[ddots-l] Re: MOTU / firewire & external AI compatibilities

  • From: "Tim Burgess" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:28:04 -0000

Hi,

I haven't dealt with a Profire at all, sorry.

Best wishes.

Tim Burgess
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-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Phil Muir
Sent: 10 November 2010 10:24
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: MOTU / firewire & external AI compatibilities 

Hmm, it's been a while.  From what I think I remember reading on MIDIMag,
rubbish Windows 7 drivers plus, an inaccessible control panel.  If you
happen to post on that list, ask Chris Bell as he sent his back.  Maybe Tim
Burgess or, Bryan Smart may chime in on this.




Regards, Phil Muir
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-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Shawn Brock
Sent: 10 November 2010 00:18
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: MOTU / firewire & external AI compatibilities 

Phil,

What kind of issues are we talking about with the ProFire and Windows 7?

I have looked around on the net a little bit, and haven't found a lot of
reliable commentary one way or the other.  I would have thought that DD
would have said something when I ordered the Daw, because they wanted to
know what interface I was using.

Shawn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Muir" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 12:40 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: MOTU / firewire & external AI compatibilities


> Well, you will definitely have issues under Windows 7 with the M-Audio
> ProFire.  Also, still think personally that in general Firewire is a 
> better
> option than USB.  Although saying that, I think Tim Burgess has a MOTU USB
> product.  He also has the Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 which, is Firewire.
>
>
>
>
> Regards, Phil Muir
> Accessibility Training
> Telephone: US (615) 713-2021
> UK +44-1747-821-794
> Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246
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> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> On
> Behalf Of Shawn Brock
> Sent: 09 November 2010 18:25
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: MOTU / firewire & external AI compatibilities
>
> I had considered the Motu Ultra Light myself.  The fact that you can go 
> USB
> or firewire was vary attractive to me.  I wouldn't have to have a firewire
> card on my laptop.  I like being able to take my laptop on the road with 
> me
> for recording gigs, song ideas, and doing edits for mixes...
>
> The last interface I bought was the M-Audio ProFire 610.  Its about $200 
> or
> so less than the Motu.
>
> I have owned this ProFire, a Presonus FireBox, a Motu 828 Mk2 and the
> M-Audio Fast Track Pro.  I have bought and returned a few of the Lexicon
> products.
>
> For my experience, I was most happy with the Motu 828 MK2.  Regardless of
> what Presonas tells you, I found the pre-amps on the FireBox to be junk, I
> never had any problems with audio playback or recording though, even when
> the track and plugin count was quite high.  The M-Audio ProFire 610 has
> pretty good pre's, but she will start stuttering quickly under a heavy 
> load.
>
> Some of my tunes have as many as 54 tracks, and man this thing gets bogged
> down, no matter what you do...  At least this is the case in Windows XP
> service pack 3.  Maybe it will be better in Windows 7?
>
>  I thought all and all the Motu was the most stable device, and was the
> best bang for the buck for sound and performance, but this has been a
> while...
>
> I probably shouldn't run the M-Audio ProFire down so bad, maybe my 
> computer
> is just living in its last days.
>
> I ordered a Daw from Dancing Dots around the first of October, and was
> hoping to have it by now, but who knows when that will ever see the light 
> of
> day...  Hopefully by the end of the month I may have it.  By then my need
> will be a lot less, I'll have mixed my record, glitching playback and 
> all...
>
>  Even when it finely does come, I may have trouble with the ProFire and
> Windows 7.  If that's the case, I will go for the Motu Ultra-Light or one 
> of
> the Focusrite products, being that these guys rave about them so much...
>
> All I can say is, I never had day 1 of trouble out of my Motu, perhaps
> things are different now though.  It seems nothing is what it used to 
> be...
>
> Shawn
> www.shawnbrockmusic.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Muir" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:30 AM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: MOTU / firewire & external AI compatibilities
>
>
>> Where and what kinds of issues?  A number of us are using Focusrite
>> devices
>> on firewire and I have heard 0 issues with these devices.  If there are
>> any
>> then, I would certainly like to know as I recommend them to clients.  You
>> will need to be a lot more specific than that E.G, post URL's so that we
>> can
>> all read about it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards, Phil Muir
>> Accessibility Training
>> Telephone: US (615) 713-2021
>> UK +44-1747-821-794
>> Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246
>> E-mail:
>> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> URL:
>> http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Campbell, Wiley L. (Portland)
>> Sent: 09 November 2010 16:41
>> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ddots-l] MOTU / firewire & external AI compatibilities
>>
>> Lot's of list chat on PC firewire problems with external Ai devices, e.
>> g. Texas Instruments chipsets / FocusRite.
>>
>> Any experiences / opinions on list re accessibility / quality of the MOTU
>> stand alone AI's like UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid? This unit supports both USB &
>> Firewire.
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