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Weird Issue (volume Change + Firewire External Audio Interface)

Okay so I plug in a Firewire audio interface to my iMac, and now when I try to change the volume on the imac.. it doesn't change the volume on the interface (sound works fine, and it's been manually changed also to the interface in sys prefs.. anyone got any idea what'd cause this? It's a presonus firebox (not to get mixed up with the firepod).

Help: Unable To Pick Up Audio Input From Mic W/ Firebox!

Hi there, so we're shortly going to do our first podcast here. we have two microphones (both with jack plugs, as in putting them into line in 3 and or 4) Plugged into a firebox. I'm on mac os 10.5.2, and I can't get any output at all, I can't figure out how to set it up so that I have the mics as input (from 3 and 4 Line In). and then output them from the laptop speakers?

would need help on this asap please, and any more information you folks need from me, I'll try to explain. thanks

Sidechain Vst's Or Cutting Distortion With Live?

this is for anyone that used/uses reason as well as Live!.


In reason the scream4 distortion utility has an effect called "cut" which the sound the scream4 is connected to (ala drum machine or synth) cuts above the other sounds..

is there a way to do that with Live? or perhaps a few (FREE!) distortion vst's out there? I use the camelcrusher and fuzzplus2

maybe there's a trick to it folks?

further research;

after seeing the demo from abletonguru.com with the sidechaining vst for windows

http://www.abletonguru.com/tutorial-side-chain-compression/


and realising that from what i've seen there aren't any osx vst's or au's that do the same thing...


Perhaps a sidechaining effect would be in order for the next release (assuming 6.1) ?


as i'm still a noob with Live, if anyone out there has found a way for anyone/everyone to use (as opposed to windows only) then by all means, SHOW & TELL ME

Looking At Getting A Desktop (intel Mac)

So I currently have a powerbook G4 and mainly I use Live 6 and Reason 3.

and I'm looking at getting (preferably) an iMac as there's already a screen with it, and I have a spare dell 2407 24" widescreen monitor... so...

would an iMac be suffice for audio work for years to come? (As I said, I use Live and Reason 3, both are universal, as well as Audacity, SoundConverter, and Soundtrack)

or would it be overkill, and I should get a mac mini pimped out? or perhaps spend a bit extra and get a mac pro?

Im sure I wouldn't need THAT much more power (as i do all my work at the moment on the g4 powerbook)

I dont know... suggestions? thoughts? opinions? anyone with a 24" imac out there?

Please Help! Firebox + Powerbook G4 1.67 = Performance Hit?

I honestly dont know what i'm doing wrong here... I've connected the firebox, under system preferences - sound, I put both input/output as the firebox, and under audio/midi setup (utilities) i've changed everything to the firebox too, (clock source was set to Device too) the format under the audio/midi setup also is at 44100 for both input/output


before using it, I used to be able to load up Reason 3.0.5 quite quickly and run it quickly too (512 samples, and had no dramas) and cpu wasn't as demanding, now with the firebox connected, i can tell its using the cpu up more!


Is there anything that I've missed here? i've got 2gb ram, and os 10.4.8 (and had this setup before i got the firebox too, and everything was fine)


if there's anything I missed, or you folks have a question to ask, please feel free to ask me, as I'm really stumped (also a noob with audio interfaces, as i had the assumption that it'd increase the performance slightly on the cpu)

UPDATE: I did a reboot...

and Well, its cleaned things up a smidge.. and the performance hit is slightly lesser now..

I dont know.. maybe its my imagination and lack of sleep :\