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Topic: Help with RME FIREFACE 400 on LENOVO laptop (only usb)

Hey guys,

Really try to found the answer but there is so many position and nothing dosn't clear. And few years past since the post that i saw. mybe somthing change.
RME FIREFACE 400 ---> Laptop Lenovo
I have only USB (2 or 3 can't even know).

There is a way to connect the FIREFACE 400?

Thanks so much!
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Re: Help with RME FIREFACE 400 on LENOVO laptop (only usb)

No way. There does not exist any USB to FW converter. If you find something it handles only much too low data rates, can not be used for audio.

Regards
Matthias Carstens
RME

Re: Help with RME FIREFACE 400 on LENOVO laptop (only usb)

Not sure, I think that was Mac specific .... thunderbolt to Fw adapter..

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Re: Help with RME FIREFACE 400 on LENOVO laptop (only usb)

There once was a USB to FW adapter. It only worked for 6 or 7 FW equipped Sony video camera's. Not for anything else. And that was last century.

I also have a USB to FW adapter cable in my collection. No idea where it came from, or what it was destined to do. No electronics, just a straight connection.

I certainly wouldn't plug it into a computer, as the +9-30V from FW is directly connected to the +5V on the USB side. That could blow the USB port.

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Re: Help with RME FIREFACE 400 on LENOVO laptop (only usb)

thanks everyone!
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