Ultralite and Mac (dodgy) Firewire question

dazzer · Post by **dazzer** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:14 am

Hi.

Quick background - I bought a new MBP, which thankfully had a TI firewire chipset. The Ultralite worked great but the internal soundcard headphone out was a total disgrace. After arguing with the Apple Reseller about how this was pretty crap in such an expensive computer I got a refund.

Now I'm thinking of buying an Imac. Which leads me to 2 questions:

1 - Do the iMacs still have the Agere chipset which has caused problems with RME and other interfaces?

2 - If they do still have Agere chipsets, does anybody know if the Ultralite works with them?

I've searched but can't find an answer.

Cheers

tele333 · Post by **tele333** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:52 pm

I'm new to the Ultralite scene...I have an iMac...my UL audio works great...MIDI sucks...I've been struggling for weeks to get MIDI into an iMac.

I don't have a clue as to chipsets, etc.

FWIW....my experience has not been stellar.

tele.........

dazzer · Post by **dazzer** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:52 am

Cheers tele

Sorry to hear it's not gone well. Food for thought for me.

Anyone else had any experience with Ultralite and Agere, in either new iMacs or Macbooks?

veracohr · Post by **veracohr** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:04 pm

dazzer wrote:Cheers tele
Anyone else had any experience with Ultralite and Agere, in either new iMacs or Macbooks?

I have no idea what chipset I have, but I've got a Late 2007 Macbook Pro. I haven't used my Ulralite a ton with it, but I did about an hour of location recording with it and no problems.

dazzer · Post by **dazzer** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:50 pm

Just FYI for anyone in a similar position..

In the end I got a 2.4 MacBook. So far it works well with my Ultralite, both with audio and MIDI.