[ddots-l] update on RE: Re: Issue with my mac book and Tascam FW1884.
- From: "Cameron" <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:44:44 -0600
Hi all.
Well, after contacting Apple tech support, it seems that the
firewire chip cannot be replaced. Not only would that void the warranty,
but, it supposedly can't be done because the chip is on the motherboard
directly. Also, interestingly enough, the two people I spoke to at apple
had no idea that the Agere chip caused so many issues with A V gear. I find
that hard to believe as there is a large number of forum/blog entries about
this very thing, even on apple's own web site.
So I guess now, my only option is to sell my white mac book and go
with a refurb or b stock mac book pro with the texas instruments firewire
chip.
I noticed on all the mac book and I mac product pages that one comes
across, it just says firewire 400 or 800, for example. It would make things
a heck of a lot easier for audio/video people if they would list the
specific firewire chip on the product page.
Even one of the people I spoke with at Apple said that they didn't
know the choice of chip caused issues. He thought that firewire is
firewire, which is what I thought, until recently.
What a headache this turned out to be.
Thanks,
Cameron.
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mike C
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 8:59 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Issue with my mac book and Tascam FW1884.
then the next question would be what chip set firewire port are you using?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron" <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 1:22 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Issue with my mac book and Tascam FW1884.
> Hi. It's not only in Sonar... This is happening even when you play back
> an
> mp3 file in winamp or windows media player etc.
>
> Cameron.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> Behalf Of Phil Muir
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 8:49 AM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Issue with my mac book and Tascam FW1884.
>
> Hmm, depends. I personally have generally found using WDM drivers,
> especially on core duo systems better with the FW1884. If your going to
> use
>
> WDM then, set the slider in the FW1884 control panel to 16%. Then, put
> the
> slider in Sonar as low as possible and profile the card.
>
> Regards, Phil Muir
>
> P J Muir Productions,
> Music And Audio Production
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike C" <m_dsmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:02 PM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Issue with my mac book and Tascam FW1884.
>
>
>> hey try using asio drivers, and also in the control panel of the fw1884
>> trying increase your buffer there too.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cameron" <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 4:30 PM
>> Subject: [ddots-l] Issue with my mac book and Tascam FW1884.
>>
>>
>>> Hi all. Well, I thought I had revived my desktop but after two days of
>>> installing and configuring everything, my system drive is shot.
>>>
>>> So, I'm left with my mac book now. I am having an issue with the FW1884
>>> with it though.
>>>
>>> I have the latest firmware installed, as well as the latest drivers, and
>>> latest Sonar plug in. Here are the mac book specs. 2.4gHz Intel core 2
>>> duo
>>> processor, 2 gigs of ram, 160gig hd. I have a partition setup so half
>>> is
>>> OSX Lepard and the other half is Windows xp pro service pac 3. I've
>>> installed Sonar producer 7.2 and the latest version of jSonar for Sonar
>>> seven.
>>>
>>> Anyways, whether audio is currently playing back or not, I am getting
>>> little
>>> noises through my monitors every twenty seconds or so. And then the
>>> audio
>>> totally stops. About six or seven seconds later, the audio continues
>>> where
>>> it left off. While the audio is playing, there are no cracks, pops,
>>> skips,
>>> etc. When the drop out happens, it's immediate and the same goes for
>>> when
>>> the audio playback resumes. This happens even when only listening to an
>>> mp3
>>> or video using winamp for example. It's not like I'm pushing the
>>> machine
>
>>> or
>>> the tascam hard or anything. I've disabled the firewire network adaptor
>>> and
>>> that has made no difference. There are also no other firewire devices
>>> hooked up. Just the FW1884.
>>>
>>> The internal sound card on the mac book has no issues.
>>>
>>> I am hoping that putting a new system drive in my desktop will allow me
>>> to
>>> go back to that for my music work but it's not something I can take care
>>> of
>>> soon so the mac book is my only midi/audio option at the moment.
>>>
>>> Any tips on what I could do to solve this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Cameron.
>>>
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