yep, that's what we been told over the years...

However, hopefully we will see good Thunderbolt cards in a near future;) With less I/O than Apogees big audio interface.
But maybe thats overkill for a smaller home studio anyway;)

JonD

keith

Jim Roseberry

You can see the end of FW happing really soon , this is total BS!

There's something we can agree on...   

Guys guys... why do you need firewire to browse the interweb, check the weather, and read email? I don't get it...
 

Imagine that you have paid hundreds of dollars for a Firewire audio interface - maybe just recently - and now you are being told that the new  Windows OS "may" not support it.
 
"Get" it now? 
 

I think you missed the humor in my post.

keith

JonD

keith

Jim Roseberry

You can see the end of FW happing really soon , this is total BS!

There's something we can agree on...   

Guys guys... why do you need firewire to browse the interweb, check the weather, and read email? I don't get it...

Imagine that you have paid hundreds of dollars for a Firewire audio interface - maybe just recently - and now you are being told that the new  Windows OS "may" not support it.

"Get" it now? 

I think you missed the humor in my post.

I guess so...
 
 

hehe, sorry, late respons;) 

>>You can see the end of FW happing really soon , this is total BS!
> There's something we can agree on...
>> I Switched to USB instead. No success
>> I once again tried to run my FW card over a PCI Express card with TI chipset. For now it works pretty well (Asio drivers). 

On that basis I predict the end of USB then ;) !!!!!!! (only kidding). Firewire will be here for a little longer though, just like USB.

Standards with USB anyway suck anyway, some motherboard manufacturers have never been that much good at implementing it. It's firewire all the way for me, I'd rather have a dedicated interface than use the same interface I plug my kitchen sink into.

"As I understand it, Microsoft and Apple are leaving the FW technology."




Then its really too bad we cant leave them.... 

Linux??;)

Well, for now my FW works flawless. I turned of the Motu_ZeroConf service, and uninstalled a couple of 32 bit plugins that wasn't working in Sonar anyway. Good for now.

"As I understand it, Microsoft and Apple are leaving the FW technology."
Sorry bull, Microsoft still supports PS/2 mice and keyboards, and RGB monitors.... go figure!
And not only Microsoft that comes up with drivers, so do third parties.

Looked at Linux the other day. If you want to be reminded how sequencing was done in the 80's then Linux may well be the ticket. A lot of people have fond memories (including me!).

Hmm... well it depends.

Music software in Linux is not latest and newest, but to say it is like using software in DOS is a bit exaggerated.

I use a Linux workstation at one location and Sonar (and windows) on another location.

The software I use most (there is a lot more) is:
Ardour: http://ardour.org/
Rosegarden: http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/
Muse: http://www.muse-sequencer.org/
And for music notation Musescore: http://musescore.org/

As plugins I use the native Linux plugins, but also a lot of Windows plugins (using Wine and WineASIO).

The fun of Linux is you can use the window manager you like. Personally I use KDE on Debian, but you are free to use what you like. And do not forget Linux is also 64 bit, so you can utilize your full memory..

Anyway - Linux is very well usable. Although the platform is relatively small (in numbers) it has good support by their users (and developers).