> And don't accidentally knock the firewire cable out :) I had one for a > week. The connector was horrible on the unit itself and if any other > wires were laying across it, sometimes it would pull out, talk about loud > popping in the speakers!!!
Always make sure you use fully protected speakers with your DAW :) I have genelec 1029s and they are indestructable. > My MIDI controller has a mac serial port on it. I am curious though, why > not just use USB MIDI controller. That is how I have mine setup and it > works great, never had a single problem, and I am running 3 synth modules > and 2 keyboards off of it, all on. I have heard lots of complaints about > USB not being able to support the throughput, but 12 Mbit seems to be fine > for me, any thoughts? The standard MIDI over USB protocol apparently sucks. The FireWire MIDI adaption layer does not. --martijn
