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Originally Posted by dejacky I understand that, but it doesn't answer my question tutt . will I be able to record and playback 8 channels of 24bit/88.2khz with a regular 1394a firewire port on a Dell laptop? (assuming i have a 7200rpm hard drive) |
Yes, this should work just fine.
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Originally Posted by respiratior Free product idea: Make a cable with 6 pin FW in one end and 4 pin FW + USB (power only) in the other. Bam-da-da-bam, powered FW for PC laptops. |
Not gonna work. USB bus power spec is different form FW bus power. FW spec is 30 volts, USB is 5 volts. I'm not a big fan of bus power anyway, though. Short the pins when you're plugging it in and ... poof, magic smoke.