On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Bill Connelly <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Apr 3, 2010, at 12:50 PM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: > >> >>> >> I'm still in Tiger land (10.4.11). I used to have this 2496 card in an >> older Quicksilver with the same quirky KaPows (kernel panics). M-Audio >> hasn't updated their drivers in a long time, I'm not surprised that they >> would have incorrect permissions in Leopard (10.5). I had recently done a >> clean install on my G5 after hard drive failure, with no change in KP >> behavior - even on a brand new OS install with the most recent drivers. >> >> My solution? I'm going to an external digital audio solution and dumping >> the 2496. I sometimes need portable audio and XLR connections. >> Unfortunately, USB seems to rule the roost - I would really prefer firewire >> and something like the Edirol FA-66, but unfortunately they are hard to >> find. I'm looking at the Mbox 2. They seem to be getting really good reviews >> and are well supported in the Mac universe. Only problem, they come with Pro >> Tools, which is an (Arggggg!) M-Audio product! Garage Band here I come ;-) >> >> Stephen >> > > Hi Stephen (and others on the list) > > If you read the other thread "Re: Kernal Panics, Was ...", you'll see the > trouble I just had ... seem to be back up ... til the next kp ... > > I'm doing some VHS to DV conversion, and I read along the way that USB > wasn't as good as FW when it comes to real time transfer of data ... USB is > in bursts and FW is more continuous (as I understand it). > > Not sure how this applies to audio ... if you're just transferring recorded > data it might be ok ... if you're digitizing audio, its not, as I see it. > But if you're going from today's devices to the Mac, you're already > digitized ... > > May have nothing to do with your application ... I had wanted to merge my > Yamaha motif es8 keyboard output, with Sibelius playback, and possibly mix > in my horn recording at a later date. Trying to do this in real time ... > using Sibelius / Keyboard as my accompanist. > > All controlled by my Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz tied together by a Mackie > 1402 VLZPro mixer ... > > Wonder if there's a way we could fix those access / permissions and such? > > > I had an M-Audio Revolution 7.1 in my Mac for a long time. In my 800MHz Quicksilver 2002 under older versions of Tiger it worked pretty well. However, when I got a dual G5 I began having many issues. From what I can tell, the old M-Audio driver really did not like dual CPUs. I eventually moved it to a Hackintosh where, against all reason, it worked flawlessly with a driver whipped up by an amateur hacker. M-Audio does have some new Leopard drivers available that I haven't tried yet, but I wouldn't expect much. For my G5, I eventually went with a PCI card that added a PCMCIA slot to the G5, and plugged in an Echo Indigo IO. It was a bear to set up, but once up was rock solid - and sounded great too. Note that I am not a musician nor a sound engineer, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
