Anyone using M-AUDIO FIREWIRE SOLO?!?!?!!!!!!!1!!!!one!!!!!

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Anyone using M-AUDIO FIREWIRE SOLO?!?!?!!!!!!!1!!!!one!!!!!

Post by domkane » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:40 pm

gah!

Got an M-Auio Firewire Solo soundcard here for my baby Mac, and it claims to be able to have 2 channel outputs (so that you can have one for headphones, and one for 'master').


HOWEVER.... By plugging in a stereo jack in 'output 1' (or output 2 for that matter), and separating the L&R to two mono jacks in my mixer, I seem to be getting a phase issue.

Playing L only or R only sounds fine, but as I fade the other one in, I get a severe loss in low frequencies.... WTF??

It claims to be a TRS Jack Output, but clearly something is wrong here.

Anyone else know of this, and/or a solution?

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Post by obeyendevor » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:58 pm

firewire solo is NOT for DJing. You need at least a 4 out soundcard to properly use headphones for djing. your soundcard is only putting out two individual streams of mono sound. you want 4 mono outputs (monitor L+R, master L+R)
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Post by domkane » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:06 pm

Yeah, luckily it's only for my baby MacBook and not my proper one I take out.

I just thought it was a bit shit for "DJ's" on a budget.
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Post by domkane » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:07 pm

P.S. Thus, the M-Audio sales pitch is rather misleading i think.
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