 Presonus Firebox Reviews?, Anyone actually use this yet? |
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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 ~
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Hi - I've been reading this post since its inception...was looking forward to the firebox. Have been using it with Tracktion. I have to say I'm not thrilled with my recordings - even simple voice-overs. I'm not sure if it's the firebox or the software. Sold my Digi001 & 002 a year ago. Now I'm wondering if that was the right thing to do. There's lots of hiss & the gain seems to be up way too high all of the time. I'm interested in other opinions about firebox sound. Thank you.
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ArchivalAudio Presonus Firebox Reviews? Sun 6 Feb 2005, 21:41
arvidtp i'd like to know too! Sun 6 Feb 2005, 22:37 lepetitmartien Available one month before in Europe? for the prod... Mon 7 Feb 2005, 01:55 ArchivalAudio Crazy I know! when I sent an email regarding ... Mon 7 Feb 2005, 15:07 charlzz Yes, Guitar Center, Portland Oregon, had 3 Firebox... Tue 8 Feb 2005, 09:19 ArchivalAudio QUOTE (charlzz @ Feb 8 2005, 00:19)Yes, Guita... Tue 8 Feb 2005, 15:06 GitGeezer I'm currently testing one now. Very prelimina... Wed 9 Feb 2005, 08:10 ArchivalAudio GitGeezer
thanx
for the post that is mixed news I... Thu 10 Feb 2005, 07:07 GitGeezer Greetings, Ian...
I'm in the Northwest US (no... Sun 13 Feb 2005, 09:43 arvidtp I await your review of the box! particularly h... Sun 13 Feb 2005, 21:08 ArchivalAudio Hey
Git cool
looking forward to more reviews
foun ... Tue 15 Feb 2005, 05:18 arvidtp that is probably talking about stuff that actually... Tue 15 Feb 2005, 05:30 khvt Any more reviews on Firebox? Thanks. Sat 19 Feb 2005, 15:46 GitGeezer More Firebox experience:
Recording a stereo track... Thu 24 Feb 2005, 07:49 bbmozee At long last, the missing link I've found. Eve... Tue 1 Mar 2005, 18:33 khvt Hi bbmozee. Thanks for your post about the fabulou... Tue 1 Mar 2005, 18:39 ArchivalAudio bbmozee
hey
great to hear such an enthusastic re... Wed 2 Mar 2005, 06:40 cookshack Are all of you guys still short on mic pres? Terr... Wed 2 Mar 2005, 18:59 bbmozee More on the fab FIREBOX:
Smooth and in the groove ... Wed 2 Mar 2005, 19:01 arvidtp sounds cool bbmozee
but you *can* turn the latenc... Wed 2 Mar 2005, 21:18 GitGeezer a little more Firebox experience...
I got an emai... Thu 3 Mar 2005, 07:14 beltunabob JD sounds has a price now of $199 on the Terr... Thu 3 Mar 2005, 16:17 bbmozee I must admit that I haven't been able to make ... Thu 3 Mar 2005, 21:31 bbmozee FIREBOX clarification--I can get the MBOX SPDIF ou... Fri 4 Mar 2005, 17:14 ullanta Hmmm... what are you trying to do in connecting th... Sat 5 Mar 2005, 06:12 arvidtp This is the same setup i would like ideally too. T... Sat 5 Mar 2005, 06:31 digimusic is there fire in the box???
i am in amsterdam an... Sat 5 Mar 2005, 21:09 bbmozee Details re: Mbox-FireBox SPDIF connection.
1-I... Sat 5 Mar 2005, 21:13 ArchivalAudio wow
lotsa good info about the box here...
sorry I ... Sat 5 Mar 2005, 21:51 ullanta How is the clock set up on the Mbox side? Sat 5 Mar 2005, 21:53 bbmozee FireBox saga continued.
First of all I must mentio... Mon 7 Mar 2005, 02:35 bbmozee DAT to FireBox to eMac and Peak a success! Jus... Mon 7 Mar 2005, 04:38 GitGeezer Regarding my SPDIF problem...
I haven't had t... Mon 7 Mar 2005, 07:47 bbmozee My experiences mirror GitGeezer's - only with ... Mon 7 Mar 2005, 16:14 GitGeezer Sorry to hear about the Logic 7 problem. I am jus... Tue 8 Mar 2005, 05:32 digimusic HI PEOPLE, I RECENTLY ASKED A Q ABOUT THE FIRBOX I... Thu 10 Mar 2005, 19:57 bbmozee FireBox saga finale: I just discovered that the re... Fri 11 Mar 2005, 17:49 lepetitmartien Hi all, please, inform the guys at Presonus and le... Sat 12 Mar 2005, 03:30 ArchivalAudio lepetitmartien
thanx! for the suggestion
I had... Sat 12 Mar 2005, 19:37 GitGeezer For bbmozee...
