Focusrite Clarett 8PreX

2015/09/14 13:10:28

HighAndDry

And I found this one supports my motherboard. Considerably less than the $199 someone mentioned earlier. $70! But the Clarett 8preX is $1300! "I got no car and it's breakin my heart. But I've got a driver and that's a start"
http://www.neweggbusiness...spx?item=9b-15-548-001

2015/09/14 16:26:37

batsbrew

doorstop?

2015/09/14 20:51:22

Cactus Music

Last time I looked there were no Windows drivers,

Tech Spec

Supported Operating Systems

OSX 10.9 Mavericks or 10.10 Yosemite
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2015/09/14 22:44:48

kitekrazy1

HighAndDry
And I found this one supports my motherboard. Considerably less than the $199 someone mentioned earlier. $70! But the Clarett 8preX is $1300! "I got no car and it's breakin my heart. But I've got a driver and that's a start"
http://www.neweggbusiness...spx?item=9b-15-548-001

We have the same board and that's the one will work.

2015/09/15 16:01:00

HighAndDry

Cactus Music
Last time I looked there were no Windows drivers,

Tech Spec
Supported Operating Systems
OSX 10.9 Mavericks or 10.10 Yosemite
Windows support coming soon – Please submit your e-mail address so that we can keep you up to date with more information.

no windows drivers for the Clarett 8PreX?

2015/09/16 10:40:47

Cactus Music

Yes this is correct. Just thought I'd bring it up as it sheds some light on the topic of PC and Thunderbolt etc.

2015/09/16 10:53:45

Jim Roseberry

Currently, all Thunderbolt audio interfaces (running under Windows) are using Firewire protocol via Thunderbolt.
(PCIe via Thunderbolt drivers are not yet available)

Some Thunderbolt audio interfaces don't offer Firewire protocol drivers... and thus won't (currently) work on PC.

2015/09/16 15:13:16

HighAndDry

Jim Roseberry
Currently, all Thunderbolt audio interfaces (running under Windows) are using Firewire protocol via Thunderbolt.
(PCIe via Thunderbolt drivers are not yet available)

Some Thunderbolt audio interfaces don't offer Firewire protocol drivers... and thus won't (currently) work on PC.

So essentially, thunderbolt is reduced to the speed of firewire?

2015/09/16 16:09:09

Doktor Avalanche

@HighAndDry - "Protocol" is just the language between devices. It's nothing to do with speed (although efficiency can play a factor).

HighAndDry
Looks like at least one major player is not ready to declare thunderbolt dead for pc. Any thoughts on this unit? It looks pretty impressive to me.

Thunderbolt not dead BTW by a long way...
[link=https://thunderbolttechnology.net/blog/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-does-it-all]https://thunderbolttechno...lt-3-usb-c-does-it-all[/link]

2015/09/16 19:07:33

Jim Roseberry

FWIW, Firewire protocol over Thunderbolt does not yield PCIe performance.