New McBkPro: Best Firewire audio + HD setup?

I am thinking about getting a new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo notebook instead of upgrading my PowerMac to a Mac Pro desktop. I have a M-Audio Firewire Solo interface and a Lacie external FW800 hard drive for recording audio. I do pop music with many layered vocals with FX with a lot (12-20+) vocal audio track -- so the FW bus will be handling many audio tracks as well as recording the "next" audio track.
Right now I have the interface on the FW400 jack and the HD on the FW 800 jack on the PowerMac. I thought I read that on the MacBook Pro notebooks all the FW jacks are on the same bus. I am just setting up the external FW HD so I have not "stress tested" it while using the FW interface (also new) on the PowerMac at the same time.
Are all the FW jacks on the same bus on the Intel Mac Pro? The MacBook Pro?
Will this create any thruput or extra latency issues?
What would be the best way to set up a MacBook Pro as a Logic Pro machine? Do I need to add an ExpressCard FW800?
Any advice would be appreciated. My laptop is ancient (PB 12" 867 mhz) and my desktop is a couple years old. Would be great is I could consolidate on one machince - a laptop - and still have the horsepower to do complex multitracking vocal layering with low latency just on a notebook. The new Core 2 duos sound amazing.
Sorry to rattle on - summary question --
What would be the best way to set up a new MacBook Pro with a FW audio interface and FW external drive -- if that is practical for very complex multi-track audio?
John Dee

I have noticed zero difference in latency with my USB interface (Lexicon Omega) versus my MOTU 828mkII. None at all. In fact, the USB interface has worked so well for me, that I'm trying to find a higher quality 2-4 input USB interface, but can't find any really. It's nice to have the fw buss all for my drive. I don't like the cards sticking out the slot, so I have never tried a pc/express card myself.
USB interfaces get beatup on the forums. I suspect it to be more that companies keep the USB as "cheap" low end units, and use FW for their more expensive units...half of it is marketing I think. But, I've had a few USB, and they have all worked fine, with no more or less latency.
The Omega has 6 analog ins, plus midi, 4 at a time recording, and 2 back from the mac, and one USB buss is fine. I can't use it on a hub to share USB bandwidth, but that's why 2 USB ports on the left back side of the new macbook pro's is so cool. Those are the only 2 things I need plugged in to my system - one for the Omega, one for a USB hub with everything else. Then when I need my FW800 drive, it goes on the right port, and everything is happy.
I have read about people having no problems with HDs and FW interfaces on the same buss, even daisy chaining one to the other...it just doesn't seem to work for me on any mac I own (5 macs!).

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Am looking for an interface that is clean, has 8 audio inputs combined with MIDI interface. What are the best options?
Check out the Alesis io26 -- 8 i/o's plus lightpipe for expansion -- pristine mic/line preamps, solid and portable, and very reasonable pricing
Description & specs at: http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=96

Any perfect audio hardware setup with the new Macbook Pro?

I'm still not sure if to go for the new Macbook Pro 2.8 ghz, or the 6 months earlier 2.5 ghz model (march 2008).
I love to go for the new Macbook Pro, but I'm not sure about my setup. Now I have:
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- Saffire with firewire 400 (thinking about moving to Apogee Duet)
Will the express card really help? I've read that if you connect a firewire 400 device to the express card, the firewire 800 won't work at 800 speed, but at 400? Also that a bus powered hard drive doesn't work, and that it needs it's own power to run with the express card?
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What would be the perfect audio hardware setup with the new Macbook Pro? I gladly invest in a different audio interface (or anything else) if it really fits and works as pro audio setup!

I've read that if you connect a firewire 400 device to the express card, the firewire 800 won't work at 800 speed, but at 400?
I don't think this is right. As I understand it, the advantage of having one of your devices on an express card slot is specifically so it is on its own bus.
Then both devices will operate on their own speed.
However, this is true for the older model Macbook Pros when you use both FW ports that are built in, because even though the machine has two ports, they each feed one firewire bus. So if you have a device plugged into each port, the one plugged into the 800 will only run at 400 speed because they're both on the same bus. Using an express card means both devices can operate at their own speed.
If you want the newer machine I think you should get it. Then you can buy a firewire 400 express card, plug your interface into that, and plug your FW 800 drive into the main firewire port. This will give you better performance from your peripherals than an older machine with both devices plugged into the built in FW ports.
Good Luck!

