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Topic: Madiface XT and Matrox MXO2 MT/ADP/U External PCI-E to Thunderbolt Box

Hello RME community, I'm in the process to select a new Audio Interface and the Madiface XT seems to be the best around for my use case.

I would like to connect the external PCI-E port to my MacBook Pro Thunderbolt port, going over the Madiface XT manual, the RME shop, and the internet it says to use a Matrox MXO2 MT/ADP/U External PCI-E to Thunderbolt Box.

Then looking at several online site it seems the Matrox MXO2 MT/ADP/U External PCI-E to Thunderbolt Box is discontinued...

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ … APTER.html

http://www.rme-shop.com/acatalog/Matrox … ml#SID=106

What other products / SUPPORTED + TESTED Options are available to connect the Madiface XT PCI-E port to Thunderbolt?

Thank you!

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Re: Madiface XT and Matrox MXO2 MT/ADP/U External PCI-E to Thunderbolt Box

You need to use two adapters to use PCIe. The Sonnet Echo ExpressCard Pro Thunderbolt will translate TB into ExpressCard, and the Sonnet PCIe Bus Extender ExpressCard then gives access to PCIe for the Madiface XT. Another, more space consuming solution wold be to use an external Thunderbolt to PCIe chassis, then plug in any PCIe Bus Extender card. That also gives some slots for other PCIe based devices/cards.

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Matthias Carstens
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