[sc-users] [OFF-TOPIC] PreSonus gear

[kernel]

anyone tried the echo audiofire8/audiofire12 interfaces?  good  
reviews for the price.

On 11 Dec 2006, at 22:39, vince wrote:

> the firestudio don't uses  the coreaudio firewire driver, it has  
> its own driver, that is one of the differences between the  
> firestudio and the firebox (and firepod), presonus used in this  
> interface for the first time the new diceII audio firewire chip  
> form tc electronics, which is also used in the new tc konnekt  
> interfaces, in the firebox and firepod is a bridgeco fw chip.
> ~v
> On  11. Dec 2006, at 19:12 , Ryan Brown wrote:
>
>> That is what I was saying about class compliance. I don't know if  
>> the Firestudio does this as well, but the Firebox uses a standard  
>> protocol for audio over Firewire, so it will generally just work  
>> where ever you plug it in. In other words, it is just using the  
>> system drivers. I haven't had any performance/latency issues with  
>> using CoreAudio drivers on OS X, but I haven't benchmarked against  
>> MOTU or something else. Apple's drivers are usually pretty good so  
>> it surprises me that you think they are less optimized.
>>
>> The nice thing about class compliance is it will continue working  
>> when apple releases 10.5 and makes other changes. Other drivers  
>> tend to play catch up.
>>
>>> Not sure if the Presonus really has special drivers,
>>> so better check for that.
>>>
>>> best, adc
>>
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