Hi Nickus, Totally agree! Firewire will soon be on display at the "smithsonian institute"! ;) Heres a suggestion for you; Universal Audio Apollo DUO U get the uad plugs with it and the parameters show up fine in PT. Also it takes the load off your mac book pro for the uad plugs which are accessible in pt 12.8. I have a Apollo DUO just for the plugs the Apollo has 2 thunderbolt ports. I hang a thunderbolt hd on the Apollo at the end of my thunderbolt chain. another option is to get a thunderbolt hub for your box.
Talk soon Chuck On Aug 25, 2017, at 10:08 AM, Nickus de Vos wrote: > Hi in my opinion FireWire is pretty much dead, yes you still get the > converters to connect FireWire devices to newer Mac's, but buying a new > FireWire device at this stage when you can go for thunderbolt directly, won't > be such a smart move. > Thunderbolt is much newer technology with much faster throughput and it will > be supported for some time to come, where some manufacturers already started > discontinuing support for FireWire. > > As for your issue of only having one thunderbolt port, most fundable devices > monitors, drives, and audio interfaces, have more than one port on them > which allows you to daisy chain devices. Look for a interface with 2 > Thunderbolt ports, run out off your computer into the interface, and out of > the Interface into your monitor. > > Look at the Focusrite Clarett interfaces, just keep in mind from what I > understand there Control software isn't accessible on the Mac. > > > > Nickus > Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any typos... > > On 25 Aug 2017, at 15:37, Phil Muir <i...@accessibilitytraining.co.uk> wrote: > >> Doesn't matter really because firewire is still a good choice. Also you are >> still future proofed because as long as there's thunderbolt then chances are >> you can get a firewire to thunderbolt converter and still use the firewire >> device. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Peter Bosher >> Sent: 25 August 2017 14:29 >> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Thunderbolt or Firewire >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> I need to choose a new audio interface, and looking around suggests that >> Thunderbolt may be better than FireWire. I only have one Thunderbolt >> port which is used by the monitor, so what would be the best way of >> connecting an interface? >> >> >> Secondary question, do you have a recommendation for an interface with >> at least 4 (but not more than 8) independent inputs and MIDI in, from >> the likes of Focusrite or Mackie, whether TB or FW? >> >> Best, >> >> Peter >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
