Mic input using firewire interface

I can use my AV/DV converter for imovie analog to digital conversions which has audio and video analog I/Os. Why can't I use my AV/DV interface as an audio interface to convert only the audio from analog to digital (without plugging in any video feeds)? I hooked up my mic to the preamp and then connected into the audio inputs of my AV/DV convertor and output to firewire into my mac. It doesn't show a signal or recognize the input. I know there must be something basic that I'm missing. Or am I supposed to use an audio specific interface? Please help me understand why this doesn't work. Thanks!

Did you mean the Behringer Xenyx 502?
Yes
- this could be connected to the line in, but it doesn't have USB.
Yes
Wouldn't the Fast Track be a better bet?
Mostly I was considering price, the 502 is half the price of the Fast Track ... $45 is often a bit easier to swallow then close to $100.
I also question the "Quality" term that gets tossed around a lot. One would assume that the FT should offer higher quality A/D converters then the stock Line-In, however I still believe that the way one records and mixes is more important to getting a good recording.
I don't think either choice would be a mistake in the end. ~~Hang

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Can't get a signal into garageband using firewire interface? Help

Hi, I'm using a presonus fire studio mobile with a shure sm 57 connected into my mic input 1. The interface is correctly receiving the signal however when I choose the input in garageband i can't get anything. I tried all the input options (mono and stereo) but still nothing. I don't understand why.

Hey Buddy,
Does your interface have a software program that supports it? For example: Apogee has Maestro.
Is the mic a phantom mic? Perhaps tha phantom feature has not been engaged?
Did you double check the audio settings in the Garage Band>Preferences>Audio section?
Another trick might be to restart Garage Band AND/OR restart the machine with the interface connected.
Double check you input settings (ie, Line 1 or Line 2 or Stereo). Make sure the monitor is set to the "on" position. Click the grid icon next to the "monitor on/off" setting and double check your connections.
Hope on of these helps.

Clipping using Firewire Interface Presonus Firebox

Hello, I'm new to this forum and recently just getting acquainted with using GB 2 and my new Presonus Firebox interface, which I acctually bought from reading the recommendations on this forum. So thanks for the suggestions!
My issue is I'm recording my electric bass and acoustic electric guitar (one at a time) and both instruments are clipping during playback. I can't even hear or monitor my playing during recording.
I've attempted adjusting the levels on both the bass and acoustic guitar AND on the Firebox, from low-mid and high AND also in the System Preferences input volume control. Whether I record with low or mid volumes I 'm clipping.
I'm using inputs in the front, lines 1 & 2 for mic/instrument. I've even tried using the rear inputs 3 & 4 but I don't even get a reading. I must be doing something wrong.
So I wonder if this has anything to do with the kind of cables I'm using for recording. Or my computer's speed and memory. I'm using an iMac G4 from a few years back.
Previously, I was using my old Powerbook G4 for recording, also from a few years back, and I did NOT get any clipping when I recorded my acoustic electric guitar, but I did have to raise the levels on the guitar AND on the Firebox - almost to the max! - to get a decent volume recorded.
Please help! I'm still getting acquainted with all this techy stuff. Thanks in advance
imac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I can't even hear or monitor my playing during recording.
You should be able to listen to (monitor) the tracks. Double click on the instrument icon on the track and from the monitor pulldown menu select 'on'. Monitoring is off by default.
As far as levels, don't worry about the main level. It can clip in the recording stage. Worry about the individual track levels. You may not be able to get them into the yellow but at least get them as high in the green as possible.
You have a number of gains to play with. My suggestion is to leave the system gain on its default setting. Play with the gains on your guitars (if you have any) and the Presonus. There is usually a track gain and a main gain. Put the main on about 1/2 and then adjust the track gain. If this creates too much background noise do the opposite. Every interface is different so you may need to play with it.
Note that the harder you strum the more volume goes to your mic so in setting up the levels make sure you are strumming as hard as you would in the loudest part of the piece. This will give you your top level.
If you are clipping slightly and occasionally it might be all right. I have had several recording go slightly into the red with no digital clipping. There may be a little wiggle room in Garageband's meters.
The main meter is a different story. All tracks combine together, some frequencies are identical which may boost that frequency more so you end in the red a lot. Most of us use some sort of compression to control this. You want the signal high but don't want it to clip.
The best plugin for beginners is the C3 Multi Band Compressor 1.2. It comes with a mess of presets. The mastering presets are particularly useful for your master track. You can download it here. Follow the directions to install it.
Here is a goofy thing. Garageband defaults to hiding the Master track. This is plain silliness because you need to mess with the Master track to get your final product done. In Garageband press ⌘ +b to see the master track. Double click on the master track and you will see pulldown menus that you can select various plugins. This is where you would use the C3 plugin mentioned above. Plugins used in the master track pulldown menus apply to all tracks.
This is a great page to learn more about garageband basics:
Apple - Support - GarageBand
Kurt

