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Is there any way to use an old MOTU HD192 or 2408 'Audiowire' type
interface with a laptop ? Would presumably need either:

1 - An ExpressCard version of PCI-424
or
2 - Some sort of Firewire-to-Audiowire adaptor (driver ?) if actually
physically compatible.

Grateful any advice, but I do fear the answer is "no". Would have been
nice ....

cheers

geoff
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On 4/3/2018 4:42 AM, geoff wrote:
Is there any way to use an old MOTU HD192 or 2408 'Audiowire' type
interface with a laptop ?


I'd have to say no, unless you'd consider changing your concept of a
"laptop" to something that's relatively portable. Dell has a small
format desktop case that's about the same isn't too much bigger than a
modern laptop and if you get one that's old enough, it'll have a PCI bus
slot that will accommodate the card that you probably have in your
present computer. You could have a two-bag portable solution with one
bag for the computer, interface, and computer, and the other for a
monitor, keyboard, and a pair of headphones.

A more sensible person would get a modern multichannel USB interface to
go with a more modern laptop. But a sensible person, also, would be
bothered by the fact that you probably won't be able to get any money
out of your present MOTU interfaces.


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geoff wrote:
Is there any way to use an old MOTU HD192 or 2408 'Audiowire' type
interface with a laptop ? Would presumably need either:

1 - An ExpressCard version of PCI-424
or
2 - Some sort of Firewire-to-Audiowire adaptor (driver ?) if actually
physically compatible.

Grateful any advice, but I do fear the answer is "no". Would have been
nice ....


I don't think there is any equivalent of the system card for a laptop.
Audiowire uses the same connectors as Firewire but that's about where
the relationship ends.
--scott

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On 03/04/2018 09:42, geoff wrote:
Is there any way to use an old MOTU HD192 or 2408 'Audiowire' type
interface with a laptop ? Would presumably need either:

1 - An ExpressCard version of PCI-424
or
2 - Some sort of Firewire-to-Audiowire adaptor (driver ?) if actually
physically compatible.

Grateful any advice, but I do fear the answer is "no". Would have been
nice ....


Probably not what you need, it seems this should let you use your
current PCI card interface with a laptop, but it's an extra box, and
needs a PCI Express socket on the laptop as well as a mains supply, so
that's 4 extra things to hump round and lose. Not too bad if you are in
a studio, but not so good when out and about.

http://www.dqsolutions.co.uk/portabledock.htm

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On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 20:42:36 +1200, geoff
wrote:

Is there any way to use an old MOTU HD192 or 2408 'Audiowire' type
interface with a laptop ? Would presumably need either:

1 - An ExpressCard version of PCI-424
or
2 - Some sort of Firewire-to-Audiowire adaptor (driver ?) if actually
physically compatible.

Grateful any advice, but I do fear the answer is "no". Would have been
nice ....

cheers

geoff


Unfortunatly as I just discovered... the PCI 2408 cards are actually
Proprietory firewire cards. When you put a TI based card in a PC, both
cards go invisiable....so now I have 2 2408 and 2 other cards on ebay
lol....

Bill


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ramtazz wrote:
On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 20:42:36 +1200, geoff
wrote:

Is there any way to use an old MOTU HD192 or 2408 'Audiowire' type
interface with a laptop ? Would presumably need either:

1 - An ExpressCard version of PCI-424
or
2 - Some sort of Firewire-to-Audiowire adaptor (driver ?) if actually
physically compatible.

Grateful any advice, but I do fear the answer is "no". Would have been
nice ....

Unfortunatly as I just discovered... the PCI 2408 cards are actually
Proprietory firewire cards. When you put a TI based card in a PC, both
cards go invisiable....so now I have 2 2408 and 2 other cards on ebay
lol....


Audiowire is NOT firewire. The connectors are the same, but they have little
to do with firewire.

If you put a firewire and an audiowire card in the same thing you have some
issues with the drivers conflicting. Check to see what drivers have been
attached to the devices before doing anything else.
--scott
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