Hey, all. Through a roundabout set of circumstances, I'm finding myself wanting to connect my Mackie Onyx 1220i to a laptop that has no Firewire ports, nor an Expresscard slot to add one. But it does have USB3.
There seem to be a number of USB3-to-FW adapters out there (ex: Firewire IEEE 1394 6 Pin Male to USB A Male Adapter M-M - Newegg.com). But I've had weird luck with sucky FW chipsets (Ricoh, VIA), so I know that this stuff is sensitive. And I have a hard time believing that they're cramming a quality (e.g. TI) FW chipset into that tiny dongle.
Has anybody tried one of these, and if so, did it have any impact on latency or throughput? Usable for audio?
There seem to be a number of USB3-to-FW adapters out there (ex: Firewire IEEE 1394 6 Pin Male to USB A Male Adapter M-M - Newegg.com). But I've had weird luck with sucky FW chipsets (Ricoh, VIA), so I know that this stuff is sensitive. And I have a hard time believing that they're cramming a quality (e.g. TI) FW chipset into that tiny dongle.
Has anybody tried one of these, and if so, did it have any impact on latency or throughput? Usable for audio?