[PodcastMN] Alesis Firewire

[Paul Cantrell]

I don't know what you mean by not getting "system-level, Core Audio  
to be recognized by *any* app on the Mac," since that's basically  
what happens — I can play iTunes through my Firepod, for example.  
Basically applications use core audio for *all* audio, large and  
small. (The only notable exception I've seen is Skype, which doesn't  
like firewire input for some mysterious reason.)

Logic is definitely complex and unwieldy, but it does work with Core  
Audio ... and only Core Audio. I don't doubt you had problems, but it  
sounds like they were more subtle than just getting apps to recognize  
CA.

Cheers, P


On Sep 4, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Steve Borsch wrote:

> Brian,
>
> When I did this post (http://www.iconnectdots.com/ctd/2007/08/ctd- 
> for-august-.html) it was after wrestling with a bunch of new  
> gear...including the Alesis Multimix8 Firewire. The software that  
> accepts channels like you describe are Logic, Pro Tools and ones  
> that allow multi-channel setup.
>
> There are also ways to use Soundflower (http://www.cycling74.com/ 
> products/soundflower) to route the Mac's Core Audio to various  
> applications...but this was just too much effort to figure out  
> since all I wanted was system-level, Core Audio to be recognized by  
> *any* app on the Mac. That's why I ended up buying the MBox2 (which  
> comes with Pro Tools).
>
> I was unable to get Firewire/CoreAudio to be "seen" from the Alesis  
> or the Mackie 1620 which I replaced it with (and ultimately  
> returned). Maybe others know more.
>
> -- 
> Steve Borsch
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>
> On 9/4/07, brian at digitalbob.com <brian at digitalbob.com> wrote:
> I've got one one of the boards that will send 4 individual channels  
> via firewire. What mac software will receive that? (it's a mac  
> question, so I know the group will go easy on me... ;)
>
> -Brian
>
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