Mac mini 2018 & Firewire audio interface issues

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PPW1976 Author

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Mac mini 2018 & Firewire audio interface issues

Hi,

I have just bought a 2018 Mac mini & am struggling to get a clean audio signal through my Motu 8Pre Firewire audio interface.

I have a Firewire 9 pin to 6 pin cable going into an Apple Firewire to Thunderbolt adaptor, going into a Thunderbolt to an Apple USB-C adaptor.

When I fire up Logic& try to record audio, the Left channel is completely clean, though the Right channel is full of digital interference.

I have updated the Motu drivers to the latest available on line & checked there are no audio cable issues - though still to no avail.

I'm wondering if the Motu 8Pre Firewire audio interface is actually compatible even with the adaptors - or maybe the Firewire 6-9pin lead is partially faulty which is causing the problem?

Any advice / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Jan 2, 2019 3:40 AM

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PPW1976 Author

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Jan 2, 2019 9:09 AM in response to Radarhus

Hi,

Thanks for your reply - I have to admit I was suspecting the same thing, however I have managed to resolve it by doing a hard reset on the Motu 8Pre following some guidance that Motu have listed on their site.

All working fine now.

Thanks again

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Radarhus

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Jan 2, 2019 9:04 AM in response to PPW1976

This is a problem created by using too many adapters. If this interface is a hybrid FW/USB device, try connecting it via USB cable. In short, minimize the number of adapters / cables going from the interface to the Mac to one.

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PPW1976 Author

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Jan 2, 2019 10:21 AM in response to Radarhus

It was actually some guidance I received from the Sound on Sound Forum - one of the other forum users very kindly found the Motu info for me & advised through the SoS forum - link below take you to the thread on that Forum providing the advice:

https://www.soundonsound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=64408

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Radarhus

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Jan 2, 2019 9:26 AM in response to PPW1976

Not a problem, glad it worked out for you. If you could provide a link to MOTU's solution and tag that post as "Solved", that would be great. Cheers!

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