Presonus Firebox Reviews?, Anyone actually use this yet? Options

[zorbeix]

I just got my Firebox yesterday...
so far only one mic pre seems to work... and I can not get it to be recognized in cubase..... more soon
kinda frustrated... when I did get to be able to change the driver to see the firebox...nothing happened...
more news soon

--Ian

What's your system?

Olivier

"I just got my Firebox yesterday...
so far only one mic pre seems to work... and I can not get it to be recognized in cubase..... more soon
kinda frustrated... when I did get to be able to change the driver to see the firebox...nothing happened...
more news soon"


What're your system specs?

Olivier

[ArchivalAudio]

Olivier,

I'm running aG4 ibook 1.2Ghz /1.25GB RAM
should handle it
waiting for a reply from presonus
got my internal mic to work in cubase but not the firebox yet
another try later on

more again soon

-- Ian

[meta22]

I've had a firebox for 2 weeks and it's been working great; I've had less problems with it than my M-Audio Firewire 410, which is a bit...touchy. I love the compactness of it as well!

G4 iBook 1ghz ram

[ArchivalAudio]

meta22
cool
tell me how you got it workin'


did you just set the audio midi set up and off you went?

thanx
--Ian

[ArchivalAudio]

ok...
so
I upgraded to OS 10.3.9...... mistake!
in the Audio Midi control you can not select the SPDIF in as the clock source!
I have hundreds of DAT's to transfer and have been emailing Presonus Tech support
they are working on fixing this glitch

I am not real sure thsi thsi choice was available in 10.3.8 but it may have been
I stupidly just did an auto upgrade!

so if you're gonna do it wait!

ok
-- Ian

[zorbeix]

It's all supposed to be a java problem for which Apple as released a fix that you can fix either on their site or by auto update.

Olivier

[Jonasji]

So ArchivalAudio or meta22 what is your verdic of the sound of the firebox (excluding the spdif problems)? I am just looking for a singe audio interface with a pre-amp for a mic and a midi interface that comes with it. So should I go for it or save another year for a Motu 828 mk II ;-)

-Jonas

[meta22]

Well so far it sounds great--less cracking and poping in the audio-I've used it on my desktop and my iBook and it's been fine. (knock on wood)

[twits celso]

I've had one for about 6 weeks or so. The sound quality is good. I was just using an iMic or the built-ins before I got it; the difference is night and day.

From what I understand, the MOTU will sound better. But then again, it's twice as much $$, so that's not surprising. For $400, I'm pleased with the Firebox. I find it pretty stable. I have had some occasional situations in which, after my computer has been asleep, it either has trouble picking up the input sound of the Firebox (though the 'puter knows it's there), or, when I've been recording at 24/88 the entire system slows down, even if I quit Logic. But that still sounds a lot better than the M-Audio 410 stories I've read.

As for the clock change question in Audio/MIDI, yes you can do it in 10.3.8.

Hope this helps.

[Jubei]

Hey guys....so I just picked up a Firebox this past weekend. So far so good. The one problem i am having is not that big of a deal, but....here goes. When i simply hit the volume up/down keys on my computer keyboard, i get a strange pop and click sound. It does not happen all the time. I was using and imic as well, and never had that problem? I called presonus and the tech guy was very cool. He said it was not the box but some bug in the OS. He said i should just use the master knob on the front of the box...but that does not seem to be very convenient? Ever heard of this? (firebox or not?)

I have 30 days to really fool around and get into this thing. So far I am pretty happy. Still don't understand the deal with the software mixer? Is it better to have had this monitoring feature through hardware?

Sorry for the run on sentences! I'll post more when I can. - later