Wich is the best output audio on macbook: firewire, usb or optical?

wich is the best output audio on macbook: firewire, usb or optical?

Very hard to say at this stage. What is it you're trying to do? Do you want to listen to audio through speakers or a hi-fi? Do you want to transfer audio files to a different medium? Do you want to record audio from your MacBook to a recording device? You need to give us more to go on!

Imac mid june 2011 ..connected toslink to optical to my hometheatre and yest io only get stereo sound..audio midi setup 5.1 is greyed out ? help ?new to mac

guys after a long time...i finally shifted to mac ...a long time windows user...so far the experience is been good..
ok here is my first problem with this setup
in india its a pain to get a toslink to mini adapter ...finally i found one and connected the mini end to headphone jack behind my imac...
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in audio midi setup the multichannel option is set to stereo 2ch 16 bit..
perian is installed and set to use dolby prologic..
i only get stereo sound from itunes,vlc or movist or even xbmc and boxee...tried them all configured the audio to use 5.1 but no luck,
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why is 5.1 greyed out ?in audio midi setup ?
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i have invested a lot (3 years savings in this mac) and i wouyld very much appreciate all your help..
i also purchased a griffin hdmi port which connects to my tv but the audio is still stereo..
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Hello John, I figured it was a signal issue. All the speakers fire and the sound is great. I was running the speakers thru a Dell PC with a Creative X-Fi Elite Pro, THX Certified, 7.1 soundcard using a fiber optic from the Mac Pro to the Z906's, it worked great until the Dell died!!! When I bought the soundcard from Creative I also bought the GigaWorks S750, THX Certified, 700 watt, 7.1 speaker system, used the speakers for 11 years and then the woofer/amp said "I QUIT" Creative quit making the speaker system and the sound card. The satellite speakers from the Creative GigaWorks speaker system still sound great (rated at 78 watt each) and are a little better speaker than the one's that came with the Z906 and the wattage from the 906 is sufficient to drive the satellites without any distortion. Thank you for addressing my issue, you confirmed what I suspected all along, just needed to hear it from someone with the same setup.
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Carl

IMac won't recognise USB MIDI keyboard in Audio MIDI Setup

I upgraded earlier in the week from a G4 eMac to a new Intel iMac. All appeared well until I tried to use my Evolution MK-361 USB midi keyboard from inside Logic. No midi events were coming through the system.
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I reconnected the keyboard to my old eMac and it shows up on there so I know it's not a fault in the keyboard itself.
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Hi Jon
So much for plug and play
Yeah, it's great isn't it?
I emailed M-Audio tech support about it and apparently it's a known problem in 10.4.8 and they're waiting for a fix from Apple. I guess I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled for OS updates and go rummaging under the stairs for a midi cable instead.
Ho hum.
Jon

Audio MIDI setup not allowing aggregate device

I recently upgraded to a mac pro, and transferred everything from my old mac via firewire..
On my previous computer, using my aggregate device (Roland Fantom + Built-in output + built-in input) was no problem. I would simply choose in Logic my aggregate device under the core Audio preferences, and I could play logic software instruments with the roland keys, record audio through the roland, and play it back through the built-in line output no problem..
Now, on my mac pro, I can't do this because the aggregate device I created on my previous computer is not showing up under the devices pull-down menu in the core audio preferences in logic, and I cannot create a new aggregate device on this computer, as a matter of fact I cannot even seem to delete the old one... when i click the plus or minus (+/-), the blue shade highlighting the selected audio device just goes straight to the device at the top of the list (which happens to be built-in mic). it does not even allow me to deselect or select any checkboxes within the existing "9/25 aggregate".. when I try it just makes the devices listed in that window wiggle...
I have attached a screen shot of the Audio Midi setup screen (where one should be able to create aggregate devices)
Please let me know if you know what could be causing this..

