Q: Anyone get the Firefly 302 to work?

I've seen several comments about the Phonic Firefly 302 plus and mac software. I have an 08 iMac running snow leopard and I cannot get the firewire Firefly 302 to work. In utilities/audio, all the device settings are grayed out and I cannot set it as an input. I manually set it in garageband, but the audio is very weak and sometimes not usable at all. I emailed their tech support, but didn't get a reply yet. Anyone else get this thing to work? If not, is there another firewire interface that has 1/4", XLR, and rca inputs in the $100 range?

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2), iPhone 3G

Posted on Dec 30, 2009 3:18 PM

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isteveus Dec 30, 2009 5:27 PM in response to Jhammer1
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Dec 30, 2009 5:27 PM in response to Jhammer1

Sounds like it's working just fine but you have a week signal. What mic are you using?
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Jhammer1 Dec 30, 2009 6:03 PM in response to isteveus
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Dec 30, 2009 6:03 PM in response to isteveus

I'm using a guitar plugged into the 1/4" input. The signal is extremely weak when it's there, even with the gain settings up high. Sometimes there's no signal at all. I've read several places, including here, where other people had the same issue.
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isteveus Dec 30, 2009 7:09 PM in response to Jhammer1
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Dec 30, 2009 7:09 PM in response to Jhammer1

With some interfaces you can turn up the record level in track info or System Preferences > Sound. Don't know about the firefly but can't hurt to look. Also what kind of guitar electric, acoustic with transducer, piezo or pickup?
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