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24th March 2009
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| Gear interested  Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 11
Thread Starter | Stupid New iMac, Stupid Old 002... Firewire Help!
So I just received a new 24" iMac as a replacement for my defective old white duocore iMac. I realized today that the new iMacs came out with only a single Firewire 800 port... along with 4 (empty in my case) usb 2.0 ports. Since I'm using PT|LE with a 002r, it appears as though I'll have to buy a converter or a new firewire cable that goes from 9 to 6 pins. Doesn't seem like a major problem... BUT The thing I'm mostly pissed about is the fact that I just bought a Glyph external hard drive to go along with all this. Isn't the magic of these drives based on their firewire performance with Pro Tools? Am I now forced into using (slow) USB 2.0 with my external hard drives, or is there some secret Firewire 800 Hub that I just haven't been able to find on the internet? One other option... Is it possible to daisychain my 002r into my glyph external hard drive via firewire 400, with the drive plugged into my mac with firewire 800? This just seems wrong, but it also seems like my only option right now! If anyone has any experience or expertise on this issue, I'd really appreciate the input. My old computer was defective and shutting off every 20 minutes, but I could at least plug my 002 into it! thanks! |
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24th March 2009
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Near Rome, Italy
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You have to research before buying. Daisychaining should pose no problem, but you can also try the USB connection for the Glyph, it may work perfectly... |
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24th March 2009
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| Gear Head Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Ulm, Germany
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Using USB harddrives isn't supported by Digidesign. Just daisy-chain and it should work: iMac -> Firewire HD -> 002 If your harddrive only has FW400, get a FW800/FW400 cable and you should be fine. The speed of the FW bus always is determined by the slowest device. As your 002 is FW400, all the devices will run at FW400 speed. |
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24th March 2009
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| Gear interested Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 11
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Will give the daisy chaining through firewire a shot tonight and report back! Thanks so far! | |
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19th February 2010
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| Gear interested Joined: Feb 2010
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EverythingHerePlus.com carries 5, 4, and 3 Port FireWire 800 IEEE 1394b hubs for use with new iMacs, Macs, and other FireWire 800 applications: Five (5) Port FireWire 800 Hub Repeater FireRepeater-800 Pro FireWire 800 IEEE 1394b Repeater Hub 5 Port Four (4) Port FireWire 800 Hub Repeater FireRepeater-800 Pro FireWire 800 IEEE 1394b Repeater Hub 4 Port Three (3) Port FireWire 800 Hub Repeater FireRepeater-800 FireWire 800 IEEE 1394b Repeater Hub 3 Port They also stock 12VDC 3A power supplies for the above FireWire hubs, FireWire 800 9 to 9 pin cables, FireWire 9 to 6 pin cables, and FireWire converter plus that go 6 to 9 pin and conversely from 9 to 6 pin. FireWire 800 and FireWire 400 Cable Converter and Adapter Plugs |
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