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Re: [sc-users] [ot] firewire audio interface




On 29 Dec 2005, at 17:55, James Harkins wrote:

On 11/24/05, kubick <ckubick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
presonus firebox is c. $250 and is solid, 2 in, 6 out, can be daisy-
chained os 10.4 and higher....

I wanted to bump this thread as there's been some discussion of the
firebox over on osxaudio lately.

http://www.bigbluelounge.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19750

The short version is that more than a few people using OSX class
compliant FireWire audio devices (like FA-101 and Presonus) are
reporting a scary CPU cost just having the device plugged in,
sometimes as much as 20% in the kernel_task -- this, mind you, without
any programs actually using the device. Nobody has heard any such
reports about other devices like MOTU or RME that ship their own
drivers.

Actually the early MOTU 828s did have such problems. High CPU load and dropouts at surprisingly low CPU levels.

S.