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Posted by johncannons1 on Sep-04-2009 02:40:

MAC + firewire help

hey guys i think some of you will know this.
hopefully.

i have a imac g5 the 2nd latest version. it only has one firewire port. currently its used by my presonus firebox.

CAN i somehow split this into two firewire ports so i can attach another harddrive to the computer??

will this have a detramental effect on the firebox?

Posted by Eric J on Sep-04-2009 02:49:

Re: MAC + firewire help

quote:
Originally posted by johncannons1
hey guys i think some of you will know this.
hopefully.

i have a imac g5 the 2nd latest version. it only has one firewire port. currently its used by my presonus firebox.

CAN i somehow split this into two firewire ports so i can attach another harddrive to the computer??

will this have a detramental effect on the firebox?

Some devices will allow you to daisy chain them with firewire, but its probably not a good idea to do it with your audio interface. Why not get a USB harddrive?

Posted by johncannons1 on Sep-04-2009 02:55:

Re: Re: MAC + firewire help

quote:
Originally posted by Eric J
Some devices will allow you to daisy chain them with firewire, but its probably not a good idea to do it with your audio interface. Why not get a USB harddrive?

it does have a usb.

but for some unknown reason i kept trying and trying to use it with USB and it doesnt work

Posted by sterilis on Sep-04-2009 03:06:

going a bit offtrack but how do you rate the presonus firebox? have an imac myself and need a soundcard and dont know which to buy.

Posted by Eric J on Sep-04-2009 03:11:

Re: Re: Re: MAC + firewire help

quote:
Originally posted by johncannons1
it does have a usb.

but for some unknown reason i kept trying and trying to use it with USB and it doesnt work

Honestly, i would leave the firewire port dedicated to the audio interface, and do your best to troubleshoot the USB hard disk. There really should be no reason why the USB hard disk shouldn't work. If you cant get it to show up in Finder, make sure that the USB port you have it plugged into is powered, and if possible use an external power supply for the hard disk.

Posted by johncannons1 on Sep-04-2009 03:22:

Re: Re: Re: Re: MAC + firewire help

quote:
Originally posted by Eric J
Honestly, i would leave the firewire port dedicated to the audio interface, and do your best to troubleshoot the USB hard disk. There really should be no reason why the USB hard disk shouldn't work. If you cant get it to show up in Finder, make sure that the USB port you have it plugged into is powered, and if possible use an external power supply for the hard disk.

will try all that at home tonite cheers for the advice

Posted by johncannons1 on Sep-04-2009 03:29:

quote:
Originally posted by sterilis
going a bit offtrack but how do you rate the presonus firebox? have an imac myself and need a soundcard and dont know which to buy.

its good.

i have had no problems with it. ive got my xstation hooked in through the bad (out of the synth to ins on the fireB)

the sound is clear as . (although my monitors prob help lol)

to be honest tho it was my first. so your usually always connected with your first on a 'different' level

so i dont have much experiance with other sound cards.

i can say its a hell of a lot better than the onbaord apple soundcard..

Posted by sterilis on Sep-04-2009 03:30:

quote:
Originally posted by johncannons1
its good.

i have had no problems with it. ive got my xstation hooked in through the bad (out of the synth to ins on the fireB)

the sound is clear as . (although my monitors prob help lol)

to be honest tho it was my first. so your usually always connected with your first on a 'different' level

so i dont have much experiance with other sound cards.

i can say its a hell of a lot better than the onbaord apple soundcard..

yea just moved to the mac and logic in the last few months and the onboard soundcard is shit to be fair. dont wanna spend over the odds on a soundcard as im going back to uni so as expected funds are low

Posted by johncannons1 on Sep-04-2009 04:29:

id go firebox.

its not that expensive and its real easy to use/hook up and all that.

Posted by psymon.d on Sep-04-2009 05:18:

on the firebox...it's been quite good for me for the past 4 years, but for 2 of the 4 it's had a really bad issue with changing volume...I made a thread about it in the production studio forum, so if you search it, you'll find some discussion on it. DJ RANN has some ideas on it/alternatives