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anyone have experience with Firewire audio devices for OS 9?
Posted by: reekdaddy on 2012-05-31 11:17:20
Im trying to use my PowerBook G3 to interface with some very old proprietary synths - running 9.2.2, anyone know of any Firewire audio interfaces that work in Pre-OS X environments?

Hopefully I dont have to invest in something giant like a MOTU interface but I'm hoping to get something on the simpler end... USB 1.1 isn't good enough for audio!

Posted by: Bunsen on 2012-06-06 08:06:49
My Tascam US428 works fine over USB 1.1 - four in, two out, analogue and S/PDIF each way, 8 faders, bunch of knobs, plus MIDI each way.

Posted by: reekdaddy on 2012-06-06 10:26:13
Interesting... that's very good to know though.

Is there anything more basic, I guess, something that's pretty much just good quality inputs and outputs and nothing more (like the E-MU 0404 USB or something)?

i already have an enormous mixer 😛 but i want to use my G3 as an instrument as well

Posted by: CJ_Miller on 2012-06-18 07:16:24
I was in the same situation a couple of years ago, and bought an original v1 MOTU 828. I didn't strictly need 8 channels, four would have made for a more portable interface but in practice it hasn't been a problem for me. Install of the software was easy and the interface works nicely.

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