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On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:56:08 -0800

"Len Ovens"  wrote:

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> On Sun, January 27, 2013 8:05 am, Saul Rayson wrote:

> > I was not aware that Firewire interfaces would be software specific, I

> > assumed that if it connected with jack then any jack compliant software

> > would work?

>

> If you can see it in Jack it is fine. I was just aware that the chipset in

> the computer side of the FW interface matters. Once jack has the i/o the

> software doesn't care.

Very true, FW interfaces based on a Ricoh controller tend to be

more problematic than those based on a Texas Instrument controller.
I recently got an Alesis Multimix16 which has a Firewire interface.  It

is stable as a rock on my studio desktop which has a TI controller, but

to get it to work on my laptop with a Ricoh controller, I had to make every

performance tweak known to man, turn off all the networking and USB ports

and physically turn off the Wifi switch before I could record all 18

channels without xruns.
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