#FIREWIRE 800 TO USB C ADAPTOR PRO#
#FIREWIRE 800 TO USB C ADAPTOR SOFTWARE#

Whoever told you this might work with an audio interface was simply wrong. If you seriously got such a Firewire-to-(classical) USB-adapter thingy, forget it!

#FIREWIRE 800 TO USB C ADAPTOR PRO#

If you have one of the lastest Macbook Pro models with USB-C ports only you goĢ) to the Firewire 800-to-(classical) Thunderbolt-adapter and from there you goģ) with the (classical) Thunderbolt-to-USB-C-adapter into the USB-C port of your new Macbook Pro.Īgain, an alternative solution for this one would be to goĢ) into the Firewire 800 port of a USB-C Thunderbolt hub with multiple ports including a Firewire 800 port. If you have a Macbook Pro with one or more (classical) Thunderbolt 1/Thunderbolt 2 ports you goġ) from your Motu Traveller with a Firewire 400-to-Firewire 800-adapter cableĢ) to the Firewire 800-to-(classical) Thunderbolt-adapter which you then plug into one of the Thunderbolt ports of Well, not to forget the Firewire 400-to-Firewire 800-adapter cable you will need anyway because your Motu still Not cheap but may be pretty useful if you have loads of older gear you want to use with the latest generation of Or you can get a USB-C hub with multiple ports where one of it will be a Firewire 800 port like the one from OWC. Second one, connected to the USB-C-to-(classical) Thunderbolt-adapter. Use 2 adapters serially (first will have to be a USB-C-to-(classical) Thunderbolt-adapter, second one will have to beĪ Firewire-to-(classical) Thunderbolt-adapter).įirst one, connected to the Macbook´s USB-C port. If you indeed have one of the latest models of Macbooks Pro with Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports you will have to either

This is the right one for a (classical) Thunderbolt 1/Thunderbolt 2 port, the Firewire 800-to-Thunderbolt-adapter. To connect such an adapter to a USB port?) or you simply have to buy the right adapter and try it again. Like I said, not always (therefor no guarantee) but in most cases.Įither you just think that it is an Firewire-to-USB-adapter while it already is a Firewire-to-Thunderbolt-adapterĪnd you have to plug it into the right port on your Macbook Pro=your Thunderbolt port (but how did you manage This in most cases does work with olderįirewire audio interfaces. What you have to use is a Firewire-to-Thunderbolt-adapter. Or do you talk about the very new USB-C connections of the latest Macbook Pro models?Īnyways. I doubt that something does exist anyway and if it does it rather won´t be compatible with an audio interface. What am i doing wrong? is it the fact i have the firewire going to usb? should i get a new firewire cable that goes from a 6pin to a 4pin and plug into the mac

#FIREWIRE 800 TO USB C ADAPTOR SOFTWARE#

I have installed all the correct software off the motu site, but when i plug in the motu device using firewire cable then with a usb adapter, i cant seem to find the device on the computer and it doesnt pop up when i try and add it as a midi device or anything

Firewire 800 to usb c adaptor