Presonus Firebox Reviews?, Anyone actually use this yet? Options

[rickenbacker]

The preamps in the FireBox are OK, but nothing will beat a dedicated mic preamp. Consider spending either twice the price of the FireBox on a much higher spec all-in-one interface or spend the same price of the FireBox on an external preamp. I personally use the FMR Audio Really Nice Preamp and it blows the bundled preamps away on my old MOTU 828 and the FireBox. I only use inputs 3 and 4 on my FireBox now, taking the output from the RNP. I also have a JoeMeek VC3, which again is probably a better-quality preamp than those in the FireBox.

Not that there's ANYTHING suspect about the FireBox preamps - they're perfectly decent. Can't beat a dedicated "straight wire with gain" type standalone analogue preamp, though.

[miaba]

Has anyone found a way to route i-tunes through the firebox's main outs?

[rickenbacker]

Audio MIDI Setup will take care of that. Set Default Output to PreSonus FireBox.

[miaba]

I'm realizing presonus' "6 in simultaneous inputs" don't mean anything for firewire users. Line inputs are wired to their respected outs and do not travel through fire wire. This means if you already have a midi usb connector, and have no need for spif, this box is only good for two mic pre's.

[rickenbacker]

I'm not entirely sure what you're driving at here, but the FireBox has four analogue inputs. Yes, only two of them have mic preamps, but there's still two spare analogue inputs round the back. If you have another mic preamp, for instance, you can run the outs of that into 3 and 4 on the FireBox. Voila - four mic lines in. Plus two digital.

[miaba]

What i was getting at with that last post was my inability, or lack of knowledge, to get the analogue line inputs to track seperately or at all through the firewire cable into logic. Have you done this?

[rickenbacker]

Do you mean record a unique analogue signal on inputs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the FireBox? Like, one singer, one acoustic guitar, one piano and one flute? Wouldn't selecting the respective inputs in Logic on each specific track do this for you? So you'd go the vocal track in Logic and select input 1 in that channel strip, go to the guitar track and select input 2 and so on. I believe that should work, but I'm happy to be proved wrong.

[arvidtp]

So you'd go the vocal track in Logic and select input 1 in that channel strip, go to the guitar track and select input 2 and so on. I believe that should work, but I'm happy to be proved wrong.

Thats how I do it!

[homebilly]

so i have 2 fireboxes and i forgot my powersupply for both.,

can anybody please read me what is written on the powersupply so i can buy a
new one while i'm out of the country?

i need the info like (as much as possible)

voltage
- inside
+ outside or vice versa

that kind of stuff.
i emailed presonus but they said to look for a 16v AC adapter and i can't find one
and i know that it will work with a DC adapter.



I love my 2 FBs. they are sturdy, sound great and work fantastic with a Mac. My problem
is with the flakey firewire ports on the new iMac (isight)

I have the 2 boxes midied together over 2 macs and one is outputting into the other
so i can run Digital Performer on my main Mac and Kontakt 2 playing BIG libraries
on the othert Mac and hear it back on the DP Mac

[grassbro]

on the AC:

Model:A41510C
AC ADAPTER
CLASS 2 TRANSFORMER
INPUT: 120VAC 60Hz 23W
OUTPUT: 16VAC 1000mA

This post has been edited by grassbro: Wed 30 Nov 2005, 20:21