. Driver and software install was a breeze.
The preamps are pretty transparent, there is no noise to speak of. Integration with Pro Tools was simple, and I have no complaints about the sound. I have one minor issue, and there is one peculiarity, neither of which are deal breakers. The peculiarity is that there is no on/off switch.
The unit comes with a power supply, and if the supply is plugged in, the unit is powered on. This is not a big deal, as I found out, since the power supply is not strictly necessary. That is, it can be powered via FireWire, and therefor when the computer is off, so is the unit. The minor issue is that the headphone volume is dependent on the master volume. You can not silence your main output at the interface and still use the headphones.
Again, not a deal breaker, as if I need headphones but not monitors, I'll just turn down the volume on the monitors themselves. Still, it's an annoyance, but not one that would keep me from buying again if I needed to. Rated 4 out of 5 by RyanTheITGuy from Works great on PC Worked great out of the box on our Windows 10 PC and Ableton Live - no issues, no configuration (besides install driver and update firmware). We also use a Mac with Ableton Live and that experience hasn't been as great. After rolling through a few songs, we get lots of stuttering. I'm sure its a config issue I'm not aware of yet, but last week we had to trade it out for a different interface when we were using our Mac.
Again, with the pc it's been flawless. Can this MIDI interface provide me with a balanced audio output, without a computer being involved? I've never used MIDI before, and just need to connect a digital piano to a mixing console.I'm aware that in some cases, the keyboard functions as a controller, with the sound being generated onboard the computer, but in my case with a Yamaha P95, it generates sound and has onboard speakers. Can I take the MIDI output from the digital piano, pass it through this MIDI interface, take the analog balanced output and feed into a mixing console? You wouldn't use the MIDI output at all unless you were using your keyboard to drive a hardware or software synthesizer. There is NO audio output available at the MIDI jack of the keyboard.
So if you are not using a computer, you don't need an FC610. You need only connect the AUDIO output to the mixer. The best way to do that would be through a DI (direct inject) box, but for your application you might be able to connect the keyboard to the mixer (line in) with an ordinary 1/4' patch cable from one of the headphone jacks. Yamaha did a really bad thing not providing an actual line out, but the headphone output should work.
Ideally: headphone to stereo splitter cable to two line inputs on the mixer. Sound like a lot of trouble? Start with just connecting an ordinary guitar patch cable from the headphone output to the mixer.
I have a Behringer Firepower FCA610 Interface connected to a 27‘ 5K Retina iMac on High Sierra. It used to work fine with USB or FireWire with Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter. Now it shows in Midi, system prefs and GarageBand depending how I connect. However it is always on level 0. I restarted multiple times, also with alt + control + P + R pressed. In GarageBand Under the input volume in track master and does not show volume in the system prefs - audio - input. I am lost how to get it working again.
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Although I'm not too familiar with this thing, I'll pass on what little i've found. You could check the firmware to see if it's the latest one here: and the drivers /software as well.
You may also have to go into security and privacy in system preferences, unlock it, and 'allow apps from app store and identified developers', then lock it again. It should show up in Audio MIDI Setup, if not, click the gear icon to add it. I'm guessing you have the latest version of GarageBand, too.
Oh this might be helpful: if you power off the FCA 610 and hold down the digital select button then power it up by either plugging in the firewire cable or the power supply (for USB), keep holding down the button until either usb/fw lights steadily.the lights may flash, and the device may reboot itself once you let go of the digital select button. IF it's blue, then it's usb, and if it's red then it's firewire. You could try resetting smc/PMU, seeing as how you've already zapped the pram and it hasn't done a thing. It's also recommended that you turn the energy saver setting to either off or as long as possible, because when the computer goes to sleep, it messes up the MIDI and all that.I'm also guessing that you have changed the input and output sources from within Garageband (under preferences) and messed around with the smart controls, then show inspector, then choose the appropriate input.
I think I'm out of ideas on this one. Sorry John B.
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