Powerbook+FW Audiophile+Live 4

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:39 am

easy, short question:

Will this combination work?

New line Apple Powerbook 12" 1.5GHZ
+
M-audio firewire audiophile
+
Ableton live 4

tips welcome

thx

borg · Post by **borg** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:47 am

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... audiophile

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:43 am

hmm, pretty scary

although i know somebody who seems to use his audiophile with his minimac quite nicely

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:36 am

i think many people have problems with the audiophile because there going hotplugging and stuff....

maybe when used 100% correctly there are no problems?

m-audio admitted the issues two

a review http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may04/a ... wireap.htm

ultrasource · Post by **ultrasource** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:38 pm

i got mine working with the older driver available on their website. there's better out there but if you're on a budget I'd do a little more research. I wish the 12" had a pcmcia slot for a hammerfall.

vince watson · Post by **vince watson** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:24 pm

short answer..not if you want to chance having problems.

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:27 pm

but isn't it so that people that don't know that you can't hotplug etc (use there system not correctly) get problems? i won't mind this 'problem', as long as it is the only thing and my system won't crash and stuff (when used correctly

)...

vince watson · Post by **vince watson** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:07 pm

Freddy wrote:but isn't it so that people that don't know that you can't hotplug etc (use there system not correctly) get problems? i won't mind this 'problem', as long as it is the only thing and my system won't crash and stuff (when used correctly )...

no.....m-audio drivers are crap, hotwiring wasnt the issue. they are not a reliable for mac, only very few have had very few problems..

my advice, stay well clear if you are serious about your setup and dont want to waste time and effort.

would you rather use your creative time looking for answers to problems or writing tracks?

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:15 pm

vince watson wrote:
Freddy wrote:but isn't it so that people that don't know that you can't hotplug etc (use there system not correctly) get problems? i won't mind this 'problem', as long as it is the only thing and my system won't crash and stuff (when used correctly )...

no.....m-audio drivers are crap, hotwiring wasnt the issue. they are not a reliable for mac, only very few have had very few problems..

my advice, stay well clear if you are serious about your setup and dont want to waste time and effort.

would you rather use your creative time looking for answers to problems or writing tracks?

hmmm indeed... i allready had contact with some happy users...

ah, the technology-life...

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:35 pm

audophile is using coreaudio.... would that not mean that it must work ok?

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:50 am

new drivers released by m-audio now:)