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hello again, just did a few recording tests with differents buffer size (64/128) =no problems at all, clean recording, no pops, no clicks, nothing..

i hope you'll find the culprit and a solution...because it's a very cool soundcard on mac and it sounds really good..

hello, sorry for the late reply
i'm using it on 3 different mac
two on 10.6.7
and one on 10.5.7

i'll do further testing to see if i get problems, and keep you informed.
So far, so good...i'm loving this soundcard..

Hello,
Are you on PC or Mac ?
If you're on pc, do you have the latest drivers from mackie ?
Which buffer size ?
I have one, and it work perfectly on my mac.

If you're going to move from a FW card to an usb one, you can only be disappointed. my opinion i'm coming from a MOTU ultralite (firewire) that worked perfectly, but too much ins/outs for what i do now.. So, i sold it to get something smaller... and i'm no disappointed at all with the mackie blackj...

You're right, I don't have any real world experience about USB interfaces, and I didn't mean to come out as offensive as you experienced it, I wasn't suggesting anything, more like asking and trying to be funny at the same time. My apologies.

ok, apologies accepted...

Because USB1.1 isn't known as the fastest port ever build. i know that.... for 2 ins and out @44,1khz it's more than adequate and you can get really good latency....i can go down as low as 64 buffer with no problems (3,72ms IN and 2,97 ms out..)..so i think you just reapeat what you read on forums ...

And the latency is measured in seconds?

why saying that ??

I get 4,4 ms out latency @44,1khz and 128 buffer......it's as good as an RME babyface.....

as you're on mac,if you don't need midi, spdif, and if two ins/out are enough : the mackie blackjack is perfect Excellent converters, excellents preamps.. Rock solid stability core audio compatibility on mac.. limitations : no 96khz (44,1/48 khz) USB1.1 (but it's not a limitation at all for 2ins/out...

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