Re: DICE II Firewire Driver Settings

Soundhaspriority wrote:

It's a pity that I find I can get more out of reading the forums than out of a review. But that's the way it is. I google up every forum I can see, and I read the opinions, each of which has little weight. Sometimes I find that several individuals have used the product in widely different ways. If they all like it, the composite is much more valuable to me than some guy who has a writing job and two guitar cabinets for L&R.

The trouble with forums is that they're interactive. One user's problem escalates into a dozen branches. You know that User A had a problem but you never seem to find out what the actual problem was, or what the solution is. Usually they (the posters) just go away. I looked at that Google link that you posted in another message and I couldn't get anything useful out of it, just a bunch of random people frustrated with what they bought. If you believe what you read on forums, you'll be afraid to buy anything.

It helps if one can get some numbers. Let's say I want to compare the DICE chipset experience to the Echo Audio experience.

But who wants to compare "the DICE experience" with "the Echo Audio experience?" You want to compare the products. Suppose the one that has all the features you need didn't work for a user or two, and the one that nobody had anything bad to say about it didn't meet your needs?

Google http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=8K6&q=motu+dice+chipset&btnG=Search
and the count, per page, of complaints related to DICE is huge.

No, I won't. Your Google references are too general. Tell me what's significant to you. By the way, A&H says that they've never heard of the problems that I've been having and they're sending me another one in case I have a "weird" one. It can happen. By the way, I'm back into the "crackle and pop" mode, but I had a few good days. <g> If I had bought this console, I would have returned it to the dealer. I'd give him the option of sending me a replacement or sending me a refund. Sometimes a dud escapes the factory. I'm hoping this is the case here. But you seem to be convinced that there's a problem with the DICE chip and that nothing that uses it is going to work right. You could be right, there are always things that the manufacturers don't uncover - users do things the designers never anticipated. But it's hard to believe that something that works fine for a few days will then become cantankerous. If I only knew what I did to fix it the first time, I'd do it again (and tell you what I did) but I tried "the fix" from last time (recording something) and that didn't help this time.

Anyone got a virgin they can loan me for a sacrifice? When's the next full moon anyway?





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