Hey, I am currently looking to upgrade past the USB sound card and go Firewire. The only issue is that i'm maxin' out an iBook G4 and the only Firewire port is the 400, not the current 800. Does anyone know of a decent sound card in the $200 range that uses a Firewire 400 connection, and RCA outs.
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Thread: Is Firewire 400 Dead?
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10-04-2009, 07:57 PM #1Tech Mentor
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Is Firewire 400 Dead?
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10-04-2009, 08:11 PM #2Tech Guru
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an adapter wont work? i use it the other way round, but thats probably easier!
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10-04-2009, 08:18 PM #3Tech Mentor
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I didn't know if it would dramatically effect the latency, not power the sound card, or just not be compatible with a downgraded machine. But will it work?
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10-04-2009, 10:49 PM #4Tech Guru
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firebox, its in the tags lol. do a search if you haven't heard of it.
i don't think you'll run into many (if any cards yet) that are FW 800 or FW 800 only.We don't believe in the star system. We want the focus to be on the music. If we have to create an image, it must be an artificial image. That combination hides our physicality and also shows our view of the star system. It is not a compromise-daftpunk
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10-04-2009, 11:39 PM #5
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Buy a Presonus Firebox and be happy ever after. Seriously
it has Firewire 400 connections 6 pin). So has your iBook.
Your done.
KarlosLast edited by Karlos Santos; 10-04-2009 at 11:42 PM.
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10-05-2009, 06:57 AM #6Tech Guru
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An 800 to 400 adapter won't effect latency at all.
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10-05-2009, 11:03 AM #7
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those firewire 400 cables fall out sooooooooo easy, its horrible >_<
Wouldnt recommend using them for djing personally :\
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10-05-2009, 12:11 PM #8
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The 6-circuit like the Presonus are fine. Its the 4-circuit alpha that fall out.
Bad design.
Im hoping that the 9-circuit is more sturdy as thats what is in the new Macbook Pros and im due an upgrade.
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10-05-2009, 02:46 PM #9Tech Guru
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Re: Is Firewire 400 Dead?
if you're getting a firebox (which I fully reccommend), do yourself a favor and get a firewire cable from apple. they will click-lock into your port, the one that came with my firebox was quite loose
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10-05-2009, 03:07 PM #10
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Absolutely spot on the fucking money. Originally Posted by djhipnotikk
Ive given the exact same advice on the NI forum .
Those Apple cables are unbelievably secure. The one you get with the Firebox was thrown in the spares box immediately.
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