#Firewire 800 to usb 3 connector pro#

In my opinion, your best bet would be to get your hands on an old Mac Pro tower, throw plenty of RAM inside, a couple solid state drives, maybe a faster processor if it’s compatible, and MacOS and Windows 10. You can buy firewire PCI cards to stick in a desktop, and for professional level production it probably would be better to use a desktop anywase. Apple Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 USB-C adapter. This might also mean that (due to patents and things of the like) including firewire would be a huge hassle for Eve, and making it compatible with Windows would be even harder. Firewire 800 to Thunderbolt adapter, which should also support Apple computers. Of coarse in the future poles firewire can be listed as an option, and if enough people vote for it it will be worth considering.Īlso, if all of your equipment only works with firewire (which is almost strictly an apple connection), there’s a good chance you’ll have problems using it with Windows. But it wouldn’t be good for Eve to include an obsolete port on their dock for just a handful of people. I understand where you’re coming from, I really do. I’m trying to avoid a kludge of adapters, hence my interest in Firewire on Donald. If you use the StarTech Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter with the Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter, this has been shown to work. This absolutely does not work in Windows 10. Other users of the same audio hardware have already tried the Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, and then the Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter.

#Firewire 800 to usb 3 connector drivers#

This would be my best option, for sure, but they have not provided Windows drivers for their previous docks, so I am not hopeful. I wrote to them to see if they had any intention of providing Windows drivers, but have not heard back yet. I did find the OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock on line, but it is a Mac only device. I do have a 2013 MacBook with a Firewire 800 port, and that is what I am using to record at the moment, but I was hoping to start using my V instead, since the MacBook won’t last forever. I have already ditched my 6TB Firewire external drive in favour of USB 3. I’m not talking about Firewire support for a hard drive. I wouldn't waste money on adapters or enclosures unless you are going to need them often in the future.I understand that firewire is old, but I have many thousands of dollars invested in professional audio hardware that I cannot afford to replace, and firewire is the only option to record 64 channels of audio simultaneously from this hardware. USB 2 typically gave me around 30-35MB/sec when I used it. And how fast is the drive inside that old firewire enclosure? Firewire 800 was only 100MB/sec maximum, many drives were not that fast. That is what I started doing with my old disks before I archived them, it was just easier. I'm sure you can find something to do for a few hours. Honestly, if you just need to do a one-time transfer from your old disk(s), just use the USB port and be happy. So, it is fine for a data transfer but maybe not a good solution for continued use. This happens whenever the adapter is plugged in, even when no disk is connected to it. It works fine, but it gets surprisingly hot - almost too hot to hold in your hand. I have the thunderbolt to firewire adapter in the link above, used it with my 20 MacBook Airs. ? Finally archived them all to a pair of 5tb USB 3 hard drives around 5 years ago.

#Firewire 800 to usb 3 connector full#

I have (literally) two milk crates full of old firewire drives, LOL.