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Hi all! I just bought a new firewire 800 drive for my powerbook from OWC (Mercury elite aluminum 250GB FW800/400) and now the firebox keeps dropping out of sync after starting up or waking up the machine when the external FW800 drive is on and plugged in. What pain in the arse! Whenever the drive tries to access itself for the first time, the firebox will pop and the light will go red and the lose sync. Sometimes resetting the sample rate in AMS will fix it, but sometimes its needs to be unplugged and replugged. If the drive is switched off, nothing goes wrong. Similarly, it is only the 1st time after startup or wakeup the drive accesses or writes data that causes the firebox the drop out - before that it is always fine. Once unplugged and replugged, the firebox will be fine until I either sleep or shut down the computer. Then its same problem all over again. I never had this problem before I got the drive. I know that both the FW 800 and 400 ports on the powerbook are on the same bus ![huh.gif](http://en.440forums.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) , so i tried powering the firebox from the AC adapter - but no change. I have not yet tried different combinations of the drive and the firebox in daisy chaining, but that would be crummy because then I lose the speed of Firewire 800 for the drive, and i could have paid something like $50 less for it ![angry.gif](http://en.440forums.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/angry.gif) but maybe with the firewire ports on the powerbook being on the same bus, I am already loosing the extra FW 800 speed?? I hope not. I'm going to try different daisychainings and also try and see if it happens in Tiger. i'm running panther for most stuff, but have tiger on my external drive [thanks to that little but devastating bug between logic 6.4 and tiger! rrrrrr]. Anyone have any suggestions?
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ArchivalAudio Presonus Firebox Reviews? Sun 6 Feb 2005, 21:41 Yebot Any chance anyone has tested the Firebox on an old... Mon 29 Aug 2005, 17:03 paulnajar Hi All.
I've just joined. I found you guys vi... Wed 7 Sep 2005, 02:29 arvidtp you might want to turn the buffer up a notch to 25... Wed 7 Sep 2005, 03:24 rickenbacker Yeah, what he said. Particularly the last bit abou... Wed 7 Sep 2005, 13:22 paulnajar Thanks for the replies chaps.
I actually got to t... Fri 9 Sep 2005, 01:09 MoonDark Anyone using the FireBox with Mac oS tiger 10.4.2 ... Fri 16 Sep 2005, 16:03 twits celso QUOTE Anyone using the FireBox with Mac oS tiger 1... Fri 16 Sep 2005, 16:55 grassbro I have been using it (brand new one) for a week an... Sat 17 Sep 2005, 06:24 arvidtp Thats weird.
what do you guys have your buffer si... Sat 17 Sep 2005, 06:44 ArchivalAudio Hey
so anyone can you answer this?
sorry if any of... Thu 29 Sep 2005, 08:08 grassbro QUOTE (grassbro @ Sep 17 2005, 05:24)I have b... Thu 29 Sep 2005, 15:12 ArchivalAudio QUOTE (ArchivalAudio @ Sep 28 2005, 23:08)Hey... Sun 9 Oct 2005, 23:06 groovey I just finally got myself a FireBox and my my I do... Sun 16 Oct 2005, 22:26 honhim Hi guys, I am new to firebox. I would really like ... Tue 18 Oct 2005, 17:26 paulnajar Youn can only address the FireBox direct outs from... Wed 19 Oct 2005, 00:45 honhim Thanks, I have tried in window. there is signal se... Wed 19 Oct 2005, 17:17 miaba Another firebox question: this unit is advertised ... Mon 21 Nov 2005, 21:52 groovey It should mean 6, as it also has s/pdif i/o. Haven... Mon 21 Nov 2005, 22:02 rickenbacker As it says on the PreSonus website: six inputs, 10... Tue 22 Nov 2005, 13:28 Hearandnow I have one. It took me a lot longer than I expect... Wed 23 Nov 2005, 15:41 rickenbacker The preamps in the FireBox are OK, but nothing wil... Wed 23 Nov 2005, 16:38 miaba Has anyone found a way to route i-tunes through th... Wed 23 Nov 2005, 23:04 rickenbacker Audio MIDI Setup will take care of that. Set Defau... Thu 24 Nov 2005, 12:27 miaba I'm realizing presonus' "6 in simulta... Fri 25 Nov 2005, 15:41 rickenbacker I'm not entirely sure what you're driving ... Sat 26 Nov 2005, 19:17 miaba What i was getting at with that last post was my i... Mon 28 Nov 2005, 20:49 rickenbacker Do you mean record a unique analogue signal on inp... Mon 28 Nov 2005, 21:24 arvidtp QUOTE (rickenbacker @ Nov 28 2005, 16:24)So y... Mon 28 Nov 2005, 22:04 homebilly so i have 2 fireboxes and i forgot my powersupply ... Wed 30 Nov 2005, 03:50 grassbro on the AC:
Model:A41510C
AC ADAPTER
CLASS 2 TRANS... Wed 30 Nov 2005, 20:12 miaba Rickenbacker, when i highlight record on all odd n... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 00:14 homebilly thanks Grassbro
i was hoping that it was a 12v dc... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 00:42 arvidtp Did i miss something - are u running them off comp... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 05:10 johnnyboy I've had the firebox now for about 2 weeks, I... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 09:41 rickenbacker Miaba - so you want to record on tracks 1, 3 and 5... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 12:05 miaba rickenbacker- many thanks, this was just the info ... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 22:14 homebilly i'm running them off of 6 pin FW from the back... Sun 4 Dec 2005, 11:20 johnnyboy yeah, I have some complaints with the Imac firewir... Mon 5 Dec 2005, 00:24 homebilly johnnyboy, this is what i found on the apple site ... Mon 5 Dec 2005, 09:30 homebilly the FB plugged into a powered belkin FW hub has se... Fri 9 Dec 2005, 11:14 arvidtp Ok - more info about my problem above... - it seem... Tue 7 Mar 2006, 19:34 UP Multimedia Smart $30.00 investment... Would have only us... Wed 8 Mar 2006, 14:47 Pulgar I very nerarly pulled the trigger on the Firebox t... Sat 18 Mar 2006, 07:03 Pulgar I may have answered my own question after visiting... Sat 18 Mar 2006, 07:13 Pulgar BTW, (sorry to keep feeding this thread) has anyon... Sat 25 Mar 2006, 23:55 SadPandas arvidtp,
Im super bummed at your findings with the... Thu 30 Mar 2006, 19:54 Pulgar I'll jump in here, I eventually went and got t... Thu 30 Mar 2006, 23:27 SadPandas Pulgar,
Thanks so much for the wuick reply, that i... Thu 30 Mar 2006, 23:35 miscellany Hi,
I am having noise issues with my new firebox,... Fri 31 Mar 2006, 13:55 grassbro I'm using the firebox for 5 months now, and it... Fri 31 Mar 2006, 15:32 emgcarra Hey fellas... That kind of noise start at US... Sat 1 Apr 2006, 17:30![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) hahaworld Hi, emgcarra!
