Rosetta 800 and Bg Ben to IMAC?

CHEEZYBEATS · 8th November 2009

I see apple has the new IMAC 27"! It features one Firewire 800 port, would that be all I need or do I need more firewire ports? I was going to get a Mac Pro(four firewire 800 ports), but I would rather everything in one. By Apple making this new IMAC I thought it was just the perfect thing to do. How could I connect them all together?

CHEEZYBEATS · 9th November 2009

Anybody?

DCV_Musik · 9th November 2009

x-firewire card for rosetta & firewire 400 to 800 cable.

CHEEZYBEATS · 9th November 2009

What about Big Ben?

DCV_Musik · 9th November 2009

get a clock cable to connect big ben to rosetta

Doc Mixwell · 9th November 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by DCV_Musik

get a clock cable to connect big ben to rosetta

And 75 Ohm Terminating BNC "T" Connector as the Rosetta 800 uses a unterminated word clock input.

Is there any reason to use a Master Clock with a single instance of R800?

NO, but I can dig it.

nigel saunders · 10th November 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roc Mixwell

And 75 Ohm Terminating BNC "T" Connector as the Rosetta 800 uses a unterminated word clock input.

Is there any reason to use a Master Clock with a single instance of R800?

NO, but I can dig it.

Big ben does have a better clock than the rosetta and when I had them both I could hear a difference ( whether it was real is another question!)

AmongstTheLiving · 10th November 2009

You only need one firewire port technically, unless your mobo has multiple fire wire busses. Multiple firewire ports usually share the same bus. Big Ben does not connect via firewire. There is a difference between Rosetta 800 and Big Ben clocks, its not a $1500 difference (or whatever they cost.) Better off buying other outboard gear.

nigel saunders · 10th November 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmongstTheLiving

You only need one firewire port technically, unless your mobo has multiple fire wire busses. Multiple firewire ports usually share the same bus. Big Ben does not connect via firewire. There is a difference between Rosetta 800 and Big Ben clocks, its not a $1500 difference (or whatever they cost.) Better off buying other outboard gear.

Thats why I said 'when I had em both'
Sold them and recovered half the cost of a uln 8

cheers

8th November 2009	#1
CHEEZYBEATS Gear Head Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 67 Thread Starter	Rosetta 800 and Bg Ben to IMAC? I see apple has the new IMAC 27"! It features one Firewire 800 port, would that be all I need or do I need more firewire ports? I was going to get a Mac Pro(four firewire 800 ports), but I would rather everything in one. By Apple making this new IMAC I thought it was just the perfect thing to do. How could I connect them all together?

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CHEEZYBEATS Gear Head Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 67 Thread Starter	Anybody?

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AmongstTheLiving Gear maniac Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Posts: 246	You only need one firewire port technically, unless your mobo has multiple fire wire busses. Multiple firewire ports usually share the same bus. Big Ben does not connect via firewire. There is a difference between Rosetta 800 and Big Ben clocks, its not a $1500 difference (or whatever they cost.) Better off buying other outboard gear.