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440 Forums _ Presonus _ Presonus Firebox Or Edirol Fa66

Écrit par : albertors mer. 31 août 2005, 15:25

Hello everybody,
I've been a random lurker here from time to time and I must say I got so much knoweldge I had to free up some space in my brain to make room for it.

Very interesting threads and opinions/reviews, especially (for the these days) the one about the Firebox.

I have a Powerbook 1.67Ghz 1Gb Ram with 2 Firewire800 drives connected (7200rpm and all that jazz) and Logic Pro 7.1 on Mac OS X 10.4.2

I was looking for a low budget audio card that works in this environment of mine and I ended up choosing between the Edirol FA66 and the Presonus Firebox.

The FA66 is priced 320 euros here and the Firebox is 420.

I noticed quite a bunch of people had problems with the Firebox: click/pops, syncing, midi etc. and I was wondering what could happen with my system and that audiocard.

Both of those I mentioned above are class compliant no-drivers required but the FA66 seems a little more reliable, although no real reviews have been made yet.

Bigger issue with the FA66 for me would be to have 1 mic pre that isn't mic/line switchable, while it seems that both pres on the Firebox are mic/line capable.

This said..I would love to know what you people think about these audio cards..what's your latest experience? I know posts like these are a pain in the back and I read as much as I could about these two cards before posting, but I guess there might be an update from some you in this summer time.

Is there anything I should be aware of, any behind-the-curtains ghost in these machines? wink.gif

Thanks a lot in advance for this and the past knowledge-share I had so much interest and fun diving in!

a|b

Écrit par : arvidtp mer. 31 août 2005, 18:34

I would go with the firebox - i like mine. The problems that some mention are really no big deal. I run mine fine doing stuff on my powerbook 1.25GHz in panther. I use Logic 6.4 Pro and Max.

The only problem with the firebox is the cpu spikes it causes can lead to pops/clicks in some software on machines like ours (like not G5s). This generally does not happen in Logic, just in MaxMSP for me. I solved it though by using ProcessWizard to renice apps - make MaxMSP the most important and the Dock the least. That does it for me - works great. And the firebox has never failed me or given any trouble in any live situation or field recording i've used it for. Thats my two cents. peace

Écrit par : albertors mer. 31 août 2005, 22:50

Thanks Arvidtp,
I read your reports and opinions about the Firebox very carefully, thanks for sharing all those details: to me they've been definitely useful.

I must say I feel more inclined to get a Firebox, we'll see I'll probably order it these days, then I shall add more feedback so that others can benefit wink.gif

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