Ojan36 wrote:
Could uninstalling and reinstalling Logic completely possibly fix it? I guess that would be unlikely because the audio MIDI Setup window is OS X, unrelated to Logic..
Correct.
when i click the plus or minus (+/-), the blue shade highlighting the selected audio device just goes straight to the device at the top of the list
This is one of the reasons why I am still suspecting some kind of permissions problem, even though you said this user has Admin privileges. I suspect a permissions problem because the symptom you described ("the blue shade highlighting the selected audio device just goes straight to the device at the top of the list") is exactly what happens if you do not have Admin privileges and you press the + button.
I think this issue has to do with the fact that there was not a clean install of snow leopard
I agree. My theory is that something about the way you moved items to this machine led to a permissions problem, and this permissions problem is causing AMS (Audi MIDI Setup) to behave the way you see.
I recently upgraded to a mac pro, and transferred everything from my old mac via firewire..
I know you connected via FireWire, but how did you control what was being transferred? Did you use Migration Assistant, or some other method?
In my comment here, I advised 55plus to check something. What happens when you check the thing I advised him to check?
You have not mentioned Disk Utility. I would use it to Repair Permissions. Then launch AMS. Does the + button work now?
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55plus, I intend to respond to you too, but this is all I have time for right now.

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Don't know whether this of any help, but there's an identifiable issue with AMS and Digital Performer 5 where DP5 simply won't load with AMS setups configured with previous versions of DP. Which is probably irrelevant to your problem, but ...
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So if you can do it, it might be worth setting AMS to a new blank template, then connecting your interfaces, see how far you get. And always make sure you've got the latest drivers of course, though I'm sure you've done that.
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Hello,
I’m experiencing audio problems with Firewire 400 on my Macbook running Mac OSX 10.5.6.
I’ve got a 2.4Ghz IntelCore 2 Duo with 4 GB RAM and 59 GB available on the internal HD.
It’s hooked up to a brand new Mackie D.4 mixer with 2 Firewire outputs. The problems occur on both Firewire outputs.
I’ve installed automatically from the software update (which I will never do again) to 10.5.6. I never tried the D.4 with 10.5.5 so I can’t tell if the problems occur there also.
The main problem is that after a couple of minutes of recording the sound starts to break up and get really distorted. After a while the sound comes back again.
The second problem is that Soundtrack Pro or Audacity don’t get any audio input from the D.4, although audio input is clearly visible in System Preferences – Sound.
The only sound program that works with all 14 Firewire channels is Ableton, but also in Ableton the distortion occurs.
An example of the distortion can be checked here:
http://media.kaalslag.com/firewire-distortion-problem-mackieD4+Macbook.mp3
I’ve roamed several forums and sites to solve the problem and I tried these solutions:
I updated again to 10.5.6. with the full combo download from the Apple site. Restarted. Problem still there.
I shut Airport off, because lots of sites mentioned problems with Airport conflicting with audio/firewire. Didn’t work.
I did the work around with shutting the Macbook off, disconnecting the D.4, restarting the Macbook, opening Audio/Midi Setup, connecting the D.4 again, toggling the format frequencies a couple of times. Again, no use.
Right now I’m using my “old” Macbook again to record from vinyl. This one is still running on OSX 10.4.11. No problems so far.
I’ve had the distortion problems occuring before with an USB interface. Hoped that the Mackie Firewire would solve the problem, but it seems now that there’s a serious audio Firewire problem which is still not solved in OSX 10.5.
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You could try using another computer in Target Disk mode (as an "external HD"), or you can connect the firewire cable and disconnect all other network cables (turning off airport). Then on each computer go to the "Network" system preferences and select "Built-in Firewire" from the list of ports and choose "Manually" from the drop-down menu next to "Configure". Enter the following IP addresses and subnet masks, apply the changes.
_Computer 1_
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
_Computer 2_
IP Address: 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
After those ip addresses are entered and you've clicked "Apply", ensure that for both computers you have file sharing enabled (done in the "Sharing" system preferences), and then check the Finder sidebar to see if the computers can see each other (their names should appear under "Shared" in the sidebar--if not, try restarting).
If the computers dont appear (even after restarting), using the "Connect To" option that's available in the Finder's "Go" menu. In there, to connect to another computer enter it's IP address as follows:
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I'm looking for a great sounding FireWire Audio/midi interface.....

