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 Sun 6 Feb 2005, 22:37
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i'd like to know too!
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Tue 8 Feb 2005, 15:06
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QUOTE (charlzz @ Feb 8 2005, 00:19) Yes, Guitar Center, Portland Oregon, had 3 Fireboxes last week!  Yes...cool....thanx.... but does you or anyone you know actually know have any experience using them... I know I could also get one from my buddy Frank at Cascade Media in Portland OR... but I am still wondering if there are any user reviews? since they have supposedly been out for over a month know in Europe. anyone? -- Ian
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Wed 9 Feb 2005, 08:10
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I'm currently testing one now. Very preliminary results:
Apparently NO software drivers required (class compliant). I just plugged it in and it worked, but only after I forced re-sync with the Audio MIDI Setup utility.
NO documentation at all (paper or PDF) came with the unit. The little software mixer has no online help either.
MIDI and SP/DIF I/O is accomplished with a multi-cable plugged into a 9-pin D connector. I wasn't expecting the SP/DIF capability; it will be a nice surprise if it works.
Much more rugged physically than the M-Audio interfaces. The graduated pots are mounted securely to a metal case.
Two Firewire ports, enabling daisy-chaining an external Firewire drive for us laptop users. Trying to do a large file copy between the external and internal drives through the Firebox caused a black screen, however.
NOTE: the published minimum specs are for an 800Mhz G4. I'm using a 667Mhz G4 Powerbook (1GB RAM, 80GB FW400 external drive), I'll be trying to find out if this is a serious limitation.
If anyone else has one, please share your experiences.
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Sun 13 Feb 2005, 09:43
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Greetings, Ian... I'm in the Northwest US (north Idaho). So far I have been successful routing audio to powered monitors. The interface seems to sync more consistently if it is plugged in to the Firewire port (I'm not using the provided external power supply) before powering up my Mac. This is contrary to 'standard practice' regarding Firewire hard drives being plugged in AFTER powering up the computer. No further direct experience yet, but I'll be testing latency by recording guitar tracks in Live 4.1 MIDI, and SP/DIF recording, stay tuned. This will include trying to get their software mixer application to do zero-latency (or close to it) direct monitoring. The day after my previous post I checked the Presonus web site and there was a PDF manual available: http://www.presonus.com/pdf/fireboxManual1.0.pdfI have yet to find instructions for zero-latency monitoring similar to the hardware method used by other interfaces. Hopefully I'll figure it out. GitGeezer
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Sun 13 Feb 2005, 21:08
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I await your review of the box! particularly how stable it is, and whether there is noticeable input monitoring latency when using the software mixer - and if recording SPDIF analog at the same time really works. Thanks a lot!
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