Macbook Agere crackle

Grahambo! · Post by **Grahambo!** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:57 pm

Well, I just bought my first mac...a 2.2Ghz macbook, but little did I know that my Firestudio Project wouldnt work correctly w/ it until AFTER I BOUGHT IT.

so... does anyone know any news on the agere chipset thing?

patches? quick fixes?

Anyway to fix this? I got this today SOLELY because i have a show w/ my band Feb 2nd........now what?

shaneblyth · Post by **shaneblyth** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:44 pm

Grahambo! wrote:Well, I just bought my first mac...a 2.2Ghz macbook, but little did I know that my Firestudio Project wouldnt work correctly w/ it until AFTER I BOUGHT IT.

so... does anyone know any news on the agere chipset thing?

patches? quick fixes?

Anyway to fix this? I got this today SOLELY because i have a show w/ my band Feb 2nd........now what?

I saw a comment in a thread over in www.bigbluelounge.com I think it was on this problem and from memory someone suggested a firewire hub fixed some issues. Go check the site out and search

shaneblyth · Post by **shaneblyth** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:51 pm

i saw this somewhere else on this board and copied it here for you

Following posts on the RMS forum on the website and on the Apple forum regarding the problem using an RME Fireface interface with the new metal iMac I have managed to create a work-around solution so that people can still use there Firefaces and iMacs together.

After some experimentation I have managed to get my Fireface 800 working perfectly. It seems there is a problem with the iMac connecting directly to certain Firewire devices (apparently Apple know that this is a problem and are presumably working on a fix). It is easy to get round the problem by using an external harddrive to act as a hub (I use a Lacie Firewire Drive). Providing your harddrive has two firewire ports on the back you can get the harddrive to mount and then plug the Fireface 800 into the back on the other port. Bizarrely -- but more importantly if you are a musician -- the fireface cranks up and everything now works fine. I have tested playing all sorts of sounds out of the iMac - Music/DVD/Logic and it all works perfectly. I presume there is a fault in the driver or something on the iMac - but for now at least we can get on writing music until a fix is released..."

Grahambo! · Post by **Grahambo!** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:53 am

if I geta firewire hub, would that suffice? I really don't feel i should have to dish out for an external harddrive

shaneblyth · Post by **shaneblyth** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:00 am

Grahambo! wrote:if I geta firewire hub, would that suffice? I really don't feel i should have to dish out for an external harddrive

sorry dont know... I have not this issue as i have a slightly earlier model. Evidently this is a windows issue too (not just windows on a mac but on other "real" PC's ) and it's being worked on. I dont know if you looked at tha apple forums
you go to apple.com and then support and in the middle of the page there is a "discussions" link you click on.

kipling · Post by **kipling** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:01 am

sorry to hear about your predicament. i have a similar problem with crackle/drop outs with my macbook 2.16ghz. try a couple of things. first, what is the exact model of the agere interface. second, have you installed the correct driver for the interface? third, please explain what the circumstances within live were when the problem occurred (i.e. were you using a number of vsti, or other plugins. fourth, did you try upping the amount of latency to the max in the preferences? fifth, install a third party software called peek a boo. with peek a boo running, open the process list, and select live 7.0.2 and under the "manage" pulldown, select "high priority." this makes that particular application the highest priority in cpu consumption. write back if anything works.

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sorry to hear