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dim. 3 juil. 2005, 23:21
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Ummm... digimusic i have to disagree with you on that one. I own a firebox.
Here's the deal with the mixer: it sends commands to the firebox to control its internal digital mixer for monitoring - no audio travels to and from the computer besides that which is normal and must come in for recording/go out to hear things. I also note that CPU usage by the interface when plugged in, though it is more than it should be, is not generally affected by quitting the mixer. There is not actually any audio going through it, despite Presonus's failure to describe this as the case in the manual. Also, the unit still monitors audio using the last config you set it for when the mixer is not running (implying that the mixer software does not actually handle any audio). The firebox only forgets those settings once powered down.
And, if you get a non-defective unit, as i did first time, it works very well. Despite a small CPU drain, which is understandable since # of channels and audio quality is higher than that of the mac's built-in audio and the firebox has no special hardware like the RME cards, i can use my firebox quite adequately on my powerbook G4 1.25GHz, and I do realtime performance using my trumpet and MaxMSP with lots of effects and on the fly sequencing/craziness as well as some pretty CPU intense Logic sessions. The firebox really does not deserve such criticism.
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articles Presonus FireBox Review ven. 1 juil. 2005, 12:03 CmdrLaForge Thanks for the great article. I will get one of th... ven. 1 juil. 2005, 12:03 tkt2rde Nice Review.
I'm curious if you tested the Fi... ven. 1 juil. 2005, 15:22 yimkin hi
dunno if this helps but the advice i got re FW... ven. 1 juil. 2005, 22:21 CmdrLaForge QUOTE (tkt2rde @ Jul 1 2005, 14:22)Nice Revie... sam. 2 juil. 2005, 08:21 vsmith1 I've recently purchased a Firebox. I have a Po... sam. 2 juil. 2005, 10:29 zeebee Firebox is the best..I researched for months, the ... sam. 2 juil. 2005, 19:44 tkt2rde I should note that the M-Audio FW410 did work with... dim. 3 juil. 2005, 00:18 digimusic sorry,
the firebox has a problem. it is about the... dim. 3 juil. 2005, 17:26 danielsk Hi all. I wonder, should i buy M-Audio Firewire 41... dim. 7 août 2005, 12:23 arvidtp firebox. I like mine. From what i have heard the 4... dim. 7 août 2005, 14:07 UnholyConfessions Hello,
Do both passive and active monitors work ... mar. 16 août 2005, 21:29 Hugo Cole Hi
I just posted this elsewhere - wondering if an... mer. 17 août 2005, 23:25 arvidtp never had any problems with the midi on my firebox... jeu. 18 août 2005, 00:15 vsmith1 As far as using active and passive monitors then y... jeu. 18 août 2005, 08:45 JulienGB Hi Firebox users,
What about the cpu peaks with t... jeu. 18 août 2005, 14:57 adachis I've used M-Audio interfaces for a little over... lun. 29 août 2005, 07:04 vsmith1 QUOTE (JulienGB @ Aug 18 2005, 13:57)Hi Fireb... lun. 29 août 2005, 19:39 Brizzle Great review and discusion!
I'm sold in c... mer. 21 sept. 2005, 03:38 arvidtp i think u will be OK with an 800 MHz G4. Dont expe... mer. 21 sept. 2005, 05:50 rickenbacker I just posted a similar reply in another thread a ... mer. 21 sept. 2005, 16:41 bravescape Can Firebox be used as stand-alone preamp with AC ... ven. 25 nov. 2005, 23:06 piggy_destruction Hi, I just made an account for this topic. I have ... jeu. 1 déc. 2005, 02:24 arvidtp "Can Firebox be used as stand-alone preamp wi... jeu. 1 déc. 2005, 05:04 piggy_destruction Thanks for the reply, arvidtp. I am defintely lean... jeu. 1 déc. 2005, 05:31 CrowDog Hi Everyone!
I'm completely new to recordi... lun. 12 déc. 2005, 20:17 rickenbacker The Firebox does not have Send and Return insert j... mar. 13 déc. 2005, 12:06 lessthenzero Hello everyone. I just got an account set up here ... ven. 30 déc. 2005, 20:43 yenny Hi there,
I'm interested in getting a Firebox ... sam. 7 janv. 2006, 04:25 mapmap you could plug it in to the midi in of the firebox... sam. 7 janv. 2006, 17:38 Threlly Don't get hung up on the software side of thin... mer. 18 janv. 2006, 12:30 rickenbacker Regarding the CPU hit, I've always found Live ... jeu. 19 janv. 2006, 11:24 rickenbacker This morning, I got an e-mail from Ableton, saying... ven. 20 janv. 2006, 15:42 Uncle Kvetch QUOTE (mapmap @ Jan 7 2006, 16:38)you could p... mar. 7 févr. 2006, 15:42 arvidtp the keybboard USB input is a MIDI input, not an AU... mar. 7 févr. 2006, 18:26 bcatcho Recently I have been looking to ableton live but i... mar. 7 févr. 2006, 20:48 masbeni I've just bought firebox mostly because of the... dim. 12 févr. 2006, 10:26 arvidtp dunno - i think mine's pretty clean, at least ... dim. 12 févr. 2006, 18:29 audiophotovideo QUOTE (masbeni @ Feb 12 2006, 09:26)Too many ... dim. 12 févr. 2006, 22:43
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