anyone have experience with Firewire audio devices for OS 9?

#1 Thu, 31 May 2012 - 19:17

Im trying to use my PowerBook G3 to interface with some very old proprietary synths - running 9.2.2, anyone know of any Firewire audio interfaces that work in Pre-OS X environments?

Hopefully I dont have to invest in something giant like a MOTU interface but I'm hoping to get something on the simpler end... USB 1.1 isn't good enough for audio!

#2 Wed, 6 Jun 2012 - 16:06

My Tascam US428 works fine over USB 1.1 - four in, two out, analogue and S/PDIF each way, 8 faders, bunch of knobs, plus MIDI each way.

#3 Wed, 6 Jun 2012 - 18:26

Interesting... that's very good to know though.

Is there anything more basic, I guess, something that's pretty much just good quality inputs and outputs and nothing more (like the E-MU 0404 USB or something)?

i already have an enormous mixer

but i want to use my G3 as an instrument as well

#4 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 - 15:16

I was in the same situation a couple of years ago, and bought an original v1 MOTU 828. I didn't strictly need 8 channels, four would have made for a more portable interface but in practice it hasn't been a problem for me. Install of the software was easy and the interface works nicely.