Audio 8
Hi
Feel free to abuse me if this has already been asked a thousand times. Is there anyway to use an audio 8 with a new MacBook Pro or are they dead in the water now? I was forced to buy a new MacBook & never thought about the audio 8 not working.
It should work with a USB-C to USB-B cable.
Like these: Chroma Cables: USB-C to B – DJ TechTools
I tried plugging it in but the MacBook didn’t see it. I will have another try tomorrow with a fresh mind. Thanks for the reply.
OK I tried plugging the sound card directly into the MacBook Pro (High Siera and the sound card doesn’t’t dshow up. Anybody have any ideas or is the audio 8 now finished with.
The Audio 8 needs drivers on macOS, which are no longer supported on newer OSes.
Boo.
My A10mk2 worked with whatever the last major version was (not the one that was released a few days/weeks ago)…high sierra maybe?
It’s getting harder to find affordable DJ interfaces for 4 decks without integrating it into the mixer…the SL4 might be the only game in town unless you want to go with a recording interface.
Hopefully, I’m wrong. Someone please tell me I am.
The Audio 10 is still supported. I use it.
Thats great but they are not cheap. It always seems sad to have a sound card that is as good as new but not be able to use it. I also use a Korg Zero 4 mixer which has a built in sound card. I am looking into using that bu it is Firewire which causes cable issues. I may try apple support & see if they think it is possible. All this Wonderful new tech has its downsides. Gear from 10 years ago doesn’t work or isn’t supported but turn tables from 30 years ago work fine, hahaa.
It’s the future.
FWIW, AFAIK, Firewire still works, it’s just a bit of a PITA. If you have the right things to plug a thunderbolt 1 device into your computer, I have a couple of Apple Firewire interfaces for thunderbolt that may still work. If you want it, PM me, and I’ll send you one for the cost of shipping. (No idea if they still work, they’ve been in my box of computer parts since like 2013).
Unfortunately USB-C → Thunderbolt adapter + Thunderbolt → Firewire adapter is the way to go with these things. I haven’t used the Zero 4 but I have several Firewire devices and I don’t even trust them through Thunderbolt. I had many problems with my Evo5 soundcard; it all worked fine but if you tried recording the digital signal via Firewire there were weird distortion problems. I wound up selling my Apogee Firewire soundcard because of similar issues when using the adapters – it sounded and worked great unless I wanted to record the digital signal. Troubleshooting didn’t help and Apogee help was limited since the soundcard was discontinued. So I bought a Focusrite USB soundcard which I don’t like nearly as much (latency is not really acceptable) but USB has never given me trouble like this.
If you have Firewire working well, I’m impressed 
I love Macs but it’s annoying as hell that they stopped supporting Firewire and now Thunderbolt. Best bet might be to get a 2013 Macbook, don’t upgrade the software too much, and take good care of it.
I had to use a usb to pcmcia adapter to firewire pcmcia card to use an old firewire camera i had some footage on from the attic. Holy crap was it more work than I expected.
That’s just reminded me, I’ve got some old MiniDV videotapes & an old camcorder with a firewire connection. I should really get them archived, while i’ve still got a computer with a working firewire adaptor.
Yeah…Apple finally lost me as a customer. Apparently, I’m not a part of their target market anymore.
On the bright side, Win10 doesn’t suck as much as XP did.
Thanks for all the replies. For now I am stuck with a mixer certified for Traktor that I can’t use & a sound card that is a paper weight. I am considering getting an S4 MK3. At least I know that will play nicely with Traktor for quite a long time.
Growing pains are hard. (and I don’t mean for that to sound heartless)
When I got my first studio job (in like 2011, I think, maybe 2008), I was kind of shocked to find that they were mostly still using PowerPC Macs. When things broke, they were hitting up ebay for old, outdated hardware to fix the computers. And they were using PT HD systems old enough that my laptop noticeably did more.
It confused me at the time; it kind of makes sense now. The growing pains from changes like this are a bit crazy. If you’re happy with what your stuff does, it often makes more sense to take the computer off the internet and just not upgrade/update anything. The downside is that you will hit a point where you have to upgrade…and when that time comes, you have to upgrade almost everything.
If you’re happy with a (relatively) affordable all-in-one, they make a lot of sense.