Hi. Interesting. Does the powerbook have a better firewire chip though? That seems to be the issue with this model and all the other lower end mac books until you get to the pro models. I did ask the sweetwater tech support guy if issues had been reported with other mac books and various firewire interfaces and I didn't get a clear answer... Thanks, Cameron. -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Slau Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 5:54 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Issue with my mac book and Tascam FW1884. Cameron, I just did 32 tracks through one FireWire 400 port while recording an orchestra. Actually, I even tested it at 96K and it worked without a hitch on an older PowerBook G4. You should have absolutely no problem with it in terms of bandwidth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cameron" <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 6:33 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Issue with my mac book and Tascam FW1884. > Hi. Well, I have my desktop keyboard hooked up to one of the USB ports > and > the external drive hooked up to the other one. Would I be able to plug > the > external into the second firewire port on the tascam or is that going to > tax > the one firewire port too much? > > Thanks, > > Cameron. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On > Behalf Of Kevin Reeves > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 10:47 PM > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Issue with my mac book and Tascam FW1884. > > Hey man. Oddly enough, the problem only seems to exist on firewire audio > devices. Here's something to try. If you've got any kind of generic USB > sound card such as a headset or iMic or creative or something like that, > plug that in and make that your default audio device in the windows sound > control panel. That way, the sigmatell card won't be used. Disable > networking, and you should be up and running with no problems. I'll give > this a try tomorrow and let you know how it goes. > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1808 - Release Date: 11/23/2008 > 6:59 PM > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1810 - Release Date: 11/24/2008 2:36 PM PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq