 Presonus Firebox Reviews?, Anyone actually use this yet? |
  Sun 6 Feb 2005, 21:41
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wondering if anyone has actually used the new PreSonus FireBox? Its been available in Europe for a month now... and just became available here in the US. I am wondering if any has tried this unit out... I am strongly considering gettting one. I would like to hear any reviews of this new interface.
any opinions? power consumption in the feild? etc. thanx -- Ian -------------------- ~ Archival Audio ~
Archiving Worthy Music since 1986 & digitally since 1995 Field and location recording iBook G4 1.2Ghz/ 1.2GB - MOTU UltraLite & Audiodesk | Fostex FR2-LE (currently stock) Milab VM-44 Links | RODE NT5's | AT853a's C/SC | Naiant MSH-2's | other assorted mics Mackie 1402Vlz | Fostex D-5 DAT =============================== For sale make me an offer : PM me Denecke AD-20 | Presonus FireBox OLD School: Mac Clone (PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro) G3 enabled 450mhz/512MB EgoSys waveterminal 2496 - Cubase VST 5.0 Peak,Jam etc! ;) Fostex D-5 DAT |
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Sun 6 Feb 2005, 22:37
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 249 Joined: 21-Feb 03 From: Providence - US Member No.: 12,850 |
i'd like to know too!
-------------------- -Arvid •• Squish the Squid Productions, Modest Machine
•• digitally augmented trumpet, TOOB, flugelhorn, cracklebox, percussicube, no-input-mixers and Macbook Pro, 2.4 GHz 15", MacOS 10.5, MOTU Ultralite, Logic Studio 9, MaxMSP 5, JackOSX •• •• Electronic-experimental, jazz, digital instrument design, electronics, unique software and performance.•• |
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 Mon 7 Feb 2005, 01:55
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Available one month before in Europe? for the product of a US company?
 
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Mon 7 Feb 2005, 15:07
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Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 29-Oct 03 From: Corvallis - US Member No.: 27,749 |
Crazy I know! when I sent an email regarding ship date of the Firebox to Presonus, here was what they said
"It's shipping only to Europe in December. It will begin shipping in the US in January." so anyone got one yet? -- Ian -------------------- ~ Archival Audio ~
Archiving Worthy Music since 1986 & digitally since 1995 Field and location recording iBook G4 1.2Ghz/ 1.2GB - MOTU UltraLite & Audiodesk | Fostex FR2-LE (currently stock) Milab VM-44 Links | RODE NT5's | AT853a's C/SC | Naiant MSH-2's | other assorted mics Mackie 1402Vlz | Fostex D-5 DAT =============================== For sale make me an offer : PM me Denecke AD-20 | Presonus FireBox OLD School: Mac Clone (PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro) G3 enabled 450mhz/512MB EgoSys waveterminal 2496 - Cubase VST 5.0 Peak,Jam etc! ;) Fostex D-5 DAT |
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Tue 8 Feb 2005, 09:19
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 12-Oct 03 From: BEAVERTON - US Member No.: 26,569 |
Yes, Guitar Center, Portland Oregon, had 3 Fireboxes last week!
