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Old 11-30-2008, 08:25 AM   #1
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I know there's a compatibility section on the board, but maybe it'd be useful to have one here for Macs. I'm having all kinds of latency problems with my Firestudio. I need something that works. Anybody using an Audiofire? Art Tubefire? Apogee Duet? RME Fireface? Any other recommendations?
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Old 11-30-2008, 09:45 AM   #2
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I'm having all kinds of latency problems with my Firestudio.
I'm not. Have you tried the current firmware/drivers? The latest fw/drivers work well with my Intel MacBook running 10.5.5.

Firestudio is a good piece of equipment, I recommend getting to the bottom of the problem before investing to new hardware.
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Old 11-30-2008, 10:07 AM   #3
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any motu should be perfect.
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Old 11-30-2008, 12:09 PM   #4
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The MOTU Traveler works for me--OS X 10.5.4, Penryn MacBook Pro (2.4Gx2) with TI firewire chipset.

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Old 11-30-2008, 07:13 PM   #5
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No issues with the Mackie f400.
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Old 12-01-2008, 02:18 AM   #6
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Metric Halo MIO ULN-2 and multiple 2882 units behaving perfectly here.

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Old 12-01-2008, 11:47 AM   #7
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yep metric halo works great (nice units too btw...)
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Old 12-01-2008, 06:53 PM   #8
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metric halo 2882 here, love it no problems sounds fantastic, no audible latency i set it to :
use audio driver reported latency.
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Old 12-01-2008, 09:55 PM   #9
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Someone on the Presonus forum solved my latency problem. I had something set wrong on the Firestudio Control Console. I had a bunch of tracks playing tonight and no latency on a recording channel. I'm happy again.
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I had something set wrong on the Firestudio Control Console.
Do tell! This might be important for a lot of people.
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Old 12-02-2008, 08:39 PM   #11
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Sorry to hijack my own thread. Here's how I fixed the Firestudio problem.

The short version: I turned off software monitoring in Reaper on the track I was recording and set the Reaper mix to play back on channel 1&2 in the Firestudio control console (set to Mix 1). Then I was monitoring the recording channel through the Firestudio (like I was supposed to) while listening to the Reaper mix play back through the Firestudio. No latency like it used to be! The control console is very dense and redundant (you can change the same thing in many different ways) and I had gotten something set wrong (I still don't know what it was). But once I went through the list below, it started working correctly.

Here's the instructions I got from Pianojam (bless him) over at the Presonus forums:

1. Up top, click on the Outputs/Router page
2. At the bottom left of that window, click the Phones 1 button (under Main Assign) until it's highlighted
3. As you hover over the first two faders, you'll see a pic of the headphones knob, indicating if you click this pair of faders, their signal will be sent to the headphones
4. You can click on any pair of faders and notice the P1 indicator above the faders change to reflect your settings. This is a handy tool if you are mixing a band's monitors from the control room - you can quickly check each mix in your phones. The Main Out button, right above the Phones 1 button, does the same thing, except it controls which faders are assigned to the "Main Out" jacks in the back of the FireStudio (which are also controlled by the "Main" knob on the front)
5. For now, select the first pair of faders, then click the Phones 1 button again to deselect it
6. The grey or yellow box right above the faders tells you what the mix input of that pair is. If this box doesn't say Mix 1, click it and change it to Mix 1.
7. Now your Headphone jack is monitoring Mix 1. To adjust this mix, click on the Mixer tab up top (where you found Outputs/Routers) and the Mix 1 tab down at the bottom of the window. This should get you out of your troubles, so go ahead and try recording again with these settings, especially if you had to correct any. If that doesnt' fix it, continue to the explanation below

By default, the bottom row of faders is the DAW outs, and Reaper's Main Out is probably going to DAW 1 and 2. Make sure these are panned correctly and not muted, and when you play back your tracks you should hear them perfectly, mixed as they are in Reaper.

The microphone inputs (the instruments you want to record) are the top row of faders. Again, make sure none are muted (it can be almost impossible to see the difference - or maybe I'm just a bit colorblind?). You should be able to see the meters moving, and get pretty close to the top if the input level is set right.

