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heads up for audiofire owners - firewire cards
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| echosystm |
if you're having trouble finding a texas instruments firewire card, or want to be pedantic like me and get a chipset specifically recommended by echo, get one of these belkin cards:
Part # F5U502
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProd...oduct_Id=144780
although they are not texas instruments, they use an agere chipset (FW323-05) which is specifically recommended by echo on their website. these cards are very cheap and you should be able to get one anywhere. the best part is that they have a 4 pin power supply connector. this means you can also bus power your audiofire, rather than having to use the power adapter.
since i started using this card, a few of my random cubase errors have dissapeared. no complaints here! you may find the port closest to the pci slot will have a bit of noise on it though. this is typical belkin quality control haha... just use the port furthest from the edge.
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| palm |
for audiofire 12 you should consider firewire 800 / 1394b - card for better latency. 800mb/s instead of normal 400mb/s
Sunsway/ST Lab PCI FireWire800 2+1P, 2x 9-pin (1394b), 1x 6-pin (1394a)
about 40EUR |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
for audiofire 12 you should consider firewire 800 / 1394b - card for better latency. 800mb/s instead of normal 400mb/s
Sunsway/ST Lab PCI FireWire800 2+1P, 2x 9-pin (1394b), 1x 6-pin (1394a)
about 40EUR |
But the AudioFire interfaces are all 1394a (400MB/s). It would be pointless. |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
for audiofire 12 you should consider firewire 800 / 1394b - card for better latency. 800mb/s instead of normal 400mb/s
Sunsway/ST Lab PCI FireWire800 2+1P, 2x 9-pin (1394b), 1x 6-pin (1394a)
about 40EUR |
bandwidth isn't necessarily linked to latency :p
dunno where you got that info from palm!
also, i would be careful with ST lab cards. all the ones i have seen use the same controller as my motherboard (via vt3036). this chipset is specifically blacklisted by echo. could be why you often have probs? |
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| flutlicht junky |
I brought that exact card - only problem is I cant get it to work with the Echo4.
However my PC comes with the exact VIA chip that apparently doesn't work - well guess where my Audiofire is plugged in!!!
It could be because I have a good quality mobo from MSI rather than a Dell type generic one. Both IEEE1394 controllers are using IRQ19 but it doesn't appear to be be causing a conflict so I thought it would be best to leave things as they are :) |
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| palm |
i just assumed that if you can get more data into the computer faster it would affect latency (if your computer can handle it that is of course) but i might be wrong. it seems logical to me tho.
when it comes to 1394b im almost 100% positive that i red that somewhere before buying it but i see now that its not on their website to i dont know anymore.
the st-lab card is not what making my problems anyway caus the soundcard is one thing in my setup that I never had any problems with. |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
i just assumed that if you can get more data into the computer faster it would affect latency (if your computer can handle it that is of course) but i might be wrong. it seems logical to me tho.
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No it doesn't.
If there were to be a bottleneck somewhere it would be in the PCI bus. A 1394b PCI card wouldn't solve that, but a 1394a PCIexpress card might. |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
the st-lab card is not what making my problems anyway caus the soundcard is one thing in my setup that I never had any problems with. |
random program crashes etc. are all often caused by the stability of the asio driver. hence, although it SOUNDS fine, the firewire card might be spitting all kinds of data to the driver. in my case, the cubase pool window couldn't engage the driver properly, so i couldn't use sample audition. it also obviously wouldn't release the driver properly, as i consistently got errors when quitting. |
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| palm |
| hmm maybe i should check out the other card then. thanks for the advice |
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| rubez |
| last night i really started with synth. i got a supersaw(ish) lead and when played at the same time as the bass the sound crackles... im assuming this is cause i dont have a good sound card? is this right? if so iam going to check my slots in my pc to make sure a firewire card will fit and get the audiofire 4 |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by rubez
last night i really started with synth. i got a supersaw(ish) lead and when played at the same time as the bass the sound crackles... im assuming this is cause i dont have a good sound card? is this right? if so iam going to check my slots in my pc to make sure a firewire card will fit and get the audiofire 4 |
It sounds like your CPU is maxing out. Check the CPU meter of your sequencer. Crackling doesn't always mean it's the sound cards fault. |
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| rubez |
dont think its the cpu.
i have a p4 3ghz and 2gb of ram. do u think it is? (ill check cpu when im home)
im using the built in sound on the motherboard... |
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