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I'm hoping to get the very best i can for around $700.
Some reviews i've read say that the sound is some of the best
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Hey man.
I've tested many of the mid range interfaces including the Onyx 400f. In terms of sound quality I would say the Onyx is the best and reprasents new standards in terms of audio quality at that price point. The pres smoke everything else i've tried (except outboard pres of course). The converters sound highly musical. I prefer them to the sound of higher specced units. BUT! Stability has been a major problem for this unit. Check the Mackie forums under Support on the Mackie website. Its full of horror stories. From high pitched whines, to clicks and pops to phantom power issues latency. Apparently some defective units were released.
I'm currently trying to get hold of one that works, cause I need that sound! But, it's not easy. I've hired two and both had issues, but sounded killer- dow! Anyway another problem is I don't think they have intel drivers yet.
Here are the ones I tested in my preffered order.
1. Onyx 400f
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IMac20" with firewire audio-interface konnekt24D by tcelectronic

Hi folks,
I've got some cryptic problems with my iMac and the connected firewire audio-interface (konnekt24D by tcelectronic). I'm running MacOSX 10.4.10. The problem is that after four days working with no occuring problems I got no sound output. When I restarted the Mac the blue firewire light of the audio-interface disappeared and the tcnear control panel says 'no device'. I decided to update the firmware and then everything runs properly for one day. The next day I got the same 'no output' problem. I decided to update the firmware again but now the blue firewire light disappears and I got 'no device' message from the tcnear control panel. I started the Mac again but the interface was still gone. Now I switched off the Mac and turned it on again. The interface was there and I had output. Next day I got the same problems.
The tcelectronic support said that I should disconnect any other network cables, enable every network setting on the network control panel and connect the power supply of the audio interface. I did everything but got no improvements. The people from tcelectronic concluded that my audio-interface could be defective. So I went to my mönger and he gave me a new one.
From now on everything worked fine for three days. During this time I changed nothing on my setup. No new software was installed, the only thing I did was to start LogicExpress 7.2.1 and begin with my work. After three days I got the same 'no output' problem again. Now I think that there must be something wrong with the iMac. It is the 'old' version (bought in May this year) and I don't know exactly what to do now.
What I don't understand is that both devices worked a few days and then the problems occured. As I said before I didn't changed anything, installed no new software, etc. Maybe the harddisk of the iMac is defective? I've plugged the audio-interface into the other firewire port of the Mac but got no improvement.
I don't know exactly what I should do know because I worked ten years with a PowerMac/Audiomedia III/SCSI system and never had such strange problems.
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Check out this thread here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1656583
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Mouse was attached to the wrong port.
When I removed the usb mouse cable from the computer and attached it to the keyboard port then attached the iMic cable directly to the computer--my Input suddenly made an appearance. *dances to the music*
Problem solved.

FireWire Audio static

This is kind of a reverse post, in which I've found the solution and wanted to share my findings.
I have an Edirol FA-101, and (after not using it for a while) tried to use it and consistantly got static over the output. (not sure if the behaviour is new to 10.5.7)
(using firewire 400 to the interface, and optical channels 9-10 to a receiver)
the only way i could find to get rid of the static was to open the audio midi setup, under Audio Output click the drop down of the channel/bitrate (to the right of Format:) and click the option... it then magically plays clean.
not sure where fault lies in this one, but it drove me nuts.
Message was edited by: ianwilder

I've seen this issue on several IntelMac edit stations when FCP 6 was first released on through v6.0.2. Just to compare, the problem I've witnessed is that the Firewire audio out will suddenly be nothing but digital garbage; distorted, garbled, scratchy noise. Changing the audio routing to the internal speakers results in normal audio, but as soon as you change it back to Firewire (or Audio Follows Video), nothing but garbage again.
AFAIK, trashing preferences has always worked ... keep us informed on what you find out.
-DH

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Normally I migrate to new Macs via firewire target mode. Flash forward to a new MacBook Air with no firewire.
I think I made a mistake in migration. I began setup as a new owner of the brand new MBA, then migrated my existing G4 PowerBook contents using Time Machine via USB.
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It seems the only fix may be to do this all over again without setting up a new account in the MBA, but is that even possible? What would be the best way out of this mess so that I have one admin account with access to new files created under the new user and old files from the old PB user, as well as full permissions for all documents?

I concur with Colin: start over and use Setup Assistant. I used Migration Assistant once and it took me a week to clear up the mess. Although the two are basically the same process, by the time you use MA you already have an account established - hence the duplications - whereas SA moves over and creates one account.
And, for Colin:
looks like the OP inserted an impage/jpg of his post?

Kawai CN41 electric piano will not show up in Audio MIDI Setup.

