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hi

dunno if this helps but the advice i got re FW800 was that it steals most G4 and G5 CPU, so disabling most peripherals. i.e the issue may not be at the soundcard end, its more like Apple have included it but the OS and hardware only just supports it at this stage.

Having said that, I swapped an Maudio 410 card for a Firebox, and after a bit of tweaking buffers it works great, and the sound quality is top notch. I'd read about problems with logic and spdif but i think these are sorted now. The only criticism i'd make is that the otherwise excellent software mixer does not show signal levels, which seems a bit of an omission. If enough of us pester them maybe they'll update....

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- articles   Presonus FireBox Review   Fri 1 Jul 2005, 12:03
- - CmdrLaForge   Thanks for the great article. I will get one of th...   Fri 1 Jul 2005, 12:03
- - tkt2rde   Nice Review. I'm curious if you tested the Fi...   Fri 1 Jul 2005, 15:22
- - CmdrLaForge   QUOTE (tkt2rde @ Jul 1 2005, 14:22)Nice Revie...   Sat 2 Jul 2005, 08:21
- - vsmith1   I've recently purchased a Firebox. I have a Po...   Sat 2 Jul 2005, 10:29
- - zeebee   Firebox is the best..I researched for months, the ...   Sat 2 Jul 2005, 19:44
- - tkt2rde   I should note that the M-Audio FW410 did work with...   Sun 3 Jul 2005, 00:18
- - digimusic   sorry, the firebox has a problem. it is about the...   Sun 3 Jul 2005, 17:26
- - arvidtp   Ummm... digimusic i have to disagree with you on t...   Sun 3 Jul 2005, 23:21
- - danielsk   Hi all. I wonder, should i buy M-Audio Firewire 41...   Sun 7 Aug 2005, 12:23
- - arvidtp   firebox. I like mine. From what i have heard the 4...   Sun 7 Aug 2005, 14:07
- - UnholyConfessions   Hello, Do both passive and active monitors work ...   Tue 16 Aug 2005, 21:29
- - Hugo Cole   Hi I just posted this elsewhere - wondering if an...   Wed 17 Aug 2005, 23:25
- - arvidtp   never had any problems with the midi on my firebox...   Thu 18 Aug 2005, 00:15
- - vsmith1   As far as using active and passive monitors then y...   Thu 18 Aug 2005, 08:45
- - JulienGB   Hi Firebox users, What about the cpu peaks with t...   Thu 18 Aug 2005, 14:57
- - adachis   I've used M-Audio interfaces for a little over...   Mon 29 Aug 2005, 07:04
- - vsmith1   QUOTE (JulienGB @ Aug 18 2005, 13:57)Hi Fireb...   Mon 29 Aug 2005, 19:39
- - Brizzle   Great review and discusion! I'm sold in c...   Wed 21 Sep 2005, 03:38
- - arvidtp   i think u will be OK with an 800 MHz G4. Dont expe...   Wed 21 Sep 2005, 05:50
- - rickenbacker   I just posted a similar reply in another thread a ...   Wed 21 Sep 2005, 16:41
- - bravescape   Can Firebox be used as stand-alone preamp with AC ...   Fri 25 Nov 2005, 23:06
- - piggy_destruction   Hi, I just made an account for this topic. I have ...   Thu 1 Dec 2005, 02:24
- - arvidtp   "Can Firebox be used as stand-alone preamp wi...   Thu 1 Dec 2005, 05:04
- - piggy_destruction   Thanks for the reply, arvidtp. I am defintely lean...   Thu 1 Dec 2005, 05:31
- - CrowDog   Hi Everyone! I'm completely new to recordi...   Mon 12 Dec 2005, 20:17
- - rickenbacker   The Firebox does not have Send and Return insert j...   Tue 13 Dec 2005, 12:06
- - lessthenzero   Hello everyone. I just got an account set up here ...   Fri 30 Dec 2005, 20:43
- - yenny   Hi there, I'm interested in getting a Firebox ...   Sat 7 Jan 2006, 04:25
- - mapmap   you could plug it in to the midi in of the firebox...   Sat 7 Jan 2006, 17:38
- - Threlly   Don't get hung up on the software side of thin...   Wed 18 Jan 2006, 12:30
- - rickenbacker   Regarding the CPU hit, I've always found Live ...   Thu 19 Jan 2006, 11:24
- - rickenbacker   This morning, I got an e-mail from Ableton, saying...   Fri 20 Jan 2006, 15:42
- - Uncle Kvetch   QUOTE (mapmap @ Jan 7 2006, 16:38)you could p...   Tue 7 Feb 2006, 15:42
- - arvidtp   the keybboard USB input is a MIDI input, not an AU...   Tue 7 Feb 2006, 18:26
- - bcatcho   Recently I have been looking to ableton live but i...   Tue 7 Feb 2006, 20:48
- - masbeni   I've just bought firebox mostly because of the...   Sun 12 Feb 2006, 10:26
- - arvidtp   dunno - i think mine's pretty clean, at least ...   Sun 12 Feb 2006, 18:29
- - audiophotovideo   QUOTE (masbeni @ Feb 12 2006, 09:26)Too many ...   Sun 12 Feb 2006, 22:43


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