[PodcastMN] Alesis Firewire

[Steve Borsch]

Yep. Soundflower could be a workaround, but it doesn't work well in  
the configurations I described.

*Just* recording in Quicktime Pro, Audio Hijack or the new Keynote  
doesn't work.

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On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Paul Cantrell <cantrell at pobox.com> wrote:

> Ah, so the problem is getting audio program to route their audio out  
> to the mixer board, then back in?
>
> P
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Steve Borsch wrote:
>
>>
>> Paul -- Your Firepod (and my MBox2) isn't the issue...it's the  
>> mixer board Firewire that's the problem. I don't know all the  
>> technical reasons, but it's the way that these board interfaces use  
>> "channels" off the board itself so there can be board-level mixing  
>> that occurs.
>>
>> -- 
>> Steve Borsch
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>>
>> On 9/5/07, Paul Cantrell <cantrell at pobox.com> wrote:
>> 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 s 
>> mall. (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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