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QUOTE (tkt2rde @ Jul 1 2005, 14:22) Nice Review.
I'm curious if you tested the Firebox with any Firewire 800 devices connected to your G5. The reason I ask is that I had purchased an M-Audio FW410 for use on our G5's. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way that if you utilize external Firewire 800 drives (in our case Lacie D2)... you cannot use the FW410. M-Audio claims that it is a G5 bus issue. After two months of trouble-shooting and no resolve, M-Audio arranged for me to return the unit. Now I am looking for an alternative. The M-Audio engineer that I spoke to mentioned that Edirol's Firewire interfaces use half the bandwidth of the M-Audio and may work alright. I contacted Edirol, and although they said that I "should not have any issues"... they wouldn't guarantee that I would not have the same issue. I certainly do not want to go through this all over again. The Firebox looks like a unit that has the features we need and a great price point... but does it work with external FW800 drives?
Thanks. Hi, that doesn't sound really good. I intended to use the Firebox with my Powerbook and an external drive like Lacie D2. Both on Firewire ports. But what I hear from you it doesn't work. Should I better go with a USB product like an M-Audio? Thanks
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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 yimkin hi
dunno if this helps but the advice i got re FW... Fri 1 Jul 2005, 22:21 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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