Thunderbolt to FireWire adapters

I have also been following this closely, and spoke with Apple yesterday.. No new info from what's in this post.. Sonnet express card adapter is the best option so far it seems..

Does anybody know if there is a Hub that I could plug a firewire peripheral into and have a USB out to my computer? Any hub I have found with both USB and FW requires both USB and FW out as well.. I need a hub that I can plug FW into and USB-ONLY out.. anyone?

Also can anyone explain why a Firewire to USB cable is impossible?

USB speaks German and Firewire speaks French.

Do you have a less technical explanation?

What do they speak in Belgium?

[Sorry, double post. Didn't realize cmd-S actually saved your posts here.]

BUMPITY BUMP!

Hey Apple, what the what is going on with the TB <-> Adapter. I am holding off on two projects and running two MBPs side by side on my desk for weeks now, and I would like NOT to. Vaporware is so mid-90's Apple style... blame Intel if you need to, but please confirm this is going to happen!

Bunpity bump bump.

This Ain't Apple. It is a User to User forum.

Shootist: I know, just blowing off steam. Kinda like throwing things at the obelisk. 😉

Actually I broke down and bought the Sonnet basic unit, although I have yet to actually plug my Apollo and UAD Satellite --> Startech 2xFW800 EC34 --> Sonnet. But wait... I will do that... right... now... oh, have to restart. BRB.

Matthew O. wrote:

I have also been following this closely, and spoke with Apple yesterday.. No new info from what's in this post.. Sonnet express card adapter is the best option so far it seems..

Does anybody know if there is a Hub that I could plug a firewire peripheral into and have a USB out to my computer? Any hub I have found with both USB and FW requires both USB and FW out as well.. I need a hub that I can plug FW into and USB-ONLY out.. anyone?

Also can anyone explain why a Firewire to USB cable is impossible?

IOGear makes a hub that connects to the computer via firewire and has both firewire and USB2 ports. I do not think you can go the other way (ie connect to the computer via USB) as USB is host-based and firewire is peer-to-peer.

Belkin also lists a hub that connects to the computer via thunderbolt and has firewire and USB2 ports (the thunderbolt express dock).

[half an hour of installation, AUval and Kontakt library file re-linking later]

Logic 9.1.7 (24-track 48k session, running as 32-bit with a 64 sample IO buffer) now pumping through my new FrankenUAD setup 100% fine, including multiple UAD-2 AU plugs running on both the Apollo and a daisy-chained Satellite Quad on tracks and the master bus.

FYI my Kontakt and Extended EXS libraries are running from a Glyph Portagig RAID over an OWC ESATA -> USB3 adapter, barely breaking an IO sweat.

Workaround freaking city. Pretty nice for a laptop, though.

Now I have to wait for the ACTUAL Thunderbolt daughtercard for the Apollo. Universal Audio originally promised "First half of 2012" availability for it... oops. Now they're saying "Fall 2012" which I believe buys them up to 1:07 A.M. EST December 22nd.

Wow... that's excellent.. I'm in the same boat, got an Apogee AD-16x and i'm waiting for the TB > FW adapter... good to know that the sonnet can get us through our sesssions till Apple releases the adapter... and i LMAO'd when i saw "FrankenUAD" setup... hahaha

That OWC USB3 adapter works SHOCKINGLY well assuming you have a quad eSATA drive.

On my Glyph Portagig62 2.5" RAID I went from FW800 56MB/sec read 79MB/sec write on my 2008 MBP to 169MB/sec r/w speeds(!) using the USB3 adapter on the rMBP. Same drive, TRIPLE the read speed.

The main bummer is it's not bus-powered over USB.

Make sure the EC34 FW card is officially rated by your vendor or YMMV. UA specifically supports the StarTech dual FW800 card I'm using (EC139482) which is why I already had it on hand for my 2008 MBP.

I have the new Macbook Pro Retina and it has no Firewire port.. All of the hubs i've seen that have a Firewire input, need a firewire output.. There are ones that have Firewire and USB inputs, but they all have Firewire and USB outputs as well, and require you to plug in both for the hub to work.. I'm just surprised there's no way to send a Firewire signal into some kind of hub and have it convert there and send out of the hub via USB..

And I am having the problem everybody else seems to be.. I'm not able to hook up my Digi 002 Rack (audio interface).. I'm really hoping this cable comes out, although Sonnet's card reader would solve my problem, and probably be nice to have in the future.. it's just not ideal plus it costs a good deal more than a cable would be

Apple is still saying July @ http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/features/. Here's hoping.

I can't believe it!

I'm an Audio\Music Pro and in few hours, after a month waiting, i should have my new MBP Retina at home... my FIRST MAC!!!.....TOP SPEED AND POWER NOTEBOOK IN THE WORLD.....and i can't WORKING with it!!!???

I have a Firewire Audio Interface!!!

Apple think that I payed 3.158 Euros (very much money for me) for watching foto and net surfing with Safari?

THE ADAPTER SHOULD COME WITHIN THE NEW MBP OR SOLD SEPARATELY BUT IN THE SAME TIME!!!

ALL PRO USERS NEED FIREWIRE!!!....AUDIO\VIDEO INTERFACES, DISKS WITH TERABYTES OF WORKS AND MORE!!!...NOT FOR GAMING BUT FOR WORKING!!!

WHEN THUNDERBOLT AUDIO INTERFACES WILL EXIST I'LL BE HAPPY TO BUY ONE!

BUT NOW THE STANDARD IS "F I R E W I R E"

HURRY UP APPLE PLEASE!!!

THANK YOU!