Amazing sound. The first thing I noticed was that my music had more punch. The resolution settings were at 44.1, so it must be those awesome Yamaha ADConverters. Great sound, no hiss, no crackling.

Came with a good length 6-pin firewire cable, and a 6-pin to 4-pin adapter. Also included a power adapter. Package included a ton of software that I won't use. I was only concerned with installing the driver and being on my way (the same driver was on their website). It has easy to find knobs, the layout is simple and elegant, and the footprint is small. No noticeable latency issues (MacBook Pro, 2.2 GHz, 2GB RAM). For the price, this actually comes with anything you might need. I might play around with the optical in/outs soon.

Extremely easy to use. The input gain knobs were turned down all the way so my head didn't explode when I starting throwing sound at it. Connected the GO46, installed the drivers, rebooted, BAM - worked. After tweaking the knobs for a couple of seconds I had just the right levels.

Top notch. I've been a Yamaha fan for years. Their products hold up extremely well, and I expect no less from this little guy. Metal casing, solid knobs, and the craftsmanship around the in/outs is very tidy. After jamming with this thing for almost 4 hours, there was very little heat dissipating from the case either.

For a wicked fast fw interface, I feel that I received a good value for my buck.

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Blue LED's! The black and silver theme is nice. I really appreciate the low profile of the case, and that it won't stick out like a sore thumb.

Active Musician, Recording Engineer, Composer

Electronic

it adds a lot of punch im coming from a 24/96 and i prefer the m-audio this colors the sound

not bad but the headphone dont give much room for the volume knob

i had a problem with the mixer soft when i turn the volume down with the nob on the unit the mixer panning would go out of wack i would have to launch the mixer and fix it i thought it was broke untell i discovered this

tough plastic

not bad but i think its priced right

none

plastic

hip hop dance r&b

The sound that the GO46 sends to my monitors is clean and crisp. NO hiss or crackling. The gain knobs don't leave you wanting more (or less)and the Beautiful Blue LED's will show a red color when clipping.

The fact that this came with a full version of Cubase S4 makes this a incredible deal as far as features go. The Digital Mixer included in the Software is also pretty stout! Audio/Digital in, DAW in 1/2,3/4,5/6, and a Master mix control. Nice features! The kit also comes with lot's of software Plug-in's and demos-which is a nice gesture.

I was up and running on my DAW and playing/recording my synth into Cubase S4 in less than an hour. The install was a breeze. I did have a bit of trouble getting the input's and outputs customized for my specific studio application but that is expected of any new interface. Yamaha has it figured out as far as miking it a fairly painless experiance. The GO46 can also be set-up as the "default" Soundcard on your CPU which makes things easier to get up and running fast!

The external case is extryded aluminum and has raised ridges that actually help with heat dissipation.The knobs are solid and have a lot of "profile" that allow you to get a good grip on them. They also have raised ridges for ease of grip and they "feel" very robust when turning. The unit seems very well made and I would have no issue throwing into a backpack and taking it with me for mobile applicational use.

Did I mention that this comes with Cubase Studio 4? Not Cubase LE-it's the actual FULL version of CS4! For $20.00 extra!! If you are wondering how Yamaha can do this and still turn a profit, well, let's just say that Yamaha owns a little company named Steinberg! ;o) Thank you Yamaha for making it possible for the "little guy" to get into the music for little more than a "song"-sorry for the Pun!

Small Time Musical Thug!

Electronica, Metal, Blues, Country, Heinz 57!

very good,detailed,nice attack.

everything is good and solid, midi in/out.FireWire,etc...

drivers installed with no problems,works with no problems.

i like the quality,really,very good made,solid case, i don't like the design of mixer,but it's not a problem.

i think it's unreal price for this.when M-Audio and Edirol,Presonus and others audiointerfaces are more than 100$ expensive.

i don't know,until i don't need this.

nothing special i think,just strong,cold design,solid made,and i love the small blue indicators,i hate big lamps,like on Presonus,i don't like it.

musician,drummer and keyboard player

metal,ambient.

I used to own a presonus firebox before this and I feel like this unit is essentially the same in clarity and sound quality. Its just a carrier for whatever you put into it essentially, but I'm happy with the clarity and punch from this little guy.

Okay, for the price of the GO46 being $100 less than the firebox ($200 less than when I bought my firebox 4 years ago), it has essentially all of the same ins/outs/digital etc. that the more expensive competetors have. One thing I was pleasently surprised to find (and something I was concerned about before purchasing this unit) when installing the software for the GO46 was that there is indeed a software mixer for all input/output channels (which they don't advertise in the features for this unit, not sure why?) of this device, allowing you to mute, pan, and level all of your inputs...which makes this a great live tool as well for a small electronic act or duo, etc.

I'm giving it a 7 here only due to the fact that you have to noodle your way around when setting up this box to actually get sound out of it. After about an hour of fiddling with it and hearing nothing after the drivers were installed, I realized that (on the input channels of the software mixer) you need to have "digital mixer" selected on all 3 options to get playback from both phones and main outputs at the same time. Took a while to figure out, but now that I know its been a snap every time.

I have to say, while very well made for bedroom use, the presonus firebox I owned was much tougher and heavier-duty in the construction department. The GO46 uses plastic (painted to look metal) knobs and has plastic rear inputs/outputs compared to the firebox's all metal construction front and rear (earlier models of the firebox did however use plastic like this unit but switched over to metal later down the line.

GREAT VALUE! For $199 it has all the same features and great sound of my previous unit with just a tiny trade-off on the build quality...which doesn't effect me personally since this is used in the home.

Haven't needed it yet.

Not that beautiful of a unit, but it matches the black and silver theme of my whole home studio so it works for me! The small LEDs are nice too.

I cant even explain the amazing sound that this product produces. I run a studio, and do recording for a major church in PA. I must say that this is probably the best sound that a product like this can produce.

Great, just as the TECH info

This product is probably the eaaiest product to use when I do my recording projects.

Great for the money

AMAZING SOUND AND USE I USE IT FOR HOURS AT A TIME AND I NEVER REGRET USING IT OR BUYING IT!!!! :)

It's yamaha... you cant get a better name and better support :)