Hello,
I have a Kawai CN41 Piano that I would like to connect to my Macbook via USB to control some midi functions in Logic Express (incredible software by the way...)
The Manual that came with the piano says that it should just work. But for maximum clarification, I'll retype what the manual says.
"The CN41 piano can be connected with a personal computer with a USB cable for excahanging MIDI data. You need a USB Driver installed in your computer.
[For Windows XP/ME users]
A standard USB driver is already installed in your computer. You don't need to install a new driver.
[For Windows 2000/98SE users]
You need to install the desigated driver in your computer. Visit the KAWAI website at http:/www.kawai.co.jp/english/Download1.html and download the program.
[For Macintosh users]
Macintosh OSX automatically recognizes our USB interface. No Special driver is needed. Older Macintosh OS are not supported by us. If you have an older Macintosh OS, please us an appropriate MIDI interface and MIDI cables when connecting the CN41 piano to a macintosh computer.
NOTE:
When both MIDI jacks and USB port are connected, USB has priority.
When connecting USB cable to the CN41 piano, first connect the USB cable and then turn the power of the CN41 piano on.
It may take some time to start communication when the CN41 piano is connected to the computer via USB. When USB communication is unstable with connection via hub, connect the USB cable directly to the USB port of the computer.
Turning the power of CN41 piano on/off or disconnecting the USB cable while the follwing actions may cause unstable communication.
while installing USB driver
while booting up the computer
while MIDI application is working
while communicating with the computer
while the computer is in energy saver mode
* If you have any problem with USB communication, consult the instruction manual of your computer and check your computer setup.
* The USB-MIDI conversion board TID10000934 used in the CN41 piano is approved to show the USB logo. The USB logo can be used only for the product which is approved by USB-IF (USB Implements Fourm Inc.) test.
* Windows is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
* Macintosh is registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc."
So when i follow the directions just like the manual says the only thing that happens is my mouse stops working for about 30 to 45 seconds. After it starts working, nothing whatsoever in the department of MIDI. It won't even show up in the Audio MIDI Setup application. Also, I'm not 100% positive about this, but I don't think it's showing up in the System Profiler as well.
I've tried pushing the rescan button in Audio MIDI Setup, nothing.
I've repeated everything with a different usb cable with no improvement.
And I even contacted Kawai Technical Support. The guy I talked to via email said that he wasn't a mac guy but he'd ask his friends who were if they had any problems, his friends told him that everything was working fine for them. Then he told me to go and buy a USB-MIDI interface and plug it into the traditional MIDI ports on the CN41 and see if that would work. (I really don't want to do that, one of the reasons I bought this piano is the midi-straight-to-computer-via-usb-cable-connection connection. Buying a little usb interface would defeat the point. Although, I'll probably buy one down the road eventually. I would just like it to work.)
This piano is really nice, It has keys that feel like the real thing and using it to write some tracks in Logic Express would be a delight if it would work. If I could, I would take this issue to the Apple store in Salt Lake City, but I'm thinking that I would also have to take the piano and its kinda big. I'm using a Macbook running OS X Leopard 10.5.4 with a 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2 Gigs of ram. I also run a Line 6 Toneport UX2, I'm not sure if there could be any Hardware conflicts, but I'm not much of a computer guy so I figured I'd just let you know as much as I can.
Aside from this thing with the piano, OSX has worked beautifully! I will never buy a Windows running machine again. And the few times when I'm forced to use one, (Work and stuff) I get really cranky.
Thank you for your time,
Jon Worms
P.S. I'm more than willing to scan the manual and email it for you upon request, I tried to find a link to it somewhere with no luck. But you know, thats just my luck. :P

Hey Rob, Thanks for responding!
As far as I can see there is not. The piano does have 3 usb ports on it though. 2 A size ports to go to Kawai approved devices, such as a hard drive for recording directly to portable memory. These plugs are labeled USB to Device. Then it has one B size plug that is Labeled USB to Host. The manual says that this is the one to connect to the computer.
USB Controls do exist though. But manual states that they are for when you plug in a small hard drive/flash drive. The controls allow you to create new folders and move recordings around on a flash drive. And without a hard drive plugged into one of the A size ports I don't get anything but an error message.
Tomorrow I'm going to try and get it to work on a windows box. Maybe i'll have a little luck.
Thanks for your help.

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