Members ElectricPuppy Posted October 17, 2007 Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 For anyone who cares: I've had mine for a couple of weeks now and I like it. One thing I like in particular is that you can set-up a mix via the PC and then disconnect it. The FS stores the mix settings in its own Flash and you can run it stand-alone. I like that because it means if all I have is a few minutes to kill, I can sit down, fire up the gear pile and have at it, without having to boot up the PC. I wish the line-ins had a bit more gain overhead, though. With my Polaris, for example, I have to crank the gain to max, which I think equates to somewhere around -20dB; Too bad it won't go a bit further, like -25 or so. Downside: No Vista drivers yet. I'm running Vista on a quad-core, and already I've seen 2 BSODs while running Sonar using the available XP drivers. It also seems to get its clock messed-up frequently while running Sonar... no idea what happens, but I have to restart the FS and Sonar to get it back in sync. Vista drivers are due any day now, though. Overall though, I give the FireStudio the coveted ElectricPuppy Lick of Approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tony Scharf Posted October 17, 2007 Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 Downside: No Vista drivers yet. I'm running Vista on a quad-core, and already I've seen 2 BSODs while running Sonar using the available XP drivers. It also seems to get its clock messed-up frequently while running Sonar... no idea what happens, but I have to restart the FS and Sonar to get it back in sync. Vista drivers are due any day now, though. I seem to remember reading on gearjunkies that Vista drivers were released, like, this week.. Also, glad to here you like it. presonus gear is probably what I am going to replace my current setup with when I upgrade my PC after the first of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted October 17, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 I based my decision to get the FireStudio on my experience with the little FireBox, which was excellent. I just wanted more inputs. I was aiming for an FP10, but got a good deal on the FireStudio. The stand-alone operation was a surprise bonus. To my knowledge, there are still no Vista drivers available for it just yet: http://www.presonus.com/downloads.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted October 17, 2007 Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 Thank you for the review - it looks like a good piece of gear I just upgraded myself from an FW1814 to an 828mkII, mainly to use it with Vista drivers... I'll let you guys know how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted October 25, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2007 Still no Vista drivers, and Presonus says "not until Q1 of '08". Grrr. This is a problem, because it's pretty flaky in Sonar 6. Stand-alone it seems fine. I seem to have a knack for buying incompatible gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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