Saffire Pro 40 (Audio Interface) Firewire.

I just recently purchased a Focusrite Saffire pro40 audio interface. I was wondering what the correct way to unplug the firewire cable. I know it recommends turning off both MBP and Pro40 and then disconnect.
My question is, if i just close the MBP and let it go to sleep can I unplug it then or do I have to shut the MBP off every time I need to move rooms.
-Thanks.

Ah man, thats a pain in the butt .
Thank you though.

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no joy.
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Hi ,
First of all ,did the device work correctly previously? If it is the first time to work with this device, I recommend you refer to the Saffire Pro 24 DSP Firewire
soundcard user manual to check the configuration of the device.
1. If it worked correctly previously, you can try the built-in troubleshooting tools to check and repair any problems found with the device connected to the pc. To
open the tools:
Action center\troubleshooting\View all(left corner)\Playing Audio ,Hardware and Devices.
2.If issue persists, I recommend you update the Audio driver. If this failed , you may need to uninstall the Audio driver and install the driver from the manufacture
website.
3.If the problem persists, here is a link for you to check online:
Automatically diagnose and fix Windows audio playback problems
http://support2.microsoft.com/mats/audio-playback-windows-8/en-us
If all the steps above won`t work, I recommend you check the issue of the Saffire MIDI device.
Best regards

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I'm ready to plug some electric guitar into my Garage Band. Any advice as to what's a decent piece of equipment or audio cable?

karpediem257 wrote:
Budget would be < $200 and one input would suffice.
that's a workable budget, look at the ones in the $70 to $150 range:
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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2696970#2696970...
I'm struggling to get an answer on this anywhere... I have Logic Pro running 5.1 Surround Mixes on a g5, using a Metric Halo Mobile IO Firewire audio interface - its 6 analog outs are connected to a M Audio LX4 powered surround system. It all works great - until... the problem is when I need to listen to DVDs with 5.1 soundtracks (for reference), or even HD trailers (with 5.1 soundtracks). With the Mobile IO selected as audio interface, DVDs only play in stereo. I think this is because the 5.1 soundtrack is only output thru the optical out - but connecting the optical out to the Mobile IO and selecting 'Digital out' on the g5 brings silence.. Im told this is because the MIO's optical in wont decode 5.1. I'm interested to hear from anyone with a Pro Audio interface - like a MOTU etc - who needs to switch between mixing their own music in 5.1 and then listening to DVDs in 5.1.. I cant be the first, surely?
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This is exactly the same q as asked by plantwebguy in July 06, link
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2696970#2696970...
I'm struggling to get an answer on this anywhere... I have Logic Pro running 5.1 Surround Mixes on a g5, using a Metric Halo Mobile IO Firewire audio interface - its 6 analog outs are connected to a M Audio LX4 powered surround system. It all works great - until... the problem is when I need to listen to DVDs with 5.1 soundtracks (for reference), or even HD trailers (with 5.1 soundtracks). With the Mobile IO selected as audio interface, DVDs only play in stereo. I think this is because the 5.1 soundtrack is only output thru the optical out - but connecting the optical out to the Mobile IO and selecting 'Digital out' on the g5 brings silence.. Im told this is because the MIO's optical in wont decode 5.1. I'm interested to hear from anyone with a Pro Audio interface - like a MOTU etc - who needs to switch between mixing their own music in 5.1 and then listening to DVDs in 5.1.. I cant be the first, surely?
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Thanks in advance
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Audio Distortion on FW400 Audio Interface Daisy Chained to FW800 Hard Drive

