Fear me Mac Users, for I am coming to you! >:]

Crash · Post by **Crash** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:38 pm

"unpredictably dangerous" man who may harm himself, Jodie Foster, and any other third party.

Is this a hidden contribution to the general outcry about my shady character? I mean, just exchange Jodie Foster with the A word and you can start just another thread of rage.

Nah, please let's stay on topic:

Does anyone know some low-level system settings, maybe on Unix/BSD level, that could help to make the Fireface work?

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:41 pm

Pitch Black wrote:err, I mean our "captors"... those who keep us in jail: jailors... we love 'em!

Obscure (un-original) reference: I feel about Apple the way John Hinckley Jr. felt about Jodie Foster...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinckley,_Jr.

ahhh... thanks!

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:42 pm

Crash wrote:please let's stay on topic:

Does anyone know some low-level system settings, maybe on Unix/BSD level, that could help to make the Fireface work?

Sh!t man, I'm just the piano player...

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:43 pm

Crash wrote:
"unpredictably dangerous" man who may harm himself, Jodie Foster, and any other third party.
Is this a hidden contribution to the general outcry about my shady character? I mean, just exchange Jodie Foster with the A word and you can start just another thread of rage.

Nah, please let's stay on topic:

Does anyone know some low-level system settings, maybe on Unix/BSD level, that could help to make the Fireface work?

no, but i would try RME directly... they are helpful blokes.

naph · Post by **naph** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:15 pm

i read on the mac forum that a user had a similar problem and solved it by using a belkin 800 to 400 cable.

did you tried swapping cable ??

Crash · Post by **Crash** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:53 pm

naph wrote:i read on the mac forum that a user had a similar problem and solved it by using a belkin 800 to 400 cable.

did you tried swapping cable ??

I am already using a Belkin 800 to 400 cable, as far as I can tell it's about the best quality cable available (4 times shielding) and RME seems rather sure that the problems are the same as with the old FW400 port on the old generation Macbooks. Those ports issued repeated "Reset" commands when the Fireface was connected to them, so no cabling in the world can help.

naph · Post by **naph** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:55 am

do you think this is something that can get fixed by an update or there are no hopes?
keep us updated with your friend's ultralite, and if you just happen to have one around, would be great to know about the presonus firebox too

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:44 am

Crash wrote: It isn't nice, but at also not unexpected with all the reports on the web. RME claims that the Agere port and the TI port which is used by the Fireface don't seem to match together. The Fireface surely pushes the limits of FW so the tolerances are small.

Umm. RME used firewire over USB 2.o because they could stack three Fireface 800's on one 800mhz plug, It's not that firewire isn't capable.

For what it's worth my last years model Macbook Pro 17" has ZERO issues with the Agre chipset and my Fireface 800, it seems to affect only certain people/combinations of hardware etc.

The work around is to put a HD in between as RME mention.

leonard · Post by **leonard** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:13 am

Crash wrote: isochronous Audio Input or Output just lids up the red HOST led. Too bad.

can you please explain what you mean by 'isochronous' in this context?
just curious, is al...