M Audio Firewire Or M Box Options

[melodic]

Hey everybody,

I have a Powerbook G4 1 Ghz and Logic Audio 5.5, I am hesitating between the M box and the M Audio Firewire,. Does the Firewire connection reduce latency that much. Anybody has used the M box and has tips for me?
let me know please

Thanks

This post has been edited by melodic: Tue 13 Jan 2004, 14:15

[pinostut]

I can't really help you out but for telling you I traded in my M-bow for the digi002R (also PB 1 GHz). On the M-box you can listnen to to your analog inputs directly, but it leaves out al the efx you put on (for ex.) your guitar. For vocals and other akoustic instruments it works like chime. I will check out the latency with the digi002 and let you know. Since digidesign left out the direct monitoring (as in the M-box) I suppose it will be allright on the latency. (ther's also a "low latancy" modus you can switch to).
Remark: with the M adio you won't be able to run Protools!!
The digidesign core audio driver will let you use the M box with other programs...

[melodic]

Thanks a lot for your input Pinostut,

I don' t have Pro tools and don't really plan on using it anytime soon mainly because it is more than I can spend. If I were, I would just get the M box which has the advantage of being on the cheap side. I am still hesitating because there seems to be a lot of troubleshooting involved with the M Audio Firewire 410. And I am not a sound engineer in the least so I am definitely looking for something user friendly.

Thanks

[rickenbacker]

There have been a lot of complaints about the M-Audio 410. FireWire makes a huge difference over USB and is recommended if you're going to do a lot of audio recording, which is why the 410 promised so much for a lot of musicians. Unfortunately, the reality proved something of a let down. The MOTU 828 is still the benchmark FireWire interface - mine's been rock-solid for nearly a year now. Try second-hand - you should be able to find the original model at a good price.

[hjuutilainen]

I bought a firewire 410 about 2 months ago and I have been very pleased with it. It has a few glitches with the driver and firmware but I've learned to live with them (they're not that big bugs...).

I had to choose between Mbox and FW410 and I'm happy owner of the FW. Just waiting M-audio to fix those small problems.

My "studio": PowerBook 12' 867 with 640 Mb, external 200 Gb Maxtor firewire drive, M-audio Firewire 410, Edirol UM-880 midi interface, Roland XV-5050 sound module, Yamaha S08 keyboard and Logic Audio 6 (bought the Big Box...)

[The Dog]

I bought a 410 a couple of months back and I'm pretty happy with it. Having said that, I'm fairly clueless about these things. In particular, I have little idea what the function of the accompanying mixer software is. Can anyone explain what this is all about, given that you can set the input levels via the physical controllers on the unit.
Also, if I let my Powerbook G4 go to sleep, it loses the connection with the 410 and you have to reboot the computer before it will recognise that there is a unit attached again. Sound normal to anyone?