Hi everyone! I’m an experienced Mac user in need of help resolving FireWire device issues.
I received my 27” i7 iMac a couple of weeks ago running 10.6.2. After a long process of migrating over from my 9+ year old Dual 500 MHz G4 PowerMac tower, I was excited to set up two 1TB drives inside an OWC Mercury Elite Quad-Interface Dual HD enclosure via FW800. I then daisy chained my Focusrite Saffire 10 audio interface (FW400) to the HD enclosure via a FW800 to FW400 converter cable. To reiterate:
i7 iMac (FW800 port) --> OWC Mercury Pro Quad-Interface Dual HD Case with 2X 1TB drives (FW800) --> Focusrite Saffire 10 audio interface (FW400)
Although a lot of people may disagree, I wasn’t concerned about having my FW800 hard drives drop down to FW400 speeds because of the slower audio interface. I have read enough about the 1394 FW protocol and its ability to use something called beta clouds, allowing both FW400 and FW800 daisy chained devices to operate at their maximum speeds. So far, so good. The drives are reading/writing data fast.
As many studio audiophiles have said, you should separate your audio recordings and projects from your startup disk. I’ve done so. However, call me naïve, but I did not imagine that every time my external drives read or wrote data, my audio interface would go into a state of distortion (like raising the gain on a track as high as it can go). When the activity of the disk drops below a certain level, the audio interface usually switches back to clean pristine audio. I am experiencing this within a studio environment and with simple CoreAudio iTunes playback via my audio interface. How is this possible? Am I doing something wrong or is there a blatant limitation with the FW chipset Apple is using for their single bus in the new iMacs? If anyone can provide me with a solution or a convenient work around, I will be very grateful!

Thank you for the feedback, Rick. To shed some light on daisy chaining FW800 with FW400 devices, I provide the following quote from one FireWire technical article I came across on the web:
+"The concept of beta clouds allows FireWire to keep all devices on the bus to operating at their maximum speeds. Devices are cluster together on a logical level in a cloud. The cloud operates as a single block at 800 Mb/sec. The borders of these clouds are where legacy devices are connected, operating normally. Each device operates at its highest speed."+
In short, beta clouds allow both devices to operate at their highest speeds.
Both the audio interface and the external hard drive enclosure has its own, connected power source.
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Heavily distorted audio over firewire seemingly triggered by FW Drives

I have a Focusrite Saffire Pro 20i/o firewire 400 audio interface which worked fine for a while but for the last few months I have been occasionally getting distorted audio. The distortion starts gradually and over a period of a few minutes seems to increase until the original sound is barely recognisable. It sounds a lot like the BitCrusher plugin in Logic.
It usually seems to be caused by the presence of a firewire hard drive and is triggered when I start doing any kind of processor-intensive task (or perhaps hard drive intensive task), such as exporting a quicktime movie or rendering a sequence in Final Cut.
I imagined this was a problem with the Focusrite itself but I've found that my friend who has a MOTU 828mkII firewire interface has exactly the same problem at times though not as often. He too only started experiencing it a few months ago.
I told Focusrite and they suggested I shouldn't use a FW drive on the same buss - but I used to do this without a problem. Even when the interface is in the 400 socket and the drive is in the 800 socket is seems to happen. Are they sharing a buss?
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You're right, I wouldn't do anything intensive while recording.
But usually this happens when simply playing a song in iTunes and then I copy a big file or export a video whilst iTunes is running and the audio gradually deteriorates, and the only way to get it back to normal is to turn the Saffire off and back on again. And it does only seem to happen when a firewire drive is attached, and probably when I'm writing to or reading from that firewire drive.

Help choosing an Audio Interface Please

I am new to the mac world, and GB'08 is my first exposure to computer-based recording. I have been using the internal mic to record guitar and vocals, but want to upgrade so I can get better quality. I am not a pro, and am not looking to spend a bunch of money on this. I currently have a Tascam US-122, but although I have th most recent driver (and it shows up in system pref, GB, etc.) I cannot get it to work properly. I'm ready to move on.
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Michael
I am a singer songwriter who uses GB to do my songs. I bought a 10 input Behringer mixer for $70 and the iMic for $30. I run the guitar and mic into the mixer and the tape outs (Y Card - two RCA outs to 1/8" in) into the iMic. I get really good sound. iMic is a 2 way device so you can monitor also. Also, I converted all my bands old cassette recordings to MP3 using the iMic. And those recordings sound really great. So I speak from experience that the A to D converter in the iMic is pretty good. I owned a studio in LA back in 80's so I know the difference good sound and bad.
Another idea would be to buy a $50 Behringer mixer and run your audio into the audio in jack on your computer. Have never tried this but I am guessing it would be better than using the internal Mic (the worst possible scenario).
And the good thing about the iMic is....it just works and it is cheap. So later if you get money you can spring on a "pro" interface like the Apogee Duet.
The absolute key to getting a good sound is to have a "hot signal" going into your computer so you don't have to crank up the input gain and introduce a bunch of noise. The Behringer mixers come with XLR inputs for your Mic with ok gain. I actually plug my Mic into a Symetrix preamp to make the signal "hot" and then feed it into the Behringer.
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Audio interface options.... impending crisis?