Sorry if it was a little elementary for you, I just didn't want to chance leaving out the one step you were missing. If this doesn't help, you may have to talk with PreSonus and see if it is a faulty unit.
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Old 12-04-2008, 04:42 PM   #12
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I own 2 M-Audio devices....the Fast Track Pro USB and the Fast Track Pro Ultra

Both work flawlessly and with no latency issues when running at 128

I can have some effects running as well when recording single tracks, and I've also recorded 8 simultaneous tracks with no latency issues.

And M-Audio is often thought of as the 'cheap' interface.....

I run 2 gig ram on an intel duo core macbook
I'd highly recommend the m-audio fast track ULTRA...8 in 8 out, only $349 canadian
It only has 1 strange issue. Every time I power it on I have to flick the power button twice to get my mac to recognize it.

Hope this info helps
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Old 12-05-2008, 01:59 PM   #13
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I have 2 Motu HD192 and the drivers are rock solid.

sound pretty good as well.

I will have them modified by Black Lion Audio as soon as I can...
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Old 12-06-2008, 09:57 AM   #14
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Mackie Onyx Satellite works very well in OS X, but NOT in boot camp XP. Apparently this is a firewire chipset driver issue in XP that has been solved in Vista. iMac 24" BTW.
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Old 12-06-2008, 01:17 PM   #15
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Works beautifully, sounds great. Good latency, although I tend to grab signals being monitored before they hit the A/D (via a DI into external mixer etc).
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Old 12-06-2008, 07:22 PM   #16
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Mackie Onyx Satellite works very well in OS X, but NOT in boot camp XP. Apparently this is a firewire chipset driver issue in XP that has been solved in Vista. iMac 24" BTW.
Which service pack are you using? I heard something about a firewire patch in one of them. Is this the same issue or another entirely? I'm planning on trying a OSX/XP/Linux install on monday...
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Old 12-09-2008, 06:15 PM   #17
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Echo Audiofire12 working perfectly with Macbook 10.4.11 and with hackintosh 10.5.4
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Old 12-09-2008, 07:04 PM   #18
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I currently us a M-Audio Profire Lightbridge with my 02R96 and it works fine, I also have a RME Fireface400 and it works well. Both report aprox. 3ms/3ms @128sample buffer.
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Old 12-09-2008, 07:44 PM   #19
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Which service pack are you using? I heard something about a firewire patch in one of them. Is this the same issue or another entirely? I'm planning on trying a OSX/XP/Linux install on monday...
SP3, there is a firewire patch that helps some firewire devices - but this isn't the case this time. This time it's a chipset driver problem. Some detail here: http://forums.m-audio.com/showthread.php?t=391

The issue is having a legit way to get ahold of that driver...
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Old 12-10-2008, 08:04 PM   #20
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I've had no problems with my Alesis io26
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Old 01-12-2009, 08:55 AM   #21
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Big old-time bump.

The Windows 7 beta Firewire driver seems to work fine in XP on my iMac as well. Whether that's OK with the license or not, I'm not sure...
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Old 01-12-2009, 09:39 AM   #22
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RME FireFace 800 works fine, never a problem yet!
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:34 AM   #23
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Edirol's FA-66 is working great on my MBP. Got a Firepod as well but haven't had time to try it. Yet

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Old 01-13-2009, 05:02 PM   #24
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I have a m-audio fast track ultra....8 ins 8 outs. works great with my dual core 2 macbook
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Old 01-14-2009, 08:53 AM   #25
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RME FireFace 800 works fine, never a problem yet!
I can second that. (at least no trouble after 2 weeks of owning a mac)
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Old 02-11-2009, 10:44 AM   #26
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I just tested the following interfaces.

RME HDSP 9652 - perfect working
t.c. electronic konnkt24D - perfect working
t.c. electronic konnkt live - perfect working
t.c. electronic konnkt48 - perfect working
t.c. electronic PowerCore FW - perfect working
motu 896 - perfect working

cheers
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Old 02-11-2009, 12:38 PM   #27
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Macbook + Rme Fireface 800 = Rock solid performance
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Old 02-18-2009, 07:19 AM   #28
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I'm not. Have you tried the current firmware/drivers? The latest fw/drivers work well with my Intel MacBook running 10.5.5.

