dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) I have my GRAID external attatched to the firewire port on the back of my mid 2010 27 ince iMac and my apogee ensemble going into the RAID and then Liquid Mix console into the apogee ensemble The GRAID is being seen but nothing else Logic is not seeing the apogee nor Liquid Mix any help please? Edited December 5, 2012 by dapacarter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 I have my GRAID external attatched to the firewire port on the back of my mid 2010 27 ince iMac and my apogee ensemble going into the RAID and then Liquid Mix console into the apogee ensemble The GRAID is being seen but nothing else Logic is not seeing the apogee nor Liquid Mix any help please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Hello, dapacarter. Try renaming your post to something that relates to its content and you'll have a much better chance of receiving a meaningful response. Please refer to: Forum Rules - please READ THIS before posting (#2). Just click the edit button in your post and you can freely rename it. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 what would you suggest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I don't know what to suggest, but it's obvious that for some reason the firewire daisy chain is not happening because of the G-RAID. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 yes it seems to be the case but when I put the apogee first in the chain Liquid Mix is not seen its strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 By reading what's on the focusrite answerbase and the Liquid Mix manual, it seems that Focusrite don't whole-heartedly recommend you use the liquid mix in a firewire bus shared with other devices. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 oh ok what do I do then? liquid mix has a firewire 400 connector which my imac does not support do I then need to purchase some form of adaptor so the liquid mix can insert straight into the iMac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Yeah, iMacs are quite limited as far as connectivity goes. The only possible "solution" I know about is this OWC mod which adds an eSATA port to 27-inch iMacs. Sounds tempting but a bit of a pain if you ask me...Even with this mod, you would then need a firewire to eSATA adapter to connect one of your devices and hope for the best. Better do some research to see if all of this is actually worth your while...or start thinking about other options... J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 when you say other options what do you mean? can you give me some examples? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Like.... Selling the iMac and getting something with better connectivity so that you can use your Ensemble and Liquid Mix... Selling the Liquid Mix and working with native plug-ins instead... Going back to your previous question: liquid mix has a firewire 400 connector which my imac does not supportdo I then need to purchase some form of adaptor so the liquid mix can insert straight into the iMac? There are FW400 to FW800 adapters out there, the one that focusrite recommends for their products is this one: http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fw_adapter.html J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 what are your thoughts about iZotope mastering plug ins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 are there firewire 400 to USB converters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 what are your thoughts about iZotope mastering plug ins? Can't say, the only Izotope software I use is RX2...well, there's Stutter Edit too...but I don't use it that often. are there firewire 400 to USB converters Sounds like a Frankenstein product. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 why dont you use Izotope? why do you use Native Instruments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I use Izotope RX 2. Don't care about Ozone. By "native" I meant plug-ins running natively on your computer instead of some external thing like the Liquid Mix. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 RX is a mastering tool I have stutter edit and I am trying out Trash I am looking for a solution to my mastering issue if i was going to sell Liquid Mix where would I sell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 RX is a mastering tool No it isn't. I am looking for a solution to my mastering issue If you like Ozone's all-in-one approach and you like the results it gives, then by all means go for it, it's your decision. if i was going to sell Liquid Mix where would I sell I see you're in Málaga...I've sold stuff through Hispasonic's second-hand adds ("Mercasonic"). J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapacarter Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 well to be honest I have no idea I am only now finding out I have never mastered anything in my life... and I would appreciate any form of advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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