Will this drive and a macbook pro via firewire 800 stream professional orchestral sound libraries to kontakt 5 and logic x with low latency?
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I work professionally with this drive as a video editor using extremely high definition files and it streams the video perfectly! I can't imagine any audio files being larger to stream than my video files (which have audio embedded in them) so my intuition is you should be fine.
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I'm not sure; I use mine for video editing in Final Cut Pro, but Final Cut has a caching scheme that makes it possible to use slower drives (while rendering in background). Happy with mine though.
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No. Or at least not easily. You can use the free foobar2000 (for Windows) or the £14.99 Dipper for Mac OSX to do it. This has been a bit of a disappointment for me, especially as "Playlists" appear in the X5's menu system
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Yes, a Western Digital 1 TB Black Caviar drive with Snow Leopard should be able to boot from this easily over Firewire, if it is formatted with a GUID Partition Table.
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Yes you do need some kind of audio interface that has 1/4 inch or RCA outputs. Then the device should have either FireWire or USB...you may need a FireWire to thunderbolt cable because the new Mac may not have FireWire. Hope this helps
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So far I have not gotten it to act as a direct audio interface for Logic Pro. My work around is to record into auria and transfer the files to logic. The MIDI works great with logic however.
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Not sure. I went on to use a Creative Lab SB1090 to run my Logitech sound system on my MacBook. It plugs in with a USB connector to my hub, and runs the sound system better then the SD card ever did.
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Yes indeed. I have the speakers on a MacBook Pro running on 10.6.8 SnowLeopard for a year and they sound very good.
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I don't own a mac, so I'm not sure. I use this with Sony Acid Music studio program.
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Yes, at least mine were using Firewire. This one also has Firewire and a USB 3.0 port, while earlier models do not. That worked out great for connecting USB 3.0 to a new 5k iMac, which is faster than FW anyway; but my older ones cannot as the 5k iMac has no Firewire port.
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Presonus works great with a Mac; I haven't had any problems. Good audio quality and easy to use.
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I have it installed under Yosemite 10.10.3 on a 2009 Mac Pro. It has been working well so far with no additional drivers (or power). I tested the speeds using Black Magic with the same drive connected to the Mac's built-in USB 2.0 and then on the Inateck USB 3.0. The speed difference was quite dramatic under USB 3.0, although I have been using the external drive only for Time Machine backups, so it is not a big factor in real-world use.
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Yes it is. I am running Logic Pro X on a MacBook Air. I did have to update to Mavericks in order to get it working properly, but if you have a desktop Mac I bet it will run fine.
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Firewire is a daisy-chained protocol. These drives have 2 ports, so you just attach a cable between the two and to the Firewire port on your Mac and you're all set. I have 2 of these devices set up this way with my 17" Mac Book Pro and it works great. Note that if you daisy chain a LOT of Firewire devices together you can get performance problems since signals pass through each device. But for a couple disk drives this should not be a problem.
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Im not sure about sound card stuff but I do have both a akai keyboard and a NI Maschine micro but if this helps I will explain what I am doing! I run a new macbook pro to komplete kontrol 6 then 2 midi cords for in and out to a novation bass station 2 then and the other side of my mac I run machine micro usb or a akai synth station 49! Thats all I'm can tell you! Im hoping the new akai advance comes out soon because once I get that I can run it in midi to connect more stuff! I use the iPad air for a mixer and other functions with logic remote and I use maschine and Logic Pro X! Hope that helps you or others respond! Im going to have to study up on soundcards now! Good Luck to you! Im not sure about sound card stuff but I do have both a akai keyboard and a NI Maschine micro but if this helps I will explain what I am doing! I run a new macbook pro to komplete kontrol 6 then 2 midi cords for in and out to a novation bass station 2 then and the other side of my mac I run machine micro usb or a akai synth station 49! Thats all I'm can tell you! Im hoping the new akai advance comes out soon because once I get that I can run it in midi to connect more stuff! I use the iPad air for a mixer and other functions with logic remote and I use maschine and Logic Pro X! Hope that... » Read More Im not sure about sound card stuff but I do have both a akai keyboard and a NI Maschine micro but if this helps I will explain what I am doing! I run a new macbook pro to komplete kontrol 6 then 2 midi cords for in and out to a novation bass station 2 then and the other side of my mac I run machine micro usb or a akai synth station 49! Thats all I'm can tell you! Im hoping the new akai advance comes out soon because once I get that I can run it in midi to connect more stuff! I use the iPad air for a mixer and other functions with logic remote and I use maschine and Logic Pro X! Hope that helps you or others respond! Im going to have to study up on soundcards now! Good Luck to you! « Show Less
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Yes, but it is suggested that you go into your MBP settings and activate aptX to optimize the sound
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Google is your friend:"Supporting stereo 24-bit resolution and up to 96 kHz sample rate, the USB Audio dongle features 2 stereo DACs which can achieve high performance 95 db Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and 2 stereo ADCs which can achieve high performance 90 db SNR Mac OS X does NOT have 7.1 driver and S/PDIF software."Found at manufacturer's website:http://www.sybausa.com/productInfo.php?iid=1191
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No lag, just make sure you don't run your audio cables near magnetic/electrical interference or there will be constant hum, sometimes popping noises. It's a been a great external card so far. Basically turned my laptop into a 5.1 entertainment system. Combine it with some decent Logitech 5.1 speakers and you're all set. Also, I would recommend K-Lite Codec pack on your system to get the most out of this.