Firestudio is a good piece of equipment, I recommend getting to the bottom of the problem before investing to new hardware.
I agree, I had all sorts of trouble when the local music store let me test out a firestudio. I was certain that I was going to give up, so I boxed it back up and warmed up the car.

But I re-loaded the drivers, read the forums for the proper start up/shut down procedures and suddenly everything is working great. Because the interface stores all of the settings, once its working it tends to stay working.

The only oddity is it always opens in safe mode 3....haven't figured that one out yet.

Bet the sound is stunning.....the preamps are crystal clear. So it was worthwhile to buy it.
Don't give up!!
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Old 03-03-2009, 09:54 AM   #29
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Using the E-MU 0404 USB 2.0 interface on a white MacBook, OS X, 10.5.6, no problems. Tried it with Windows Vista on the same hardware and had nothing but problems.
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for anyone that has a MOTU product, (if it matters) what is the best way to start up a laptop and interface? I usually start up the laptop till its get to the OSX login screen, then I turn on my MOTU, and when cuemix finishes loading, I then login. Seems to work most of the time, but everyone once in a while Reaper won't recognize it and I log out and log back in, or restart reaper, and it catches it.
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Old 03-05-2009, 03:03 AM   #31
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Just bought a Tascam US1641 USB interface, simply because it has 16 inputs. I need more than my FW1082 provides and it can't be daisy-chained.

Got it home, downloaded and installed the latest drivers, plugged it in, turned it on and installed the latest firmware, restarted, and confirmed that it was present in AudioMIDI Setup.

Then I held my breath, plugged in a microphone and opened Reaper.

No problems. The interface appeared in the preferences panel and everything appears to work just fine. (At least, when I speak into the mic the meter in Reaper responds. I didn't actually record anything.)

The only oddity is that all 16 inputs had the same name. That was easy to rectify.

So far, it's been painless. I was anticipating the typical "WTF is going on and WHY WON'T THIS WORK????" experience that happens with so many interfaces.

I'll give it the acid test Friday at band practice, but so far this looks like the least expensive way to get more than 8 inputs at once.
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Old 03-05-2009, 04:40 AM   #32
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Hey there, just thought i'd share re: an email I got from tech support at presonus. They confirmed that the 64 bit driver package is ready to go, and should be available on the site within the next 60 days....so that should solve many of the quirkyness.

I have found that with the right startup/shutdown procedures....the firestudio is solid as a rock. I always shut down my mac fully before I shut down/remove the firestudio, and opposite when I startup. I always have the firestudio plugged into power and firewire and powered up before starting up the macbook.

Its been over a month now with no worries.
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I'll give it the acid test Friday at band practice.
Followup.

Recorded 11 tracks simultaneously. Flawless. ZERO setup or performance issues.

I wish everything were this easy.
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Old 04-23-2009, 03:26 AM   #34
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Both work perfectly on a mac book pro. I tried 18 simultaneous track recording on the Alesis and it worked very well with a 92 samples buffer is much better than what I could do on my previous PC. Latency is also improved for the Omega.
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Apogee Duet works fine.
The only thing that doesnt work is the song position option for the encoder.
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Old 04-24-2009, 03:25 AM   #36
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I use 2 Focusrite Saffire pro 10 i/o's daisy chained and aggregated with no probs.
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Old 05-03-2009, 09:04 AM   #37
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Works great with my BOSS GS-10 - which by the way is a most amazing interface. It's EVERYTHING a computer recording guitar player could want in one box.
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I have a Tascam US-428. I haven't had success making it work as a controller with Reaper and OSX. I know it's an older, cheap board but it fits nicely on my desk and I'd like to keep using it. Any thoughts?
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Old 05-11-2011, 05:43 AM   #39
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I have a MBox (old version), Mbox pro and MOTU 828 (Mk.1). All work perfectly.

Have also used with M-Audio fast track, MOTU 8-PRE, DIGI 002 rack and few others; all very solid.

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My interface works ok with macbook pro osx
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