Hot-plugging Echo Audiofire 2 - Fine or Bad Idea?

PeteJames · 28th January 2012

Is there any issues with hot-plugging the audiofire 2 into their firewire 800 ports with a fw 800 to 400 lead. I have a late 2008 macbook pro - I really need the soundcard to just plug and go whenever I feel like it without rebooting. Don't want to risk frying my FW chip or having my soundcard or laptop mafunction. Can I use it plug and play? Thanks

seraan · 28th January 2012

I use exactly the same combination (although af4) on my laptop for a year now...
hot-plugging and unplugging works perfectly every time! the driver of the sound-card takes over immediately even if there're applications running. some few applications might need a restart but not the laptop.

I know about the risks of hot-plugging. so anybody with bad experiences or real facts please jump in and avoid us frying our fw chips.

PeteJames · 28th January 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by seraan

hot-plugging and unplugging works perfectly every time! the driver of the sound-card takes over immediately even if there're applications running.

Awesome, just what I wanted to hear

PeteJames · 7th February 2012

Can confirm works great hotplugging - so good how the echo takes over automatically when plugged in :D then when unplugged autmatically reverts to my built in soundcard. Superb. I love this thing - sounds so good too! My focal CMS65s seem to go much louder, are more punchy and rounded, wicked bedroom hifi setup :D I want an audiofire 8 now for my studio to go with the BM15a's

28th January 2012	#1
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28th January 2012	#2
seraan Gear interested Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 15	I use exactly the same combination (although af4) on my laptop for a year now... hot-plugging and unplugging works perfectly every time! the driver of the sound-card takes over immediately even if there're applications running. some few applications might need a restart but not the laptop. I know about the risks of hot-plugging. so anybody with bad experiences or real facts please jump in and avoid us frying our fw chips.

7th February 2012	#4
PeteJames Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2009 Location: Lancashire, England Posts: 1,859 Thread Starter	Can confirm works great hotplugging - so good how the echo takes over automatically when plugged in :D then when unplugged autmatically reverts to my built in soundcard. Superb. I love this thing - sounds so good too! My focal CMS65s seem to go much louder, are more punchy and rounded, wicked bedroom hifi setup :D I want an audiofire 8 now for my studio to go with the BM15a's