How to get input and output using math interface toolkit

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just to cross check i made another vi in which i inputted an
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convert this code to mex files but was still not able to see any input
or output terminals, which makes me believe that i must be doing
something wrong at the very basic level and inspite of trying really
hard for some days now i have not been able to figure out that might be.
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Yes, you've made a very basic mistake. You have front panel controls and indicators but none of them are connected to the VI's connector pane. right click on the VI's icon and select "Show Connector". You use the wiring tool to select a connection there and then select a control or indicator. Use the on-line help and look up the topic "connector panes". There are some sub-topics on how to assign, confirm, delete, etc.

Can i use a usb mic input for livestreaming

I'm trying to livestream but theres no mic input on my iMac so could i use a usb-to-mic input for iMac. Thanks

You can use a mic with an 1/8th inch jack in the headphones port. You can also use one of those mics into a 1/8th to USB connector. You can also use a USB mic directly into the USB port.

EOS 6D use Bluetooth receiver for Mic Input

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Which firewire interface for Final Cut Pro on MacPro?

I currently own a Presonus Firepod, and it seems to work pretty well, but may sell this when I upgrade from a MacMini to a MacPro. I use my Mac for Logic Pro currently.
I anticipate running Final Cut Pro in the near future, so I'm wondering about the ability to read/generate SMPTE time code that the MOTU traveller supplies?
There will be no external mixer, so this interface will connect directly to speakers & headphones. (would be nice to be able to mute speakers and control headphone mix using just the firewire interface).
I don't anticipate needing more than 2 Mic inputs - and my current mike is a Rode NT1. (As the NT1 is not a top-of-the-line mic, unsure if I should place a lot of emphasis on worrying about the pre-ams?)
I would like decent mic preamps, and ability to graphically monitor input and output levels (is this graphic monitoring necessary, or is just the single overload indicator sufficient?).
Which interfaces in $600-$1500 range would work best with Final Cut Pro - and Logic Pro?

I saw the Traveller ads in Videography mentioning
time code, so I presumed it had an advantage over
other interfaces.
I found this in some ad copy:
"""The Travler provides on-board SMPTE time code synchronization features that allow you to slave your Traveler system to SMPTE time code without a synchronizer. The Traveler provides a DSP-driven phase-lock engine with sophisticated filtering that provides fast lockup times and sub-frame accuracy. The included MOTU SMPTE Console software provides a complete set of tools to generate SMPTE for striping, regenerating or slaving other devices to the computer."""
So it likely uses an audio port for timecode I/O. However, unless you have external equipment that you want to slave to Logic Pro, (or have Logic slave to) e.g. a timecode DAT, then this really is not necessary. FCP would not see the Travaller as a "controllable" device.
For Final Cut Pro use, I'd probably shoot in HDV.
When shooting a green screen near my computer (or
maybe even on-site), I wondered if there would be an
advantage to recording the audio thru an interface
like the traveller.
The advantage is that you could capture additional mics and audio tracks with your mac while the cameras shoot. Just slate your takes and sync up later.
Do I actually need an interface that provides time
code, or is that only needed for movie work?
I have SMPTE I/O on my Unitor8, directly accessable in Logic Pro. In 8 years I've probably used it twice to capture audio from some modular digital multitracks. So, unless you have some specific need.....
Maybe it is simpler just to connect to the mic
directly to the camera's input?
Indeed. You should always have camera audio available. Anything else is supplemental. Alternatively, you could use the Travaller or RME, etc. as a "live to camera" mixer in a studio situation. Plug your mics into the interface, create a submix and send it to the camera while simultaneously capturing each mic to an individual track in Logic Pro. There are many possibilities.
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I'm just not sure what Firewire interface to buy

