[QLab] Firewire chipset

[Paul Gotch]

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 10:14:50AM +0100, Simon McCorry wrote:
> 
> I wondered if this might be a problem. There was an article in Sound  
> on Sound 7/8 months ago on which firewire chipset is compatible with  
> with which firewire soundcard, but I think MOTU hardware recommended  
> the TI chipset. I'll see if I can dig up the article.

The MBP, at least the Core 2 Duo one, does have a TI chipset on the
motherboard.
 
> A solution could be to get a firewire expresscard with a compatible  
> chipset, posibbly considerably cheaper than an  expresscard soundcard

It seems RME and Apogee do ExpressCard solutions, both at great expense.

It might be cheaper to invest in a redundent system with two Mac Minis,
two UltraLights and and an audio switcher :/

-p
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Paul Gotch
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