blueprintstudios
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anyone else besides kithsa (dude I pmed you check out your msgbox) using this ? any reviews? (besides the ones that's been posted by other ppl like joel etc,in the past) good and bad stuff abt it?
Presonus Firepod
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parablue74
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Reviews??? This product has received tons of good reviews throughout the world and you are asking for one here??? It's this reason i bought one....
But if you are hearing a clear cut answer, i will give you my personal opinion.
It works without any compatibility problems at all, none so far. Unlike my previous Tascam US428, the Firepod was easy installation and everytime i turn on the pc, i detects it without any issues.
Little issues though come when i use Sonar, it detects all the channels, but doesn't name them properly numerically. I don't see number 1,2,3,4 etc, i just see number 0,0,0,0, etc. I have to actually count them to know which track is it, which is a little small hassle, but easy enuff. Maybe this is a compatibility issue with Sonar, i don't know.
Another issue with it comes from the preamps. Presonus preamps are really clean and strong, unlike colored Mackies. The preamps have low self-noise unlike the Tascam ones, which is really good enuff to me. However, unlike the big advertisements of it having 8 mic preamps, there are actually only 2. The rest are just instrument preamps. When you peak the gain on the 1st two jacking in a mic, the volume is just right. But when you do that for channel 3-8, the volume is much softer though. Surprisingly for some mics it works alrite there, but for some it turns out so soft. This isn't much of an issue though since i can normalise the signal in software and becos it's rather clean, there is very little added noise due to normalisation. But really, i would prefer strong preamps on all 8 if it was possible.
The last bad thing is Presonus like to design on/off buttons at the back, they always do that to all their models. It is sick as when a rack is held by a holder, you would have to stick your hands all the way behind the bunch of cables just to turn it on all the time. What i did was to place the power socket next to it so i can turn on/off through the socket rather than on the Firepod itself, leaving the on/off button on "on" position throughout. I don't get it, why don't they put it in front, isn't that common sense???
Besides all these, it's highly useable. I like the input/playback knob, very useful for monitoring, and the design is superb. Haven't tried the channel I/O and aux yet, hope they work fine......
Overall, great product, it works great and that's the most important thing. Little hassles can really be workaround after all....
But if you are hearing a clear cut answer, i will give you my personal opinion.
It works without any compatibility problems at all, none so far. Unlike my previous Tascam US428, the Firepod was easy installation and everytime i turn on the pc, i detects it without any issues.
Little issues though come when i use Sonar, it detects all the channels, but doesn't name them properly numerically. I don't see number 1,2,3,4 etc, i just see number 0,0,0,0, etc. I have to actually count them to know which track is it, which is a little small hassle, but easy enuff. Maybe this is a compatibility issue with Sonar, i don't know.
Another issue with it comes from the preamps. Presonus preamps are really clean and strong, unlike colored Mackies. The preamps have low self-noise unlike the Tascam ones, which is really good enuff to me. However, unlike the big advertisements of it having 8 mic preamps, there are actually only 2. The rest are just instrument preamps. When you peak the gain on the 1st two jacking in a mic, the volume is just right. But when you do that for channel 3-8, the volume is much softer though. Surprisingly for some mics it works alrite there, but for some it turns out so soft. This isn't much of an issue though since i can normalise the signal in software and becos it's rather clean, there is very little added noise due to normalisation. But really, i would prefer strong preamps on all 8 if it was possible.
The last bad thing is Presonus like to design on/off buttons at the back, they always do that to all their models. It is sick as when a rack is held by a holder, you would have to stick your hands all the way behind the bunch of cables just to turn it on all the time. What i did was to place the power socket next to it so i can turn on/off through the socket rather than on the Firepod itself, leaving the on/off button on "on" position throughout. I don't get it, why don't they put it in front, isn't that common sense???
Besides all these, it's highly useable. I like the input/playback knob, very useful for monitoring, and the design is superb. Haven't tried the channel I/O and aux yet, hope they work fine......
Overall, great product, it works great and that's the most important thing. Little hassles can really be workaround after all....
i used a presonus firepod to record my band's latest cd. i really like it--it's very clean and doesn't color the sound of the mics at all (at least, not that i can tell). if you want to hear how it sounds, my band is online at http://www.purevolume.com/mem
AgingYouth
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I cannot write reviews. All I can say is "ho eh ar".
With that many inputs... it's INSANE!!!
With that many inputs... it's INSANE!!!
AgingYouth
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jon__ said:
Nice. Can you send us 2 promos for review and a possible interview?
blueprintstudios
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parablue :
i posted @ Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:28 am ...
it's okay thanks I've tested it with kithsa's. I can paint the town blue with it if i had one.
whats with digging up the old topic man heheh
i posted @ Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:28 am ...
it's okay thanks I've tested it with kithsa's. I can paint the town blue with it if i had one.
whats with digging up the old topic man heheh
blueprintstudios
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jon__ : oh yeah just wanted to say , real good stuff. your band's singing sound so familiar, did you record at myx studios before or something?? very talented keep it up 
blueprintstudios said:jon__ : oh yeah just wanted to say , real good stuff. your band's singing sound so familiar, did you record at myx studios before or something?? very talented keep it up
haha yeah mem is my band from school in the states..here at home i play with superkicky in an indie band called anna perenna
parablue74
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Yeap, dig up old topics...
There wasn't any reply to your question for awhile, guess i could help...
Cheers!!!
There wasn't any reply to your question for awhile, guess i could help...
Cheers!!!
blueprintstudios
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oh got mixed up probably. i heard a recording of this kid who's like 16 or something sing and it's just as good or very similar. my bad
never heard of MEM till now though
never heard of MEM till now though