Erratic Sync With 2 Firepods?

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Just wondering if anyone has had any troubles with two firepods going in an out of snyc? They are both cool for a while and then all of a sudden they fall out of sync and then sync back in, nothing to prompt the malfunction whatsoever. I have reinstalled drivers and firmware of course. I can actually get them to fall out of sync when I open windows media player, even though I am using my audigy as my primary sound card it will throw the pods out of snyc. This is the only instance I can recreate each time though. However there are still random times the pods just lose their shit with what seems to be no interference.

I am considering buying a TI chipset FW card but my 1st pod ran like a friggin charm on the internal FW port for a year.

Anybody else see any of the same symptoms and more importantly resolve them?


TIA!
 
I get the same sort of problems sometimes with my MOTU 828mkII on PC. Audio dropouts, crackles, pops etc....I don't know how to resolve it either since I tried everything.
 
Hang on, you've got 2 firepods, and an audigy is your Primary Soundcard?

If you have to keep the audigy, why don't you set up 2 hardware profiles. One for recording with the firepods, and the other for....audigy stuff. At least then the drivers will be out of each others way
 
Bulls Hit said:
Hang on, you've got 2 firepods, and an audigy is your Primary Soundcard?

If you have to keep the audigy, why don't you set up 2 hardware profiles. One for recording with the firepods, and the other for....audigy stuff. At least then the drivers will be out of each others way
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The drivers are generally always out of the way of each other, my pods for the most part are never on unless I am recording mixing etc and then all applications are killed except for what is needed. Therefore I only select the audigy when pods are off. I was just trouble shooting when both were running. Not really a fan of running the pods as primary sound when just listening to tunes, vids etc. unfortunately my PC doubles as my online machine too.
 
studiomaster said:
I get the same sort of problems sometimes with my MOTU 828mkII on PC. Audio dropouts, crackles, pops etc....I don't know how to resolve it either since I tried everything.
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No offense, but how does this help with his Firepods not syncing?
 
Vincent-

It wouldn't hurt to invest in a TI chipset firewire card. Not a 100% guarantee that you're issue will be resolved, but most seem to have great luck with TI cards.

Not sure why you're not a fan of using the Firepod(s) for your primary sound - I'd think you'd be getting better audio quality all around. I owned one and used it for everything and it worked great. I'd agree with Bulls Hit about the hardware profiles...but then again, I'd only install one primary audio interface/card on a PC.
 
Just to follow up on my last post, let's ask the obvious question here before suggesting firewire cards that may or may not fix the problem.

How are you clocking the Firepods?
 
tnjazz said:
Just to follow up on my last post, let's ask the obvious question here before suggesting firewire cards that may or may not fix the problem.

How are you clocking the Firepods?
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You have to use the Firepods internal clocks....no word clock ins/outs.
 
warble said:
You have to use the Firepods internal clocks....no word clock ins/outs.
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No, you should be clocking them via SPDIF if that's the case. There should be only one master clock in any digital system.
 
tnjazz said:
No, you should be clocking them via SPDIF if that's the case. There should be only one master clock in any digital system.
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Right, and in this case, one of the Firepods should be providing the master clock. Shouldn't be a need to go out and spend a few hundred bucks on a clock generator. Presonus designed the interface and created drivers to provide the ability to chain them together through Firewire.

I'm not arguing that a clock isn't a good idea, just that this Firepod configuration should work as he's trying to get it to work without spending money on a clock generator.
 
warble said:
Right, and in this case, one of the Firepods should be providing the master clock. Shouldn't be a need to go out and spend a few hundred bucks on a clock generator. Presonus designed the interface and created drivers to provide the ability to chain them together through Firewire.

I'm not arguing that a clock isn't a good idea, just that this Firepod configuration should work as he's trying to get it to work without spending money on a clock generator.
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Precisely, the updated drivers enable one pod to clock both. Couldn't find much on the net concerning my problem and I have to believe there are quite a few multiple firepod users out there considering it's overall popularity at the price range. So I am guessing that multiple firepods are running pretty smoothly on the majority of PCs out there. Wouldn’t mind actually hearing some success stories just to confirm though. My single pod ran like a rock excluding the well know piece of shit chipset that had to be replaced 6 months in. Won't call presonus until I nab a FW card and the problem persists.

The current situation is so sporadic it's a bitch to troubleshoot.

Again as far as running the pods as my primary soundcard it really just comes down to a wear and tear thing. No need to leave them on as the primary sound device when I am listening to minimal bullshit and whatnot on the rig.

But of course like I said when I am mixing and recording I kill everything not only to avoid conflicts but open resources as well.

Thanks to everyone who has responded thus far, hopefully someone will eventually run into this thread and possibly have a cure. Minus picking up a clock HAHAHAHAHAH.
 
OK, so you've downloaded the firmware and drivers to enable the Firepods to be clocked together.

But are you actually clocking them together? Your post isn't clear on whether or not you're actually doing it.

If you're not, connect them via SPDIF, set one to master and the other to slave to the SPDIF, and see what happens.
 
tnjazz said:
OK, so you've downloaded the firmware and drivers to enable the Firepods to be clocked together.

But are you actually clocking them together? Your post isn't clear on whether or not you're actually doing it.

If you're not, connect them via SPDIF, set one to master and the other to slave to the SPDIF, and see what happens.
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Yeah, I am using the internal clock of the pods and have absolutly no desire to buy a clock for the pods either. Picking up the FW card tomorrow, should solve the problem, HOPEFULLY.
 
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