Firepod with DP

kmsmith · Post by **kmsmith** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:26 am

Hi everybody,
Just wondering if anyone has ever used a presonus firepod with DP before. I'm looking into getting one as I am getting more into recording, however with a tight budget, the firepod seems like the best bet. Just wondering if the firepod works well with DP or not, also if it's relatively user friendly. I have used DP quite a bit, but not with the firepod.
Thanks a lot!

muxlow · Post by **muxlow** » Sun May 14, 2006 1:50 pm

Bump. Surely someone's used this combo by now?

bug67 · Post by **bug67** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:10 am

kmsmith wrote:Hi everybody,
Just wondering if anyone has ever used a presonus firepod with DP before. I'm looking into getting one as I am getting more into recording, however with a tight budget, the firepod seems like the best bet. Just wondering if the firepod works well with DP or not, also if it's relatively user friendly. I have used DP quite a bit, but not with the firepod.
Thanks a lot!

Quoted from the PreSonus Software Compatibility section on their web site:

http://www.presonus.com/compatibility.html

"Digital Performer - We curenlty do not recommend using Digital Performer with the FIREPOD/FIREBOX. We are in the process of certifying this software application."

BradLyons · Post by **BradLyons** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:22 pm

Let me email my Presonus guy and see if there is an update to this, I'll post his answer here when that is received.

bug67 · Post by **bug67** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:38 pm

I know when I tried my Firebox with DP 4.6 on my 15" PB, it didn't work. I had read somewhere about changing the work priority or something but, I didn't really care at that point.

Yeah, that message from PreSonus's web site has been the same for years.

nelsonvisions · Post by **nelsonvisions** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:43 pm

I have it, it works perfectly fine. Even better, it works fine with my PISMO on the road, allowing me 6 mic ins without a problem. I love it, nice and transparent, and FIREWIRE! Hope this helps.

sonicdeviant · Post by **sonicdeviant** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:52 pm

nelsonvisions wrote:I have it, it works perfectly fine. Even better, it works fine with my PISMO on the road, allowing me 6 mic ins without a problem. I love it, nice and transparent, and FIREWIRE! Hope this helps.

Yes, but with DP. Right? I'm thinking hard on this interface among some others (including some USB ones).

Noam · Post by **Noam** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:20 am

I had it for over a year and was frustrated using it with DP. Overdubbing one or two tracks at a time worked ok if you had your parameters set correctly.
(low work priority especially) Never got reliable10 track recording into DP though. I ended up tracking into ableton Live with it, then opening the files into DP for mixing. It worked great with Live and was a nice compact solution when used with the right software. Decent pre's , good headroom, somewhat cramped controls though and no monitoring/mixing software.

I sold it (somewhat reluctantly) and bough the m-audio projecmix. I am much happier going into DP with it and now have software control as well as 16 track capabillity, thanks to the addition of the $200 behringer ada8000. The software mixer - monitor is also a very nice.

I found the projectmix on ebay new in box for $1,000 from a small dealer back east and it included the full version of ableton live 5 (worth about $400) which I was interested in purchasing anyway. It is still a good deal at the usual 1250. The other plus, is that if you ever want to got to the Dark er I mean digi Side - as in Pro-Tools, you can do that with the projectmix as well.

If you want a more compact solution with DP I would probably stick with motu product.

-noam[/img]

proximityeffect · Post by **proximityeffect** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:19 am

The Firebox works for me in DP, but I only record one track at a time.

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