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11th February 2010
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Jurassic Park!
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Soundcard advice..
My Saffire LE seems to be going mental since i installed snow leopard.. clicking on and off constantly then sometimes working , sometimes not turning on at all.. The focusrite support don't seem to be able to help me so i'm looking into alternatives..
If i'm gonna get a new one it can't be too expensive.. needs to have midi.. any recomendations? cheers.. |
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11th February 2010
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grinning
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: fishing on't pier
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got 3 audio interfaces, the one i use the most, especially for gigs is an edirol ua-20
its got midi, mic/line input, very rarely fucks up here's one on ebay |
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11th February 2010
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Fanta Boz
Join Date: Mar 2002
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secondhand MOTU 828mkII firewire is a decent cheap soundcard. probably pick one up for 200 quid on SOS or ebay.
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11th February 2010
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Speak to the circuits
Join Date: Nov 2008
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I had nothing but bother with the Saffire LE we have at work, the software it comes with is fucking shite.
Also after having such good experiences with the stability of the Motu828mkII (which I also recommend highly) The mkIII is a lot more unstable. |
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11th February 2010
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The Russian Bull
Join Date: Oct 2005
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3.d on motu soundcard 828mk´s brilliant machinery.
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12th February 2010
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DJ 10p
Join Date: Aug 2004
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another for Motu828mkII
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12th February 2010
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Jurassic Park!
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Thanks for everyone's advice..
the Motu828mkII does look great.. its pretty big tho! and maybe slightly more that i was hoping to spend... hmmm, emef.. can the edirol just take audio from one synth or outboard machine? |
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DJ 10p
Join Date: Aug 2004
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its not that big - full rack width - but only 15 cm deep
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grinning
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its got 2 1/4" jack inputs, line or mic, you can plug any synth or machine into it the knob on the top controls the audio input volume, which i find pretty handy low latency, it looks plasticy and rubbish but its a good soundcard specially for your pocket |
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12th February 2010
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Jurassic Park!
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just looked at another for sae on ebay and apparently he's saying it doesn't work with mac
 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Edirol-UA-20-S...t_500wt_118 2 |
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12th February 2010
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grinning
Join Date: Mar 2002
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they provide drivers for mac, i've only ever used it with windows though
do you ever do google searches btw? ua-20 mac drivers for joeys probably wont work wi an apple though cos macs recently i am seeing are a bit like attractive looking underpowered bobbins more cash, less processing power, less software available, looks good to people you couldn't give a shit about impressing well done you  |
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13th February 2010
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Jurassic Park!
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you sarky fucker!
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13th February 2010
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grinning
Join Date: Mar 2002
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sarcasm tinged with love though, cos its you
i do often see you wi your mac though and think 'fuck, there's a good looking combo' |
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13th February 2010
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Jurassic Park!
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haha..
again.. sarky fucker! |
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13th February 2010
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grinning
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wow some people just can't take an honest compliment
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13th February 2010
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Freak
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No need to be bitter michael, we all know it's just you can't afford on on your pocket money :P Keep hitting Ctrl alt delete mate |
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13th February 2010
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Freak
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I am still using my M Audio Firewire 410 which works fine on snow leopard - been discontinued though although I think there is a similar one that they have out now- I never thought I was going to recommend it, it was a bag o shite when I used to use it with my PC, but on the mac now it's worked fine without a glitch.. funny that eh?
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Freak
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He's talking shit: Quote:
check the downloads tab here: http://www.rolandus.com/products/pro...roductId=5 00 |
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13th February 2010
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Freak
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I would check you have the latest drivers though before taking the plunge with buying something new though as according to focusrite your interface should work with Snow leopard... Did you really NEED to upgrade your OS? I tend to only do it when forced, if it aint broke & all that....
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13th February 2010
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grinning
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13th February 2010
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Bill Shatner
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I fucking love ctrl alt deleting
in fact, I might just do one for hell's sake now ........................... "If you can't tell what genre the track you're making is you should have your instruments taken away and made to stand in the corner." |
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13th February 2010
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Bill Shatner
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ooh yeah.. that was great. I even locked the screen for a few seconds, too. Then I got to hit ctrl alt delete again to unlock it.
........................... "If you can't tell what genre the track you're making is you should have your instruments taken away and made to stand in the corner." |
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14th February 2010
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.:bass invader:.
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I have the ultralite which is a half rack size. no problems so far. |
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17th February 2010
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bottom feeder
Join Date: Jan 2006
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i gots a UA20, and a macbook. it works. ah but i dont have snow leopard.
should i have snow leopard? Last edited by nempsey : 17th February 2010 at 12:34. |
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17th February 2010
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Bill Shatner
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yes it's very important that you keep up with the bleeding edge ........................... "If you can't tell what genre the track you're making is you should have your instruments taken away and made to stand in the corner." |
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17th February 2010
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Speak to the circuits
Join Date: Nov 2008
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going from tiger to snow leopard gave me a really nice boost in efficiency. I'm not sure if the same is true of going from leopard > snow leopard. lots of nice interface improvements though. |
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17th February 2010
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Freak
Join Date: Jun 2002
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I only have it myself as it was installed on this machine when I bought it.. Thought I was going to have problems with the M audio box, but it's worked fine even though there is no support from M Audio for Snow leopard with the 410 - did have to track down a work around to get it to work tho... |
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18th February 2010
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Jurassic Park!
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yeah, i got my old tiger macbook boosted with loads of harddrive space (previously, i only ever had 5gb spare,.. now i have 250gb spare! While he did it he offered to install snow leopard too so i thought why not! half regretting the whole thing now as i've lost loads of software plus gonna have to buy a new soundcard..
anyone got a spare massive? |
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