I've been lightly researching FW interfaces for the past 4-5 months and had my heart set on the Firebox until the Edirol FA-66 came out. Then I decided to wait until reviews of the Edirol surfaced before making my decision between the two interfaces. However, I cannot find a review for the Edirol! It's been out since April, has it not?
And now the Saffire comes along and throws a wrench into my research.
I'm going to be purchasing a unit in the next month or two.
My needs are:
Record Vocals (mic to come)
Record Acoustic Guitar (SM-57 for now, better mic(s) later)
Record a djembe (African Drum)
Use Midi from a keyboard
Use some drum loops until I can record a real set
I want to eventually use 2 mic's to record my acoustic guitar and may also want to use a vocal mic at the same time (3 inputs).
Price isn't much of a factor but less than $500 would be ideal. I don't NEED a Firepod ($600) so I am not considering it. So I guess price is a factor then .
I'm frustrated! Computer specs are in my siggy. In addition to my iMac, I have the newest generation 12" iBook.

I have an Edirol FA-101 (the big brother to the FA-66), and I'm a big fan of the Edirol Firewire interfaces for several reasons. The below comments apply to the FA-66 as well.
1.) It's hot-pluggable, as opposed to M-Audio interfaces. The chip that Edirol uses apparently senses when it's connected so as not to blow your Firewire port.
2.) No driver is necessary. The Mac OS has support for the Edirol FW interfaces built in, so there's no driver conflicts or updates necessary.
3.) It's one sharp looking interface; the red is awesome! (Okay, this shouldn't be a factor, but it still looks cool).
4.) Edirol has a lifetime warranty on non-moving parts. MOTU, for example, has a paltry 90 day warranty. I love MOTU interfaces as well (I had an 828 for a long time), but the Edirol warranty is great.
5.) Edirol's tech support is great. I always get an e-mail response from them within the hour, no matter how trivial the question.
So, I strongly recommend Edirol as you can see, but there are some great interfaces out there, so it'll be hard to go wrong. I would probably stay away from M-Audio simply because of their hot-plugging issues, but if you play by their rules, even their interfaces get good reviews. Still, I'd go for Edirol if I were you.
Good luck!

Very Happy With New FireWire Interface

I went to Guitar Center tonight to buy my son something for his punk band (he's the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter). I ended up buying him an amp modeling stomp box with lots of different kinds of sounds and settings (three pedals plus an expression pedal).
While I was there, I was looking at FireWire interfaces for my new MBP, which will replace my G5. They had an M-Audio Firewire Solo, which normally retails for $199. They had a return, and were asking $110. I got it for $100. Brought it home, set it up, and it works really well. And no more chirps from the G5. I went ahead and routed the audio cables through a ground loop isolator (I used two for the G5), which also converts unbalanced audio cables to balanced, so I could save the $40 they wanted for a pair of those (yes, $40).
I am very happy right now. I was working on an ambient-ocean themed song before pulling the G5. Tonight, I have already added a voiceover track using the phantom-powered mic input, and added a mix of sounds from my old Roland and Korg synth rack modules. Very cool. Very happy.

I have to agree with you. We got the G4 last week and to date (touch wood) there were no problems with our packages, switching over or any other problems. It was really smooth and the G4 box is fast quick and works really well. A good bit of kit that the family really like.
GF

Good firewire interfaces that work well with Macs?

Alrighty fellas, I've been trying to find a good interface to run my mics on for about 3 months now. I previously decided on presonous firepod and a audiofire pre8, but guess what... Neither of them worked haha. So I've been doing some hardcore research to try and find an interface that is more compatible with my set up. I have a budget of $700 and need at least 8 mic inputs to run my drum mics. Im currently using garage band, but will probably bump up to logic studio soon. Any advice would help so have at it haha. Thanks in advance for your help.

Baffling - I work with someone who has exactly the same 17" MacBook Pro with a AudioFire Pre8 (which is one of the best interfaces in that price range IMO) and it works great.
my mac worked with other firewire devices
Other FW audio interfaces, or just a FW drive to see if the FW 400 port was working? I'm wondering if the store knew how to set up the interface within Logic's audio preferences?

