Soundcard: Presonus Firebox

[discoboss]

all macs need the powerd' usb connected and the a/c power, if not you will get a sync hum.....

[PolishPanda]

I'm having latency problems with my Firebox and MBP. Does anyone have any suggestions to fix the problem? My sound crackles but once I change the latency it works for a while then starts to crackle again. Then if I change the latency again it works for a little while longer.

[Corsico]

Do I absolutely NEED an item like the Firebox to start playing with the VCI-100 once it arrives or can I just hook it up to my PC immediately?

EDIT: N/M. Bento hipped me to what the deal is. ;-)

[djkenkenhk]

i m using firebox at clubs too, great sound and never give me problem

[ToS]

Lemme add some helpfull info.
If you've adjusted some routing in Firebox mixer that requres you to start your mixer app one every boot in order to restore that routing, this batch script might help:

start firebox_mixer.exe
ping -n 3 127.0.0.1
tskill firebox_mixer

It starts the mixer app, waits 3 secs and closes it down assuming that it started and got the routing set.
Save it to the same dir where presonus_mixer.exe is located and link in into system startup.

[V-Hoff]

whats the difference between Firebox MIDI conectors and Saffire LE MIDI conectors? (pictures below)

Personus Firebox: http://www.zzounds.com/item--PRSFIREBOX


Focusrite Saffire LE: http://www.zzounds.com/item--FOCSAFFIRELE


Do i need MIDI conectors to my setup (Macbook + Saffire LE/Firebox + VCI-100)?

[ToS]

Firebox has an brekout cable that has midi and spdif connector on it.
You will get one with the card and if you want to build one yourself for firebox (idea is to have custom length straight both MIDI INOUT connectors on one end and pictured D-sub9 on the other) you can look for pinout here: http://tos.network.in.rs/pages/posts...e-pinout12.php

[V-Hoff]

do you guys know about the problems with the DICE-II chipset of the presonus firebox?

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/low-e...nterfaces.html

I found this discussion about it and sounds pretty confusing to me, the topic is old I dont know if this issue is solved somehow, do you guys knew about this problem?