which has better DAT conversion, the mbox 2 pro or mackie onyx 1220?

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I bought a mackie onyx 1220 mixer with the firewire option card and i can not record on my computer in stereo. The card in the back of the mixer has two firewire outputs, i suppose one for left and one for right. this is great accept for the fact that my macbook only has one firewire input.

i've been considering several solutions to this problem, including using firewire - usb converters (my macbook has two usb ports), or possibly routing my digital signal to my mbox to record in protools.

or possibly if the mbox2 pro has better DAT conversion i might just rout the audio to the mbox and record in protools. even so, id like to know how to use the mackie DAT if possible.

thanks in advance

dave
 
The card in the back of the mixer has two firewire outputs, i suppose one for left and one for right. this is great accept for the fact that my macbook only has one firewire input
You need to check the Mackie documentation to be sure, but I'm pretty positive that the two FW jacks on the Mackie are for being able to daisy chain the firewire trunk, and that they are not wasting an entire firewire connection just for one channel each (one FW line has enough bandwidth to handle 16+ line of digital audio). You need only one FW connection to connect to your laptop.

And personally, I'll take Mackie - or just about anyone else, FTM - over mAudio just about any day. Just one IMHO.

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