« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2006, 10:53:57 PM »
Anyone know if the firebox will run standalone without the firewire? Like mics>firebox>Microtracker[via spdif]? I know it will need the 12v dc power, but not sure if the firewire connection is mandatory.
I just bought one to play around with. Apparently it will pass signal to analog 1 and 2, but it will not automatically route through the SPDIF. I did read somewhere that if you routed to the SPDIF and then unplugged the firewire it would continue to pass signal though...
How do you "route" this thing? I tried making SPDIF (outputs 9/10) the default in Windows. And when I play audio, it comes out SPDIF OK.
That's fine, but the analog inputs (1-8) are not "routed" anywhere. Sure, I hear them on the "input monitor", but nothing else. It seems inputs and outputs are just treated independently (*).
(*) The most recent BIOS update from Presonus routes analog in (1-8) to analog out, so it can work as a standalone preamp.
Richard
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