Logic Pro Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Can anyone share there experiences with it? I hear it gets hot and dies out if your using it as your main audio interface constantly, was hoping i would get a second opinion there., looks cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeloy Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 ...i got it runnig here for half a year now, constantly, and it´s doin´a good job... real plug and play, sound is good, latency is good...all in all, a good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threlly Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 very good, reliable, very good pre-amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toysun Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Absolutely known bug on the firebox is that it's "class compliant" which means it doesn't come with it's own drivers, it uses the coreaudio driver built into osx. That's a good thing, except there is a bug in Apple's coreaudio drivers which causes processor spikes. Not a problem on a powerful machine (for example, my G5 ppc 2x 2.5Ghz) but keeps my mini mobile rig, a G4 867 alubook, from being able to be useful. PreSonus is aware of the problem but isn't going to write drivers. Google this issue, it's HUGE! Yamaha guys are also p'o'ed about it. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fader8 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Absolutely known bug on the firebox is that it's "class compliant" which means it doesn't come with it's own drivers, it uses the coreaudio driver built into osx. That's a good thing, except there is a bug in Apple's coreaudio drivers which causes processor spikes. Yes, but it's not the core audio drivers specifically, it's the Apple native firewire driver and the problem is not just confined to audio. Those of us who use "class compliant" Apple Firewire Video also see the same problems such as random latency offsets, processor spikes, etc. I'm not an insider, but my guess is that companies like Presonus and others who use the native driver, aren't writing their own because this whole firewire media thing is getting an overhaul in Leopard. Here's some info on that: http://createdigitalmusic.com/tag/compatibility/ So, we just wait and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threlly Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I can't say I've ever had a CPU spike on mine. Has this been confirmed by Apple or Presonus ? Do you have a link to the official document ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toysun Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 If you have a reasonably powerful computer, it's not a problem, and I didn't have any issues until tried a mobile session on my PB. - Try doing a search on bigbluelounge.com and you'll find threads. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkgross Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 hmm...I'm still thinking about getting the MOTU Ultralight for my MacBook Pro.. don't really want to spend more than $500 anyway.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Pro Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 hmm...I'm still thinking about getting the MOTU Ultralight for my MacBook Pro.. don't really want to spend more than $500 anyway.. Found a interesting comment about Motu gear The magic line seems to be: Sound quality with tight drivers. For the record, MOTU has very good drivers, but their analog design isn't high end. Most of the complaints you see from users isn't about sound quality on other units, it's drivers and functionality. It just needs to work, period. If you start cracking open interfaces, you start to see the same TI A/D D/A chips, so the difference in the quality isnt really the converters, it's every engineering decision that leads up to and after the converter. Case in point: MBOX 1 and ULN-2: Exact same converters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrameek Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I love the Firebox audio interface. I have had it for a year and like someone mentioned earlier I too have had it on constantly with no glitches. Plug and play with no worries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threlly Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Here's a bit of a blow. Apparently, the Firebox is not capable of 96Khz recording. Presonus have been aware since mid-2006 and have yet to post a fix, change advertising or even suggest a solution to its paying customers ! http://www.presonus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1834 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlas Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Browsing around the PreSonus's website, I found this: http://www.presonus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2297 Hopefully this isn't too old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenboy Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 The fix is right here: http://www.presonus.com/downloads.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaba Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Has anyone had problems with pre-recorded audio or audio instruments leaking onto newly recorded tracks. Try this: have a drum loop play then enable an audio track to record (with something plugged into the innerface). Now play it back, but mute the drum loop track. Turn up your headphones; did the loop bleed onto the new track? This had been happening to me; it's maddening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Tomasi Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Has anyone had problems with pre-recorded audio or audio instruments leaking onto newly recorded tracks. Try this: have a drum loop play then enable an audio track to record (with something plugged into the innerface). Now play it back, but mute the drum loop track. Turn up your headphones; did the loop bleed onto the new track? This had been happening to me; it's maddening. Funny you mention that. Same thing happened to me. It had never happened before but that may be because I hadn't had a guitar plugged in. An extremely faint bleed from an audio instrument onto an audio track. Weird. Not a track killer though-very very faint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaba Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 BGTD, any further experiences or repairs concerning the Bleed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrixx Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 The worst thing about the Firebox, is the fact that it won't work with newer MacbookPros, unless you use a p/supply. PLugging in the FBox causes the Firewire power to go into protection mode apparently... causing the FireBox not to be able to power up. DAMMIT... That's the whole reason I got a Firebox in the first place... To use it portably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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