I have a MOTU firewire audio interface. Is there a possibility to make it work with usb-c? Is there a cable that goes from firewire to usb-c (they're not the same transfer technology so I can hardly believe it will work) or do I need a dongle from firewire to thunderbolt and a second one from thunderbolt to usb-c ??
But maybe I haven't done my research too well? Is there a better solution?
thanx
Apple only has a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter which will work with the Apple USB-C to Thunderbolt adapter. I don't know if there are any third party adapters available for direct USB-C to Firewire.
Apple only has a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter which will work with the Apple USB-C to Thunderbolt adapter. I don't know if there are any third party adapters available for direct USB-C to Firewire.
Thank you for your answer. So there is nog usb-c to firewire 400 cable. ratz.
Going with your answer that means I need 3 dongles for 1 connection. A T3 to T2 dongle in a T2 tot FW800 dongle in FW800 to FW400 dongle. Wauw. I'm not sure if it is still efficiënt after all those extra connections.
Apple has essentially replaced Firewire with ThunderBolt, so no new Apple devices have Firewire. They are not spending time or money developing FireWire solutions.
I have quite a few FireWire disk enclosures that I continue to use, so Firewire is not dead to me.
natteaap wrote:
Thank you for your answer. So there is nog usb-c to firewire 400 cable. ratz.
Going with your answer that means I need 3 dongles for 1 connection. A T3 to T2 dongle in a T2 tot FW800 dongle in FW800 to FW400 dongle. Wauw. I'm not sure if it is still efficiënt after all those extra connections.
I was using FireWire drives with my 2012 iMac along with the Thunderbolt2->FW800 dongle. When I purchased my new mini I thought about purchasing the T3 to T2 dongle but after thinking about it a bit I decided to get a good 2 bay USB 3 / SATA enclosure. Sure it cost twice as much as the dongle but now I have 1 cable instead of 2 dongles and a cable as well as an enclosure that is brand new instead of nearly 10 years old.
Thanx for your input, but this is about an audio interface. The one I have is good quality and buying a new one would cost me a minimum of 500€. I'm not ready to do that if the one I have is still in perfect shape.
I thought about going for a new 2in/2out and then rerouting via adat or spdif but something decent is also 500€.
True, the new MBP's come only with usb-c. That is no problem, it is the best standard at the moment so I'm not against it. But it gets difficult if you have to connect perfectly working devices through a legacy connection. Just to have the dongles alone would set me back about 100€ and 30cm's of dongle-centipede.
If one 39,99 cable could solve that, I'd be very happy ^_^
ThunderBolt-3 to ThunderBolt-2 adapter, then Apple Thunderbolt-2 to Firewire-800.
If you need Firewire-400, that is done with an additional adapter/cable.
And isn't there a usb-c hub out there that has firewire? I am searching for it in the net but so far nothing. Maybe you guys know more of these things than i do.
firewire to usb-c
