The Digi 002 uses Firewire 400 but the newer Macs come with Firewire
800. The good news is that it is backwards compatible but you'll need a
little dongle to change the shape of the plug. I've used these to
connect older firewire drives to my newer laptop. Something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812191015
Or you can get a cable that has a FW400 on one end and 800 on the other
which does the same thing but you'll pay a bit more. That might be nice
as it means one less connection to slip apart. Of course that assumes
the software will run ok on modern OSX. I'm not a protools user these
days but the Digi 002 specs say they want OSX 10.2 so I'd do some
checking whether it will work on the current rev. Maybe you've already
done that. Sounds like these folks have tried it and it worked:
http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?p=1954064
Drivers say they have been updated to add Mountain Lion support so maybe
it works ok
http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Download/Digi-002-003-Drivers
CB
On 4/25/13 7:14 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi folks,
Granted I could ask this on the pro tools list too.
Still I really enjoyed the wisdom Anita got when she was putting hers
together, and I have some of the same goals.
Let me ask the more pro-tools like question first however.
My desire will be a laptop. I want to put things together much the way
people guided Anita to doing, being sure I still has a cd optical
drive being very very sure I can still have firewire 400 access. I use
a digi 002, and want absolutely to connect this device to the machine.
I think there is still an adapter for this if needful.
Now, my goal would be if I can to put what I want together, but pick
it up in store, the apple store here in Toronto where I intend taking
advantage of the in store training apple provides.
I want to support this effort with my business.
Assuming I can actually finance the machine in the first place smiles,
can I
1, still find a laptop with the sort of firewire connection required
for the digi 002? That one is for those on list here who can answer that.
2, if I follow the steps in the other thread choosing the size and
other pieces I desire can I indeed place the order either on the
phone, on line, or in a store with the item going to a store for pick up?
I imagine this will be a unit or so back, which is perfectly okay.
My registered copy of pro-tools goes back a bit. it is critical that I
can connect the digi if this is impossible, then I will either wait to
get the new mac, or get one still with things like the cd optical
drive and be sure I can connect other aspects of production to that
machine.
I know I will be using the full sized keyboard I have with this older
mac anyway, so I can type normally lol.
I have an older mac here already that I use for production now.
I know that seems confusing, but trust me lol.
Let me stop here, as I am wanting to be very firm about what I do not
wish to negotiate on smiles.
Thanks,
Karen
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