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1. #WHAT IS THE BEST FIREWIRE AUDIO INTERFACE FOR MAC? 2017 SERIAL#
2. #WHAT IS THE BEST FIREWIRE AUDIO INTERFACE FOR MAC? 2017 PROFESSIONAL#

Especially when transferring data to and from a harddrive. Whenever Apogee starts using USB3 is when I’ll move to the new interface, otherwise I’m perfectly happy with FW400/800, it still runs circles around USB2.

#WHAT IS THE BEST FIREWIRE AUDIO INTERFACE FOR MAC? 2017 SERIAL#

Firewire is also serial but due to the inclusion of chipsets in the computer as well as the device itself, transfer bitrates are more consistent, imo. I’ve never been able to transfer anything on a USB harddrive at the reported 400MB/s bitrate they claim. The speed of transfer almost wholly depends on your cpu and even then the maximum bitrate is only theoretical.

It sends stuff up and then sends stuff down. USB as its name implies is a serial bus, meaning it does things serially like an old serial cable. Its due to the technology behind each respective interface. I have yet to see a USB audio interface get lower latency than a FW one. Sorry, but anyone who knows about audio or video know that the performance difference between USB2 and FW is not negligible. Although non-support for Firewire will not mean the automatic death of Firewire (due to third party drivers, ect.) it will likely become a smaller and smaller niche market and probably bid us Farewell in the near future. Intel for one recently promised better operating system and chip integration for USB 3 in Windows 8. With USB 3 becoming mainstream we are likely to see a flood of new audio and video interfaces. On the other side, the pro-USB 2 camp states lower hardware costs, faster CPUs and less niggly connectors just don’t make that marginal and mostly indiscernible increase in quality worth the trouble. The pro-Firewire camp purports it delivers lower “drop frames” and that Firewire has a dedicated processing chip that reduces stress on the main CPU, all allegedly leading to a purer, more complete data transfer. Just read the blogs comparing USB 2 and Firewire and you’ll see how heated the conversations can become.

#WHAT IS THE BEST FIREWIRE AUDIO INTERFACE FOR MAC? 2017 PROFESSIONAL#

Firewire is still very popular in amateur and professional audio and video circles. This is following an industry trend with, for example, Apple itself phasing out firewire support in recent years. Audio and Video professionals swear by it, but if Microsoft sticks with its plans, Firewire may not be supported in Windows 8.