this is probably of interest to many pro audio people.
I just noticed that the new macbookpro does not have firewire 800, only firewire 400. given that this machine is obviously a pro machine (the name is a giveaway) which would normally have implied including firewire 800, this doesn't bode well for the future of the inclusion of high end firewire..
given the paucity of options for audio hardware in the PCI-express world, and the fact that firewire 800 is currently the best option in the absence of PCI, it looks like we are truly headed for a drought in pro audio interface options until new cards and boxes start rolling out. IMO, this is not the greatest of situations.
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Check Harmony Central every day.
http://www.harmony-central.com
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STP won't use my audio interface for monitoring, but FCP will

Hi, I've been using FCP for a long time, with my MOTU 896 audio interface (firewire). It works fine with FCP for monitoring the mix, playback, everything.
Today, I decided to try STP for the first time (up until now, I've been doing all the audio within FCP). I cannot seem to get the MOTU to work for audio monitoring unless I change the System Sound Preferences to have the MOTU selected (and not the built-in line out).
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Go to the AudioMidi Setup app and select the MOTU 896 as Default Output and built-in audio as System Output. That way, the system sounds will still use the built-in audio but STP will use the MOTU. Unfortunately, every other app (like iTunes or QuickTime) will use the MOTU as well. STP doesn't have any preferences to select its own interface like any other pro DAW out there. Maybe STP 2.0 will fix that?

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Hello one and all.
Newbie here so please bear with me as I realise this topic has been covered in lots of various ways before.
I work in a theatre and spend my time creating sound effects, soundscapes, editing pre recorded music and A/V work. I'm currently upgrading our pre, live & post production equipment.
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I've done installation work for theatres/theatre groups. Reliability is a nr. 1 priority. I suggest you take a hard look at the Metric Halo 2882.
I like my MOTU 828 mk2(it always works), but my experiences with the MOTU Traveler (will often go berserk if you inadvertently pull the FW plug) and the MOTU 896 HD haven't been very favorable. The 896HD will give you a full blast burst of noise whenever you switch it on. Not good in a theatre where the amps are normally left at full throttle. Also, I had a lot of failures/technical problems.
The 2882 is a bit more expensive, but worth every cent. And the technical support is second to none.

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Brilliant. This has moved me on. I wasn't impressed when Focusrite registration presented me with drivers from 2011. You'll probably tell me finding the latest drivers is easy but somehow I failed to find anything in my panic. I have a second issue
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I can't speak on the FOCUSRITE but I hope you will get what I'm saying in general about the recording process.
With Audio Interfaces (I have a fast track pro)the head phone jack will give you a clear indication for what the real sound is like coming through it unit. I try to keep the level low on the unit to prevent clipping by adjusting the volume on the Fast Track (FOCUSRITE). I have blinking LED's and it shows red when clipping... just like your unit (a little different, though). If you keep the level as high as you can without going to far to cause a red line, you'll be good in the recording process. From there you will adjust the volume once into LOGIC from either volume per track or via eq, compressors and such.
I hope this helps.
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Firewire audio interface and drive on Macbook Pro?

Apologies if this is in a FAQ which I can't find.
I have been recording on the internal drive of my MacBook Pro up to now, with a MOTU896 (notHD) but want to buy an external drive, partly to save wear on the internal.
My last experience of this was in the days of bronze G3 swhere it was advised not to run a drive and an audio interface on the same firewire bus - in fact, I experience glitching when I tried to do this. Perhaps this is no longer an issue? I'm recording at 44.1/24 but do want to be able to record 8 simultaneous tracks.
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