Intel iMac 20' users - any problems with noise on your firewire interfaces?

Someone please tell me that they have a quiet intel iMac 20'/Firewire interface set up, I'm having problems with a lot of digital noise from my Saffire LE & badly am hoping it's 'fixable' or just a faulty unit but more so, praying it's not noise from the iMacs Power supply that will interfere with any firewire interface I get???
I've read many posts about G5's suffering from noisy psu's which was one factor in my choosing an intel iMac & I chose the Saffire on it's great reviews for sound quality, there's no way I can work with the noise I'm getting & I'm pretty much panicking that if it IS the iMac & firewire thats the problem I'll be screwed as i only have 6 pin firewire as a useable option (really don't want to use usb2)
Incidentally, the 'budget' set up I had previously (PC & soundblaster audigy) didnt suffer from any noise like this (at least not that was even audible with the mixer levels at conversational level!) which i guess rules out any blame of this on 'mains hum/interference'?
The noise is there with the saffire's monitor output knob at any setting & with no inputs connected, it;s even worse if i power the saffire with it's external psu instead of off buss power. I'm not using a firewire hub & I've tried switching firewire leads & removing the firewire hard drive i have in the other port in case this was affecting it.
Would really appreciate hearing from anyone with similar troubles or even better anyone thats NOT having this problem with a 20' intel iMac & firewire interface so at least i know there's light (& quiet!) at the end of the tunnel
Adam
Intel iMac 20' Mac OS X (10.4.7)

funnily enough I'm going the other way, I have a rack of external modules/>sampler/fx etc & a crate of looms I've just unplugged as they've not been >turned on in so long!!!
I hear you there!
The noise is there without any inputs at all to the interface, its defiantely >digital though, its like a toned version of the sound of an old telephone >modem.
What I mean, is try disconnecting everything, drives and all. You might even disconnect the interface and crank up the iMacs volume to see if it is there. If it is, you can try the UPS and see if that takes care of it. Then add them in one at a time. All it takes is one cheap power brick in the mix to cause all kinds of trouble (if your using powered monitors, that brick too). Noisy components can actually send noise back into the source power.
I know it can be really frustrating, especially if you have noise coming from more that one source. The key is to strip everything until it is quiet and then add them back in to see where the worst is. Then come up with a plan to try to get rid of the noise.

Firewire Interface and Microphone Choices?

Was looking to drop no more than 500 dollars on a firewire interface and less than 175 in a microphone to do some decent quality recording onto my MB (primarily trumpet, ukulele and acoustic guitar). For the interface I've been looking at the:
Apogee Duet
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Apogee-Duet-Firewire-Interface?sku=234444
And for the mic, the:
MXL 992
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/MXL-MXL-992-LargeDiaphragm-Condenser-Micr ophone?sku=273162
Any feedback on these two products or have any other recommendations? Thanks for the help.

MBaltrusitis wrote:
Was looking to drop no more than 500 dollars on a firewire interface and less than 175 in a microphone to do some decent quality recording onto my MB (primarily trumpet, ukulele and acoustic guitar). For the interface I've been looking at the:
Apogee Duet
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Apogee-Duet-Firewire-Interface?sku=234444
And for the mic, the:
MXL 992
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/MXL-MXL-992-LargeDiaphragm-Condenser-Micr ophone?sku=273162
Any feedback on these two products or have any other recommendations? Thanks for the help.
If you don't need a lot of inputs and outputs, but are looking for decent sound quality, the Apogee Duet seems like a good deal.
I'm not familiar with the mic.

Mic input sound port not working.....

Any thoughts?

Hi. Well - it's not actually a mic input port, it's line level.
The signal level from simple microphones is often too low for the the 'line' level analogue audio-in port on the G5.
The solution is to use either a self-powered microphone, a pre-amplifier or, possibly the most useful and flexible (and most popular) - a USB audio interface such as the 'iMic'
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/
There is some discussion and further suggestions here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=597246#597246
and elsewhere if you enter "microphone" in the search box at top right of this forum, under 'Search Discussions'. Good Luck.

