VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Bruce · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:56 pm Post subject: Replace Your Firewire Cables!!

I've had this happen to me twice over the past several years... my recording system had a difficult to diagnose sudden failure to record. The computer and recording software looked fine, the mics (I tried a couple to see if that was the problem) were reaching my MOTU digital unit. They just weren't talking to each other. Then finally a bell went off in my head but at 6 p.m. (damn you Firewire!) but it's hard to find a slowly-fading-in-popularity piece of kit. Huzzah! Amazon delivered one at 7:30 this morning and my jobs today were saved!

$8 in preventative maintenance Firewire replacement will save you from an expensive headache.

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todd ellis · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:19 pm Post subject:

I loved my MOTU 896mk3! I was sad to see it go in the latest round of update and (upgrade???).

The good news is, I went from 8,426 cables to 5. So ... that's something, I guess.
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George · Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:53 am Post subject:

Thanks for posting that! I'll file that in the back of my brain in case anything like that ever happens. My primary recording desk is a firewire unit into a PC firewire card and I know at some point it'll give up the ghost and be unusable but I'm hanging on for dear life.