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  • Focusrite Introduce the RED 4 Pre
2016/03/17 17:10:27
cclarry
2016/03/18 12:11:36
JonD
Looks great, and from the specs, I suspect it shares a lot with Focusrite's new Clarett line.
 
Unfortunately, like the Clarett, there's currently only Mac support. 
2016/03/25 15:33:53
Sycraft
JonD
Unfortunately, like the Clarett, there's currently only Mac support. 



Sadly Focusrite seem to employ the slowest driver writers in the known world so they'll get around to writing thunderbolt windows drivers in about 2040.
 
I've given up on them, because they just can't keep their stuff up to date, at least not for my tastes. I still have a 6i6 but when I replace it, it will not be with a Focusrite, it'll probably be RME.
2016/03/25 16:26:39
Jim Roseberry
Sycraft
 
Sadly Focusrite seem to employ the slowest driver writers in the known world so they'll get around to writing thunderbolt windows drivers in about 2040.



FWIW, We don't have "PCIe via Thunderbolt" drivers available for Thunderbolt 2 under Windows.
Any Thunderbolt 2 audio interface connected to a PC is currently running "Firewire over Thunderbolt".
 
We do have official "PCIe via Thunderbolt" drivers available for Thunderbolt 3 under Win10.
You have to be running one of the latest Z170x motherboards (Skylake) that supports Thunderbolt 3 via USB-C connection.  
Microsoft claims TB3 support should be backward compatible with TB2 and TB1... but they don't guarantee it.
 
 
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