 Fed Up With Firewire 410, What's a reliable alternative for a Powerbook? |
 mer. 21 mars 2007, 19:12
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The 410 has never really worked. Every driver has some kind of issue. Hanging MIDI notes; Loss of audio monitoring, being just the most recent things. It's well spec'd, but doesn't deliver. They've had long enough to get it right..
I need something with solid dependability, low latency and the usual. I'll move away from Cubase and Garageband and get a new DAW. WHAT'S GOOD? MBox 2 Pro? At least it'd come with a good DAW.. or MOTU UltraLite? and maybe get Logic Express or something?.. |
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ven. 23 mars 2007, 00:06
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Hold On!
I use the 410. It's damn near perfect. The midi issue... let me guess, you use Pro Tools? Go to the Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers...Take out the ones you're not using. Especially any Digi ones (if you use M-Powered) or take out the M Audio ones (if you use LE). Hope that helps. -------------------- MacBook Pro,750gb internal,3gb RAM,Pro Tools,Live,Reason,Reaktor,Transit/410/Audiophile.
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ven. 23 mars 2007, 11:19
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My experiences with the FW410...
AUDIO: I use the FW410 with my new MacBook Pro and it works absolutely fine recording into DP and Live, and playing back any standalone sound modules - and it's also pretty good from a latency point of view when recording vox. However, I used to have A LOT of problems running it with my old G4 iBook - these were mostly to do with getting the FW410 software to route things correctly. And may well have been a result of my own stupidity rather than anything to do with the product. MIDI: I have to say that I've NEVER managed even to make the MIDI side of it work! But since I use a USB mother keyboard these days that doesn't matter to me. And, again, that may be my own stupidity there... I bought the 410 as a cheap way of recording good quality audio on a laptop, and for that it's great. I don't think I could recommend it for anything more serious than that, though. I certainly don't feel as confident with the 410 as I do with the MOTU PCI set-up I have on my "proper" Mac. And I think if I'd known a few years ago that I was going to be doing an increasingly large proportion of my work on a laptop I would have gone for something a bit more substantial, probably MOTU Traveler. Terry |
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ven. 23 mars 2007, 11:30
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Newbie Groupe : Members Messages : 10 Inscrit : 22 janv. 04 Lieu : UK Membre no 33,831 |
QUOTE (t_a_burrows @ Fri 23 Mar 2007, 10:19)  My experiences with the FW410... MIDI: I have to say that I've NEVER managed even to make the MIDI side of it work! But since I use a USB mother keyboard these days that doesn't matter to me. And, again, that may be my own stupidity there... This is what I don't understand. To spend hard earned money on a box that NEVER works. M-Audio would be out of business pretty quick. I moan about the quality, the shape, the price but if it did not work I would take it back or find out why. Yours puzzled, Paul. -------------------- MacBook Pro,750gb internal,3gb RAM,Pro Tools,Live,Reason,Reaktor,Transit/410/Audiophile.
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stimpy Fed Up With Firewire 410 mer. 21 mars 2007, 19:12
lepetitmartien What do you use it for usually and what do you nee... mer. 21 mars 2007, 20:19 stimpy Thanks for the input.
I'm demoing song ideas ... mer. 21 mars 2007, 21:22 lepetitmartien Logic express may be a better idea then, more poss... jeu. 22 mars 2007, 01:43 stimpy Yeah, I think that Logic would make more sense the... jeu. 22 mars 2007, 12:09
lepetitmartien QUOTE (stimpy @ jeu 22 mar 2007, 12:09) Y... jeu. 22 mars 2007, 16:36 lepetitmartien Hello Cheekypaul, our friend uses Cubase and Garag... ven. 23 mars 2007, 03:02 cheekypaul QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ ven 23 mar 2007, 02... ven. 23 mars 2007, 09:52 stimpy I thought I'd expand on a couple of the hurdl... ven. 23 mars 2007, 11:58 cheekypaul Interesting.
Have you telephoned and spoken to M-... ven. 23 mars 2007, 15:23 MacFeegle Greetings!
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