Which logs specifically did you di... Tue 15 Mar 2005, 07:38 bbmozee Git:
Check out Apple Menu>About This Mac>Mor... Tue 15 Mar 2005, 17:03 vickbabu I was considering the firebox, aside from the fact... Wed 16 Mar 2005, 23:11 ArchivalAudio hey
Awhile Back I did contact PreSonus
they (Rick)... Tue 5 Apr 2005, 00:15 twits celso ArchivalAudio--where are you trying to get the ... Wed 6 Apr 2005, 17:11 khvt I bought mine from Sweetwater. So far I like it - ... Thu 7 Apr 2005, 13:27 twits celso Mine sometimes does that too, with same solution (... Thu 7 Apr 2005, 15:06 ArchivalAudio twits celso
hey
thanx
UnfortnatelyI live about an ... Fri 8 Apr 2005, 02:27 twits celso I've never even gotten around to opening the C... Fri 8 Apr 2005, 15:14 zorbeix QUOTE (bbmozee @ Mar 11 2005, 16:49)FireBox s... Wed 20 Apr 2005, 02:10 ArchivalAudio I just got my Firebox yesterday...
so far only one... Wed 20 Apr 2005, 05:13 zorbeix QUOTE (ArchivalAudio @ Apr 20 2005, 04:13)I j... Wed 20 Apr 2005, 05:21 ArchivalAudio Olivier,
I'm running aG4 ibook 1.2Ghz /1.25GB... Thu 21 Apr 2005, 00:15 meta22 I've had a firebox for 2 weeks and it's be... Thu 21 Apr 2005, 06:40 ArchivalAudio meta22
cool
tell me how you got it workin'
d... Thu 21 Apr 2005, 06:52 ArchivalAudio ok...
so
I upgraded to OS 10.3.9...... mistake... Wed 27 Apr 2005, 14:18 zorbeix It's all supposed to be a java problem for whi... Wed 27 Apr 2005, 16:15 Jonasji So ArchivalAudio or meta22 what is your verdic of ... Wed 27 Apr 2005, 16:53 meta22 Well so far it sounds great--less cracking and pop... Wed 27 Apr 2005, 17:10 twits celso I've had one for about 6 weeks or so. The soun... Wed 27 Apr 2005, 17:18 Jubei Hey guys....so I just picked up a Firebox this pas... Wed 27 Apr 2005, 21:04 Jonasji Well,
I guess every box has it problems. I had and... Wed 27 Apr 2005, 22:22 Jubei I don't think i have done enough recording to ... Wed 27 Apr 2005, 22:49 bobmusic QUOTE (GitGeezer @ Mar 8 2005, 04:32)I haven... Fri 29 Apr 2005, 22:51 ArchivalAudio BOBmusic
I made the same mistake in upgraging to 1... Sat 30 Apr 2005, 22:09 munkifunki (((PLEASE HELP)))
i get constant pops and clicks ... Sun 1 May 2005, 05:52 Jubei Hey Munkfunki.....I hear you. I now have been usin... Sun 1 May 2005, 14:27 bobmusic QUOTE (ArchivalAudio @ Apr 30 2005, 21:09)the... Sun 1 May 2005, 15:12 chappy I'm going to guess that this is a clocking pro... Mon 2 May 2005, 14:14 Dreadman718 I purchased a Firebox two weeks ago and I can... Mon 2 May 2005, 21:40 bobmusic QUOTE (Dreadman718 @ May 2 2005, 20:40)Now wh... Mon 2 May 2005, 22:26 iDraw it was great to find this particular forum about t... Tue 10 May 2005, 00:04 vickbabu I just recieved mine and experienced the same ... Wed 25 May 2005, 13:03 arvidtp Yep - Just ordered mine. I'll share my experie... Wed 25 May 2005, 13:39 ArchivalAudio soa quick reply here
I had many problems wioth the... Thu 26 May 2005, 01:33 arvidtp Hi - just got my 'box today! I like it.
I... Wed 1 Jun 2005, 01:36 arvidtp Firebox - DAY 2
Well, today I did some real work ... Thu 2 Jun 2005, 06:31 entfred Hi,
I just ordered a Mac Mini with extra memory, ... Thu 2 Jun 2005, 14:23 arvidtp hey - sounds cool entfred.
1. it should! the ... Thu 2 Jun 2005, 20:11 hahaworld Firebox Rox!
I have officially left ProTools ... Fri 3 Jun 2005, 16:08 entfred What is the quality of Logic compared to your prev... Fri 3 Jun 2005, 17:08 arvidtp Me too! goodbye pro tools with Mbox!
Man,... Fri 3 Jun 2005, 22:37 SadPandas I have been using the firebox for about a week now... Thu 9 Jun 2005, 08:42 ArchivalAudio Hi
my life has gotten busy...
My unit is or seems ... Sun 12 Jun 2005, 19:27 arvidtp Thats a cool idea to power the firebox with a batt... Mon 13 Jun 2005, 04:42 ArchivalAudio arvidtp
thanx for you indepth info...always good p... Thu 16 Jun 2005, 07:17 arvidtp thats cool.
Ok, so here;s the story. Getting a bi... Wed 22 Jun 2005, 06:01 entfred I tried changing the "optimization" sett... Wed 22 Jun 2005, 12:23 twits celso The "right click" settings for the Fireb... Wed 22 Jun 2005, 14:52 khvt Twits,
How do you then change the software mixer... Wed 22 Jun 2005, 14:57 arvidtp the mixer does not seem to be the problem with me.... Wed 22 Jun 2005, 16:55 tbirdwilson Greets
I've just tried out my Firebox for the... Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:58 arvidtp OK tbird, you're in luck - here's some mor... Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:19 primeclub i know this is a mac forum, but does anybody check... Thu 28 Jul 2005, 14:41 vsmith1 I've noticed that the Firebox changes the proc... Fri 29 Jul 2005, 10:54 entfred Further Experiences with Mac Mini and Presonus Fir... Fri 29 Jul 2005, 13:51 brendan QUOTE Next thing for me to try is to use Cubase, s... Fri 29 Jul 2005, 16:08 vsmith1 QUOTE (primeclub @ Jul 28 2005, 13:41)i know ... Fri 19 Aug 2005, 21:15 arvidtp try using jack or soundflower (both free) to get t... Sat 20 Aug 2005, 00:26
vsmith1 QUOTE (vsmith1 @ Aug 19 2005, 20:15)Yes I... Sun 28 Aug 2005, 20:44 |
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