PreSonus Firepod

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I am curious if anyone is using 2 presonus firepods with there pc
in order to be able to track 16 channels at a time. I am also curious
what people think of the presonus preamps. I did a google search on
this but didn't really find any relavent reply's.
I am currently using a Mackie 1604 VLZ Pro mixer to 2 Tascam DA
78's. From there I import my recordings into my pc with my MOTU 2408
MKII. My pc is a Pentium 4 with a 2.8 Gig. processor and with 1500
megabytes of ram and a 200 gig 7200rpm hardive.Thank you for any advise
or opinions on my question!

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fieldstorla@msn.com wrote:
> I am curious if anyone is using 2 presonus firepods with there pc
> in order to be able to track 16 channels at a time. I am also curious
> what people think of the presonus preamps. I did a google search on
> this but didn't really find any relavent reply's.
> I am currently using a Mackie 1604 VLZ Pro mixer to 2 Tascam DA
> 78's. From there I import my recordings into my pc with my MOTU 2408
> MKII. My pc is a Pentium 4 with a 2.8 Gig. processor and with 1500
> megabytes of ram and a 200 gig 7200rpm hardive.Thank you for any advise
> or opinions on my question!

At an MSRP of $299.00, Firepod seems to good to be true. I'm curious
as to what they sound like, but I'm not holding my breath.

daveT

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psychodave.thomas@gmail.com wrote:

> At an MSRP of $299.00, Firepod seems to good to be true. I'm curious
> as to what they sound like, but I'm not holding my breath.

Maybe you're thinking of the FireBox? The FirePod has an MSRP of
$799.00, streets for about $600.
http://www.presonus.com/firepod.html

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Eric

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A big Thank You to all of you that have responded to my post. I am
still kicking tires but it has been nice to hear your input! Thank you
once again.









M...@uwaterloo.ca wrote:
> "Travis Garrison" <travisgarrison@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > psychodave.thomas@gmail.com wrote:
> > > At an MSRP of $299.00, Firepod seems to good to be true. I'm curious
> > > as to what they sound like, but I'm not holding my breath.
> >
> > Clarification- Firepod = $599, Firebox = $299.
> >
> > Travis Garrison
>
> I've got the firepox (8 min/line I/O plus 2 spdif-coax I/O) and I like it.
> Power is by external 12--24V adapter. It could work on batteries, but it
> runs pretty hot, so you'll need a big battery for field work.
>
> I have not been spoiled by high end preamps, but I would rate this thing
> better than some low-midrange stuff, like the Edirol UA5. I did take a look
> inside, there appears to be some discrete transistors as a front end, but some
> rather low end opamps (mc33079). It *looks* like there are four transistors +
> two opamps per channel, but I can't be sure about that.
>
> The box comes with its own ASIO drivers and Cubase LE. I was pleasantly
> surprised at how reliable and easy to use Cubase is. This is in contrast to
> Adobe Audition (MME drivers) which dropped samples and Mackie Trackion, which
> used ASIO, but locked up my computer often. I have not tried Protools. Well,
> I did use it briefly, but I couldn't figure out the interface.
>
> OK, there was one problem. The supplied version of Cubase LE (ver 1.08) has a
> limit of *four* simultaneous inputs! Apparantly Yamaha bought Cubase (or
> Steinberg) and snuck this limit in. I guess Cubase LE was too good. Anyway,
> I complained and Presonus sent me ver. 1.07, and this works fine.
>
> Enjoy,
> Richard

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Why wouldn't just record direct to your computer using the 2408? What
software do you currently use?

fieldstorla@msn.com wrote:
> I am curious if anyone is using 2 presonus firepods with there pc
> in order to be able to track 16 channels at a time. I am also curious
> what people think of the presonus preamps. I did a google search on
> this but didn't really find any relavent reply's.
> I am currently using a Mackie 1604 VLZ Pro mixer to 2 Tascam DA
> 78's. From there I import my recordings into my pc with my MOTU 2408
> MKII. My pc is a Pentium 4 with a 2.8 Gig. processor and with 1500
> megabytes of ram and a 200 gig 7200rpm hardive.Thank you for any advise
> or opinions on my question!
>

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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:10:16 -0500, EricK <eric@raw-tracks.com> wrote:

>Mannr@uwaterloo.ca wrote:
>
>> I've got the firepox
>
>Ooohh. That's nasty, how'd you manage to get that?

I dunno, but I'm sure a shot'll clear it right up...

jtougas

listen- there's a hell of a good universe next door
let's go

e.e. cummings

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Too bad Ardvark went belly up.

jtougas wrote:
> On 27 Sep 2005 10:30:40 -0700, "Mike Rivers" <mrivers@d-and-d.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>fieldstorla@msn.com wrote:
>>
>>>I am curious if anyone is using 2 presonus firepods with there pc
>>>in order to be able to track 16 channels at a time.
>>
>>Probably not unitl very recently. Presonus just released a driver that
>>can accommmodate up to three Firepods for 24 channels in and you.
>>
>
>
> Actually, I think the older driver for it allowed for two to be daisy
> chained. I remember not considering it over the Aardvark Q10 for that
> very reason : not being able to record more than 16 channels at once
> (I was aiming for an eventual 24 track studio).
>
> Now, I'm thinking I have something to work towards... after all, like
> The Q10, you should be able to bypass the mic-pres by using external
> pres plugged in as 1/4". Course, that doesn't bypass the AD
> convertors... *sigh*
> jtougas
>
> listen- there's a hell of a good universe next door
> let's go
>
> e.e. cummings

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Yup, you're right. My mistake...

DaveT

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On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:58:19 -0500, Mark2112 <nospam@nospam.com>
wrote:

>Too bad Ardvark went belly up.
>

I know. What I'm hoping to be able to do is still use the blessed
thing as a master clock, since that was one of the things Aardvark
excelled at anyway. :-\

jtougas

listen- there's a hell of a good universe next door
let's go

e.e. cummings