treeboxterry Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 In my current portable setup - I've been using an ExpressCard/34 (with Firewire 800 in) into the expressCard/34 slot of my Macbook Pro to give me a separate Firewire Port/channel. I've been using that port for connecting my Presonus Firebox Firewire interface... for live input of Microphones and a guitar into Mainstage. I use the built-in Firewire port on the MBpro to connect an external Firewire 800 fast hard drive that holds all my samples and recorded tracks for Mainstage. I found that using the built-in firewire 800 port AND the ExpressCard port gives me the best, most glitch free results - because that setup provides two separate Firewire channels. My new challenge is that I've got a new MBPro on the way... thunderbolt connections and a SDXC card slot. I've been researching, and found the Sonnet Echo ExpressCard Pro Thunderbolt Adapters - that will port my ExpressCard/34 in via thunderbolt. But, I haven't found any cards for the SDXC port that adapt firewire into that SDXC port. Does anybody know of a SDXC card that has Firewire 800 (or 400) in? Do you think that the thunderbolt ports on the new MBPro would provide the thru-put that I've been getting from my current setup? The hype would suggest that the Tbolt ports would be fast enough... but anybody have any real-world experience with this? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Thunderbolt is a SATA connection with a small connector, it kills firewire in speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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