[George's Pro Sound Co.]

I am going to give the SAC ( http://www.softwareaudioconsole.com/ )a try,
just bought the adat to firewire m-audio "lightbridge" and already own 4
ada8000s from a previous project
I am on a gateway tablet pc , what is the recommended adapter/card /widget
to get the fire wire to flow thru my usb ports? or should I go into the card
slot with a firewire card
any really good one I should look for, stability and compatibility are my
main concerns
any I should avoid?
Ideas?

[hank alrich]

George's Pro Sound Co. wrote:

I am going to give the SAC ( http://www.softwareaudioconsole.com/ )a try,
just bought the adat to firewire m-audio "lightbridge" and already own 4
ada8000s from a previous project
I am on a gateway tablet pc , what is the recommended adapter/card /widget
to get the fire wire to flow thru my usb ports? or should I go into the card
slot with a firewire card
any really good one I should look for, stability and compatibility are my
main concerns
any I should avoid?
Ideas?

I don't do Windows so all I will suggest is that I personally would not
want to be converting Firewire to USB for something mission critical. I
would definitely go with an FW card for the slot.

--
ha
shut up and play your guitar
http://hankalrich.com/
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hsadharma

[Cyberserf[_2_]]

On Mar 27, 9:00*am, "George's Pro Sound Co." wrote:
I am going to give the SAC *( *http://www.softwareaudioconsole.com/*)a try,
just bought the adat to firewire *m-audio "lightbridge" and already own 4
ada8000s from a previous project
I am on a gateway tablet pc , what is the recommended adapter/card /widget
to get the fire wire to flow thru my usb ports? or should I go into the card
slot with a firewire card
any really good one I should look for, stability and compatibility are my
main concerns
any I should avoid?
Ideas?

You need something like these:

http://www.firewire-1394.com/cards-f...ok-cardbus.htm

Firewire 800 is the fastest.

-CS

[George's Pro Sound Co.]

"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message
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"George's Pro Sound Co." wrote in message
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I am going to give the SAC ( http://www.softwareaudioconsole.com/ )a
try, just bought the adat to firewire m-audio "lightbridge" and already
own 4 ada8000s from a previous project
I am on a gateway tablet pc , what is the recommended adapter/card
/widget to get the fire wire to flow thru my usb ports? or should I go
into the card slot with a firewire card
any really good one I should look for, stability and compatibility are my
main concerns
any I should avoid?
Ideas?
George, as Hank says, don't even think in the direction of Firewire-USB.
It's not a workable thing.

Does your laptop have a card slot? What is the model/year of the laptop?
I'll look it up.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
vintage unknown
Gatewat tablet ta7 or t7700 hard to read
bought used on ebay running windows xp tablet pc edition 2005
service pack 3
intel core2 duo cpu
t7700 2.4 ghz
2.00 gig ram

[Mike Rivers]

George's Pro Sound Co. wrote:

I am on a gateway tablet pc , what is the recommended adapter/card /widget
to get the fire wire to flow thru my usb ports? or should I go into the card
slot with a firewire card

As far as I know, there is no such thing as a Firewire-USB adapter, and
if there was,
I wouldn't use it for real time audio. Get a Firewire adapter for your
computer's epansion
card slot. Since I wasn't successful in finding a manual for a Gateway
TA7 on line (that's
apparently a legitimate model since there are forums, complains,
problems, and parts to
be found) I'm assuming it's old enough so that it has a
PCMCIA/CardBus/PCcard slot and
not an ExpressCard slot. The most compliant Firewire interfaces are
those with the T.I.
bridge chip. A reliable one is the Siig NN-PCM22-S4. If your computer
has an ExpressCard
slot, the similar one is NN-EC2012-S1.

any I should avoid?

It used to be easier, but these days not every manufacturer tells you
want parts go into
their parts. If you have a choice, avoid cards with a Ricoh chipset.
That's one that seems
to not work with anything audio (though I'll bet a nickel that someone
will respond to this
post saying he has one and it works fine). You might see if M-Audio has
a support forum
for that Firebridge and ask what interface cards others are using.



