Re: Firewire interface recommendations

[Sjaak Overgaauw <tcplugin@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 5:16 AM, André Donawa <andre@andredonawa.com> wrote:
> I was really looking forward to the ultra lite. Are you using the mk3?
> If so usb or fireiwre?

Hi Andre,
I  have the firewire only version of the Ultralite mk3 running on Mac
OSX 10.6. This combo is rock solid, it never crashes so far, very
stable drivers. USB2 was added my MOTU a few months ago, but the model
is still called mk3 I think.

Regarding noise and USB, that's a common issue on many Windows
laptops. I have used many different Toshiba's for my work and they
were all noisy when I used USB and had the powercable  plugged in. On
batteries, it was fine. A general recommendation is to use a dedicated
laptop for your music, re-install the OS from scratch, and upgrade the
OS and drivers to the latest versions. That's usually a good start for
a stable system. What OS do you use? XP? Vista?
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