 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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Thats a cool idea to power the firebox with a battery. Any special precautions you have to take when choosing/using a battery for something like this?
There are two modes of sleep: Display sleep and full sleep. Display sleep just shuts down your display, and everything else keeps running - theoretically fine for audio recording - except with some gear. Digidesign hardware/Pro Tools for instance will often crap out if display sleep activates. I have not tried display sleep with the Firbox-logic combo while recording - i am so conditioned from my Mbox to be afraid of sleep! but i assume the firebox should keep recording fine. Full sleep shuts down everything except (to the best of my knowledge) the RAM, which is maintained in a static state. You cant record audio when this sleep goes on, as your Processor and HD are not running  You can set the different timings in System Prefs > Energy Saver.Some more comments about my Firebox experience: I was wrong, the "firebox control" boost buttons do take effect immediately. Dunno if something was weird first time i tried. It has been giving me trouble lately with CPU usage however - sucking up like 7.5% of my CPU for no apparent reason while running in the background. But the good thing is you dont have to run the control utility all the time. You can just launch it to make the settings work and the quit it. Matter of fact i have it set to do that with an applescript whenever i log in. I hope Presonus can fix this little annoyance sometime in the future. Also I got a loss of sync today after sleeping my powerbook with logic and Jack still running and connected to the firebox. Upon waking the firebox claimed to be in sync (blue LED) and played back fine, but input was crackly coming through the software. A trip to AudioMIDI setup with a change and change back of sample rate quickly fixed this though. Other than that the box continues to function very well. Tried out the instrument inputs with my bass - sound great to my ears (the sound qualtiy, not the quality of the bass playing since i was playing it  )peace. -------------------- -Arvid •• Squish the Squid Productions, Modest Machine
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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 khvt Hi - I've been reading this post since its inc... Wed 11 May 2005, 01:50 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 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
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