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Tue 8 Feb 2005, 15:06
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Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 29-Oct 03 From: Corvallis - US Member No.: 27,749 |
QUOTE (charlzz @ Feb 8 2005, 00:19) Yes, Guitar Center, Portland Oregon, had 3 Fireboxes last week! Yes...cool....thanx.... but does you or anyone you know actually know have any experience using them... I know I could also get one from my buddy Frank at Cascade Media in Portland OR... but I am still wondering if there are any user reviews? since they have supposedly been out for over a month know in Europe. anyone? -- Ian -------------------- ~ Archival Audio ~
Archiving Worthy Music since 1986 & digitally since 1995 Field and location recording iBook G4 1.2Ghz/ 1.2GB - MOTU UltraLite & Audiodesk | Fostex FR2-LE (currently stock) Milab VM-44 Links | RODE NT5's | AT853a's C/SC | Naiant MSH-2's | other assorted mics Mackie 1402Vlz | Fostex D-5 DAT =============================== For sale make me an offer : PM me Denecke AD-20 | Presonus FireBox OLD School: Mac Clone (PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro) G3 enabled 450mhz/512MB EgoSys waveterminal 2496 - Cubase VST 5.0 Peak,Jam etc! ;) Fostex D-5 DAT |
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Wed 9 Feb 2005, 08:10
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 01-May 04 From: Coeur D'Alene - US Member No.: 42,280 |
I'm currently testing one now. Very preliminary results:
Apparently NO software drivers required (class compliant). I just plugged it in and it worked, but only after I forced re-sync with the Audio MIDI Setup utility. NO documentation at all (paper or PDF) came with the unit. The little software mixer has no online help either. MIDI and SP/DIF I/O is accomplished with a multi-cable plugged into a 9-pin D connector. I wasn't expecting the SP/DIF capability; it will be a nice surprise if it works. Much more rugged physically than the M-Audio interfaces. The graduated pots are mounted securely to a metal case. Two Firewire ports, enabling daisy-chaining an external Firewire drive for us laptop users. Trying to do a large file copy between the external and internal drives through the Firebox caused a black screen, however. NOTE: the published minimum specs are for an 800Mhz G4. I'm using a 667Mhz G4 Powerbook (1GB RAM, 80GB FW400 external drive), I'll be trying to find out if this is a serious limitation. If anyone else has one, please share your experiences. -------------------- Quad G5, 4 gig memory, internal and external drives, MOTU Traveler, Logic Pro 7.1.1, Sibelius, Reaktor 5, Absynth 3, Live 5, OS X 4.4
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Thu 10 Feb 2005, 07:07
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Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 29-Oct 03 From: Corvallis - US Member No.: 27,749 |
GitGeezer
thanx for the post that is mixed news I guess... are you in europe or the US....or elsewhere? let us know of you successes or faliures thanx again -- Ian -------------------- ~ Archival Audio ~
Archiving Worthy Music since 1986 & digitally since 1995 Field and location recording iBook G4 1.2Ghz/ 1.2GB - MOTU UltraLite & Audiodesk | Fostex FR2-LE (currently stock) Milab VM-44 Links | RODE NT5's | AT853a's C/SC | Naiant MSH-2's | other assorted mics Mackie 1402Vlz | Fostex D-5 DAT =============================== For sale make me an offer : PM me Denecke AD-20 | Presonus FireBox OLD School: Mac Clone (PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro) G3 enabled 450mhz/512MB EgoSys waveterminal 2496 - Cubase VST 5.0 Peak,Jam etc! ;) Fostex D-5 DAT |
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Sun 13 Feb 2005, 09:43
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 01-May 04 From: Coeur D'Alene - US Member No.: 42,280 |
Greetings, Ian...
I'm in the Northwest US (north Idaho). So far I have been successful routing audio to powered monitors. The interface seems to sync more consistently if it is plugged in to the Firewire port (I'm not using the provided external power supply) before powering up my Mac. This is contrary to 'standard practice' regarding Firewire hard drives being plugged in AFTER powering up the computer. No further direct experience yet, but I'll be testing latency by recording guitar tracks in Live 4.1 MIDI, and SP/DIF recording, stay tuned. This will include trying to get their software mixer application to do zero-latency (or close to it) direct monitoring. The day after my previous post I checked the Presonus web site and there was a PDF manual available: http://www.presonus.com/pdf/fireboxManual1.0.pdf I have yet to find instructions for zero-latency monitoring similar to the hardware method used by other interfaces. Hopefully I'll figure it out. GitGeezer -------------------- Quad G5, 4 gig memory, internal and external drives, MOTU Traveler, Logic Pro 7.1.1, Sibelius, Reaktor 5, Absynth 3, Live 5, OS X 4.4
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Sun 13 Feb 2005, 21:08
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 249 Joined: 21-Feb 03 From: Providence - US Member No.: 12,850 |
I await your review of the box! particularly how stable it is, and whether there is noticeable input monitoring latency when using the software mixer - and if recording SPDIF analog at the same time really works. Thanks a lot!
-------------------- -Arvid •• Squish the Squid Productions, Modest Machine
•• digitally augmented trumpet, TOOB, flugelhorn, cracklebox, percussicube, no-input-mixers and Macbook Pro, 2.4 GHz 15", MacOS 10.5, MOTU Ultralite, Logic Studio 9, MaxMSP 5, JackOSX •• •• Electronic-experimental, jazz, digital instrument design, electronics, unique software and performance.•• |
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