Is anyone having trouble with their FireWire interfaces?
I bought a new Creation Station from Sweetwater and needed a new audio interface. I decided to go with a Firewire interface and picked up a Firebox.
The performance was terrible! No matter what settings I choose, the audio would eventually get noisy, stop and start, stutter, etc.
I logged on to Presonus’ website to see if there were any driver updates and found this little tidbit of information:
There is a firewire patch for SP2 available from Microsoft at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885222. You may need to download and install this patch if you cannot install any firewire interface.
Your Interface may be able to install but the audio recording and playback performance may be very bad regardless of settings. If you have these issues, download and install the patch, restart your computer and then reinstall your Interface driver.
From the Microsoft website:
SYMPTOMS
After you update your computer to Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the performance of your 1394a or 1394b FireWire devices may be greatly decreased. A digital camera that uses S400 speed is an example of such a device.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if you connect a 1394a or 1394b FireWire device to a 1394b port. This problem occurs because Windows XP SP2 changes 1394b ports to S100 speed when you upgrade.
Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble with any FireWire interface? If so, you might want to check out this issue.