You should now have a Firewire cable with 2 converters on the end of it, and a USB-C end.Ĥ) Plug this cable into one of your laptop’s USB-C ports.ĥ) Plug the second Firewire cable into the RME’s 800 input, and put the 400 end into the back of one of the Focusrite’s FW inputs. Remember, my RME is the master).Ģ) Connect this FW cable's 800 end into your Apple T2 -> FW800 converter.ģ) Next, connect your T3 -> T2 converter to the end of the Apple T2 -> FW800.
#SAFFIRE MIXCONTROL PROGRAM INSTALL#
First, you have to go online and install the internal mixer and routing software for the two units, respectively TotalMix and Saffire MixControl.Ģ) Next, connect one of your Firewire cables into the RME’s FW 400 input (N.B. I’d recommend you start with your soundcards off.ġ) In this case, my RME is the master, and my Focusrite is the slave. Thunderbolt 3 is interchangeable with USB-C, and this is the actual connector I slot in to my laptop. … It took a little while to set up, but I am happy to report it I got it all up and running. Here’s how:Īpple Thunderbolt 2 to Firewire 800 (in this case, the male end is Thunderbolt, the female is FW800)Īpple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 (in this case, the male end is T3, the female is T2). The Firewire in particular was a big blow because I had a big studio recording coming up and I wanted to be able to link two sound cards together via Firewire and Word Clock to increase the number of inputs available. I had a mad scramble looking for converters for all of my various devices like my RME, my keyboard controllers and my external hard drives. It’s a much more powerful computer and allows me to open up two or three DAWs like Ableton and Logic simultaneously, along with my internet and everything else I am using.
I recently upgraded to a MacBook Pro 2017 model after soldiering on with a 2008 model for almost a decade.
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