Using Firewire on a HP Laptop for multichannel audio recording

While firewire is stil the standard for realtime full duplex multichannel audiorecording (see also current interfaces at Steinberg, Focusrite etc) it seems impossible to buy anything portable besides an Apple laptop. Not because firewire is not available (although less and less!), but mainly because the only thrustworthy firewire-cards seems to have Texas Instruments chipsets. So we search for specs of chipsets on the firewirecard, buy that card to be sure that we will not have crackles, hickups and other distortions during recordingsessions. In fact we are not certain, until we tried the configuration. Because we don't know what to look for. In PC-world, nothing seems to be sure.
Tranferrates are expressed in amount of data within a cetrain period, usualy a second. It does not matter if a chipset is buffering during the transfer or has a tiny hickup. The only thing that matters is the amount of time needed for that amount of data. In realtime audio- and video we need a guaranteed bandwidth for every moment. Always. A stereo-audio-cd is already using 88,200 16bit 'events' a second, without the correctiondata. Recording is about much more. Is there something to read about guaranteed bandwith in specs of interfaces, drives or cards?
Don't underestimate the bandwidth needed here, this is not about some mp3-radiostreams of 64kb. This is about uncompressed audio, daisychaining firewire interfaces to 24 tracks full duplex for a nice amount, using 24 or 32 bits resolution and 192kHz sample rates are today's standards. Oh yes, and of course you play and record while listening to the other routed audio streams, using plugin-effects and plugin-soundsynthesis at the same time. Without any interruption.
Besides those who want to record complete live playing band at once, also smaller 1-8 pre-amp channel interfaces are using firewire or thunderbolt, like the Focusrite's Saffire Pro 14. It seems that USB is nice, but if you want to have the real stuff, like recording more channels with higher samplerates and just the better preamps, you'll have to go firewire or thunderbolt. There are USB-interfaces available, but they go up to 8 mic-channels max. It is still unclear how to get to 24 channels with USB by combining interfaces and using USB3. Also because this realtime data-transfer has to be processed by the CPU while using USB, which is also busy with complex reverb calculations and trying to keep the latency (difference in time between what you play and what your hear) as low as possible.
While the world is getting used to portable computers more and more, every day more (young) musicians are able to buy decent microphones and preamps, step by step building up there own homestudio. And while there are people recording with tablets already (although very limited), the laptopsellers seem not to have any clou that there is a need for something portable that can record with these firewire audiointerfaces.
Because spec-given firewire transfer-rates are no garantee that your realtime streaming transfer will be without problems, it would be very nice if HP could point us something like a laptop (serie) equipped with firewireports that we can trust and is able to transfer audio and video livestreams to our DAWs or DVWs.
Maybe HP laptops are already capable of doing this. We haven't got a clou, because we don't know what it is that we should look for besides the TI-chipset. If somebody at HP give us some info about this, it would be great.
- Are the HP laptops with firewire capable of recording with audiointerface up to a useful .. say 24 channels full duplex ? (you can daisychain firewire audio interfaces).
- If we are not sure, are there HP laptops with TI-chipsets? And that is always doing the job?
Dear HP; if you have a laptop that is capable of doing this, prepare for a run on these. Most people have to buy an Apple now, because they don't know better or there is no knowlegde available.
Firewire is still the standard in audiorecording. Check for example the interfaces on:
http://www.steinberg.net/
http://global.focusrite.com/

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No input using Realtek RCA digital input

hi
I'm using a HP pavillion with Realtek audio software, i've had this for about a year now.
I'm trying to convert my Minidisc's to MP3's on my PC. I've got a optical to Coax converter and using the optical out on my minidisc player connected to the Coax (Rca digita)l input on the PC but there isnt any sound.
if i connect the standard Phono out from the Minidisc to the mic input this works fine without any issue.
if i click test for playback etc in sound for digital audio i dont hear anything
Any ideas as to why theres no sound when using the digital input.
P.s. i'm pretty sure through a lot of test and checks (ie connecting to other devices) that the prob isnt with the output or cables being used
many thanks for any help

Hi
Firstly, sorry for not being able to help as I share the same problem.
I've recently bought a novation nio 2/4 audio interface for logic pro 8.
I have the same problem with getting sound from it. What are you trying to record e.g. instrument?
I also have a usb midi keyboard that I plugged straight in and got sound through logic straight away so I don't know why the audio interface should be much different.
Please let me know if you happen to stumble across an answer as it is driving me crazy!

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