Which of the high end audio fir... Sun 22 Oct 2006, 03:09![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) ![](style_images/en/spacer.gif) groovey QUOTE (hahaworld @ Sun 22 Oct 2006, 02:09... Sun 22 Oct 2006, 11:46 SadPandas I wonder if that new MOTU 'Ultrtalite' i t... Sat 1 Apr 2006, 23:52 SadPandas I can't edit the above post so, ill just expla... Sun 2 Apr 2006, 09:17 ArchivalAudio ok
so pops n clicks (like a vinyl lp)
DO I NEED A... Tue 16 May 2006, 06:47 arvidtp no - a faster hard drive does not sound like somet... Tue 16 May 2006, 08:37 ArchivalAudio arvidtp
thanx
but if I go into AudioMidi Setup and... Fri 19 May 2006, 18:42![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) arvidtp QUOTE (ArchivalAudio @ Fri 19 May 2006, 13... Sun 22 Oct 2006, 02:48 hahaworld Thanks for the input, my friend! I appreciate ... Mon 23 Oct 2006, 05:30![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) groovey QUOTE (hahaworld @ Mon 23 Oct 2006, 04:30... Tue 24 Oct 2006, 17:09 rickenbacker QUOTE I guess that's exactly where RME and MOT... Thu 26 Oct 2006, 10:46![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) groovey QUOTE (rickenbacker @ Thu 26 Oct 2006, 09... Thu 26 Oct 2006, 10:59 mechcon I'm actually going to pick up a firebox tomorr... Fri 27 Oct 2006, 14:00 mechcon Alrighty... its all plugged in, and sadly... I fin... Sat 28 Oct 2006, 06:26 hahaworld DON'T DO IT!
The Firebox has given me lot... Sat 28 Oct 2006, 13:21 mechcon Ive used it for a solid hour, and I've no prob... Sat 28 Oct 2006, 19:37![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) don says mac hey,
i'm looking at getting either a firebox ... Wed 22 Nov 2006, 17:32 mechcon oh before you get a firebox, since you have a macb... Wed 22 Nov 2006, 21:03![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) don says mac QUOTE (mechcon @ Wed 22 Nov 2006, 15:03) ... Thu 23 Nov 2006, 16:54 mechcon email presonus and find out Thu 23 Nov 2006, 21:04![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) don says mac QUOTE (mechcon @ Thu 23 Nov 2006, 15:04) ... Thu 23 Nov 2006, 23:38 mechcon let me know about the response as I have a preson... Thu 23 Nov 2006, 23:45![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) don says mac QUOTE (mechcon @ Thu 23 Nov 2006, 17:45) ... Tue 28 Nov 2006, 03:03 mechcon so what your saying is, you plugged in an inspire ... Tue 28 Nov 2006, 08:59![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) don says mac QUOTE (mechcon @ Tue 28 Nov 2006, 02:59) ... Tue 28 Nov 2006, 17:10 mechcon excellent! too bad about the firebox then i gu... Thu 30 Nov 2006, 02:50![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) arvidtp QUOTE (mechcon @ Wed 29 Nov 2006, 21:50) ... Thu 30 Nov 2006, 10:38 KingBarbarossa Here my experience with the Firebox:
The first on... Thu 25 Jan 2007, 01:01 ArchivalAudio I have retired
my Presonus Firebox... may try to s... Sun 27 May 2007, 19:54 mechcon I have now a macbook pro, and yeah, I knew the pro... Sun 27 May 2007, 22:57 ArchivalAudio since the Ultralite did not exist when I got my Fi... Fri 8 Jun 2007, 05:39 billoetjen Anybody have unusual trouble recording live electr... Wed 17 Oct 2007, 21:25 mortalengines Before you switch over to a new interface. I gott... Thu 18 Oct 2007, 10:22 Mac Daddy mortalengines. You are right about D/I. It is much... Fri 19 Oct 2007, 06:25 arvidtp I'm considering getting a MOTU ultralite to re... Fri 7 Dec 2007, 02:27![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) ArchivalAudio well
I love my MOTU Ultra lite
hands down much bet... Fri 7 Dec 2007, 05:25 arvidtp I'm with you - just got my Ultralite a few day... Sat 5 Jan 2008, 01:19
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