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"Today's production equipment is IT based and cannot be operated without
a passing knowledge of computing, although it seems that it can be
operated without a passing knowledge of audio." - John Watkinson

[George's Pro Sound Co.]

"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message
...
Also, download SiSoft Sandra Lite from
http://www.sisoftware.net/?d=&f=downandbuy&l=en&a=

Run the program, and look at the report to determine what interrupt the
Cardbus slot is assigned to.

This, combined with the latency reading from DPC Latency Checker, will
determine whether a Firewire Cardbus card can work in your tablet.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511 thanks will do tomorrow or monday, I am moving my company
70 miles to a new city by monday at noon
so I will get to it soon
thanks
George

[hank alrich]

Mike Rivers wrote:

George's Pro Sound Co. wrote:

I am on a gateway tablet pc , what is the recommended adapter/card /widget
to get the fire wire to flow thru my usb ports? or should I go into the card
slot with a firewire card

As far as I know, there is no such thing as a Firewire-USB adapter, and
if there was,
I wouldn't use it for real time audio. Get a Firewire adapter for your
computer's epansion
card slot. Since I wasn't successful in finding a manual for a Gateway
TA7 on line (that's
apparently a legitimate model since there are forums, complains,
problems, and parts to
be found) I'm assuming it's old enough so that it has a
PCMCIA/CardBus/PCcard slot and
not an ExpressCard slot.

if if turns out that George can use a PCMCIA card, i have one with the
TI chip. can't use it with the new mac laptop, bought after the old one
broke when i dropped it.

George, holler at me if you need a good used one cheap.

The most compliant Firewire interfaces are
those with the T.I.
bridge chip. A reliable one is the Siig NN-PCM22-S4. If your computer
has an ExpressCard
slot, the similar one is NN-EC2012-S1.

any I should avoid?

It used to be easier, but these days not every manufacturer tells you
want parts go into
their parts. If you have a choice, avoid cards with a Ricoh chipset.
That's one that seems
to not work with anything audio (though I'll bet a nickel that someone
will respond to this
post saying he has one and it works fine). You might see if M-Audio has
a support forum
for that Firebridge and ask what interface cards others are using.


--
ha
shut up and play your guitar
http://hankalrich.com/
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hsadharma

[George's Pro Sound Co.]

Download DPC Latency Checker, run it, and report back the numbers:
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
Cool program
test interval 976us
current latency 45 to around 350us mostly in the 125 range
abolute max latency 600us
and the dialog box states "This machine should be able to handle real-time
streaming of audio and/or video data without drop-outs."

so Hank I guess I would like your card
George

[hank alrich]

George's Pro Sound Co. wrote:

Download DPC Latency Checker, run it, and report back the numbers:
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
Cool program
test interval 976us
current latency 45 to around 350us mostly in the 125 range
abolute max latency 600us
and the dialog box states "This machine should be able to handle real-time
streaming of audio and/or video data without drop-outs."

so Hank I guess I would like your card
George

you have email

--
ha
shut up and play your guitar
http://hankalrich.com/
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hsadharma

[George's Pro Sound Co.]

"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message
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"George's Pro Sound Co." wrote in message
m...

Download DPC Latency Checker, run it, and report back the numbers:
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
Cool program
test interval 976us
current latency 45 to around 350us mostly in the 125 range
abolute max latency 600us
and the dialog box states "This machine should be able to handle
real-time streaming of audio and/or video data without drop-outs."

so Hank I guess I would like your card
George

You're probably in good shape. If you do experience dropouts, post, and
we'll work on it some more.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
Thank you, everyone
G

[hank alrich]

George's Pro Sound Co. wrote:

"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message
...

"George's Pro Sound Co." wrote in message
m...

Download DPC Latency Checker, run it, and report back the numbers:
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
Cool program
test interval 976us
current latency 45 to around 350us mostly in the 125 range
abolute max latency 600us
and the dialog box states "This machine should be able to handle
real-time streaming of audio and/or video data without drop-outs."

so Hank I guess I would like your card
George

You're probably in good shape. If you do experience dropouts, post, and
we'll work on it some more.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
Thank you, everyone
G

Wait until it works, then thank. g

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