thread: Hooking up a Firewire device without Firewire ports???????
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Old 17th March 2009   #2
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Originally Posted by Electronica03 View Post
Whats up guys, first post on here!

I'm running a PC, without any firewire ports, and want to get the Motu Ultralite....so wondering what the hell I can do to?

Is there some sort of usb/firewire converter?

Any help is appreciated!!!
Unfortunately, you'll need to purchase a rather inexpensive PCI FW card to get this working correctly. That is, if you have a Desktop computer, other wise I'm afraid you should be looking into USB devices.
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