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In the Thread: The commercial music servers.
Post Subject: FirewirePosted by Vasyachkin on: 11/12/2008
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 Romy the Cat wrote:
 Telstar wrote:
I meant that the Lynx digital output may retain some noise from the computer, not that you get noise from the onboard soundcard (provided that you have one -You have onboard audio disabled in the bios, have you?)
OK, I will look in that firewire thing sometimes, I know little about it as now. Is quality of firewire controller important? Can I use my on-board firewire? Regarding the onboard audio disabled in bios – nope, I did not do it. The WaveLab that I use for recording and for has a configuration that allows selecting which audio devise is used. The Lynx care is listed then along with Windows default sound devise – I just do not use system default sound cards. I did deactivate on my other DAW the onboard audio and I’ve seen no difference in sound.


as far as firewire controllers Texas Instruments chipsets are considered less problematic. so not all are equal.

i am using Unibrain Fireboard Blue firewire adapter ( with Texas Instruments chipset ) with MOTU 828 Mk3 firewire soundcard.

it probably doesn't matter if the firewire card is onboard or add-on although onboard is typically preferred.

sometimes i get dropped audio for 2 or 3 seconds when a processor ( CPU not the DSP ) gets loaded up with some task such as installing software. other than that MOTU 828 MK3 seems to work well even under my Vsita X64 OS which is by far the most problematic OS.

build quality of MOTU 828 Mk3 is so-so. the device itself is very solid, heavy and rugged but the various knobs aren't soldered in place at exactly right angle which detracts from the sex appeal. overall engineering as well as drivers / software seem to be good though. MOTU is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts by the way.

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