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HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
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Of the top of my head.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334670367986?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=11VzhejBTLC&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=tXAsncnbQFC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Deffo check compatibility.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1
I use several oldish interfaces, and they all work well with OSX once set up:
Alesis Multimix 12
Alesis iMultimix 8 (both these need a bit of software jiggery pokery as the drivers are theoretically not compatible, but they can be forced to work)
LC Electronic Desktop Connect 6 (simple and easy to set up and use)
M-Audio DMP-3 (ditto, plus it has two old-school Vu-type level meters which I like)
Good luck!
Edit: apologies, not FireWire but usb
Will do some digging around on eBay.
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
Even better, when you no longer have Firewire, you can use it as a damn good preamp (including the compressor and reverb).
Original CD's are damaged, but you can download old software if you need it.
Yours for the price of postage
They can be upgraded to usb-c as and when. They can also be configured to run dsp. Metric Halo support is excellent.
I’ve had my ULN-2 well over 10 years. It was FireWire and has now been upgraded to usb-c and the 3D (their latest generation dsp) which I use for processing mics or instruments on the way in. The company has a great ethos by creating modular/upgradable hardware for product longevity.
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
Though MOTU tend not to, as they had their own drivers for multi channel audio.
But, if you are running an old Firewire Mac then that is not an issue anyway.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385230919266?hash=item59b18d5662:g:X~YAAOSw6UdjcVRS&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoAuhERLqYehxsDt6pD%2BVSOPCnCbplc%2BmFR2qLu%2BhNLuJJZNmV5UUj05%2FcIjxZ0DrufGyarsTD6u9iy%2FwvnopLFcDNFJ1NTI891fVQ5tNEORKZ8iqyUfYLFAkfpOztmCLwEAgt5aj3MWLBprFnsDUvP4y2INHPXnmW9UJE0mDHC%2BoAR6%2BEmdZbzR563wk6dz0Ufl4MzyKfBdx%2BTPyRrNmfTU%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_zD2-ipYQ
I must have got a bargain, paid half of that!
Q3) Is your iMac recent enough to have any Thunderbolt sockets?
This will determine what cables and driver software you require.
My set-up is:
MOTU Ultralite mk3,
FW400-to-800 cable,
FW800-to-TB adapter
Mac TB socket
To get this jerry rig to work, I had to install driver software for the MOTU UL3 Hybrid model for my OS. I also had to tweak a line of code that Apple writes to prevent old peripherals working with newer host computers.
Q4) What USB socket types does your Mac have?
I have a MOTU Audio Express (FW400 & fast USB) I/O box that I should not have bought. How many input channels will you require?
For recording band rehearsals properly you need about 8 inputs .... Pref with 8 mic pre's so maybe an older MOTU
There is no OS 10.15 driver software for the FW-only Ultralite mk3. The UL3 Hybrid driver worked right away.
I need to read up on the kernel tweak that allows a twelve year old device to run on a computer that lacks the necessary sockets to support it.
For the sort of line-up that I imagine H7 working with, this is correct.