Hello I got a couple of 828 mk2 and one has the firewire broken, but the rest, screen and optical (throught tos link) works. I wonder if I can work with it through an adat card, I suppose there should be not problem, but I have to get and adat card for my G5 (I know is old but..). Has anyone tried something like this and which PCI adat card, I mean RME or whatever , I need a pci card chip simple, has to be PCIx, just adat input and output.
Thanks
mk2 828 through adat
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- mikehalloran
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Re: mk2 828 through adat
If you have two, connect one into the other through ADAT. Many old threads on how to do this.
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Re: mk2 828 through adat
I don't need so many inputs as this, 8 is enough. Just want to know the experience of someone using the 828 with Adat through a PCI card and, which card?. I had a look of the PCI Adat cards but the ones I saw are quite expensive, for been just an Adat interface. I would like to know if there're cheaper ones, and if anyone has tried to work this way, the 828 and PCI Adat without firewire.
- mikehalloran
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Re: mk2 828 through adat
Do you need PCIx or PCIe? If your G5 has 8 RAM slots, it's PCIe. If 4, then PCIx (early) or PCIe (late). They are not interchangeable.
PCIx is backwards compatible with PCI (G3/G4) but the reverse is not true. There are old PCI cards out there but, if not compatible with PCIx, they can fry the card and/or the G5 motherboard. Fun? You bet. If you have 4 slots, you'll need confirmation from RME that the card you found will actually work in your machine.
Anyway, the only PCIe ADAT card I know that is Mac compatible is the RME HDSPe AIO
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HDSPe9632
According to RME, the v. 1.6 PPC drivers are still available. The v. 1.73 drivers are for Intel Mac Pros before 2013.
For far less, you can find a used MOTU 2408 or mkII / mk III. You'll need the MOTU 424-PCIe or 424 PCIx card but it will work with your G5.
http://www.motu.com/techsupport/technot ... patibility
PCIx is backwards compatible with PCI (G3/G4) but the reverse is not true. There are old PCI cards out there but, if not compatible with PCIx, they can fry the card and/or the G5 motherboard. Fun? You bet. If you have 4 slots, you'll need confirmation from RME that the card you found will actually work in your machine.
Anyway, the only PCIe ADAT card I know that is Mac compatible is the RME HDSPe AIO
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HDSPe9632
According to RME, the v. 1.6 PPC drivers are still available. The v. 1.73 drivers are for Intel Mac Pros before 2013.
For far less, you can find a used MOTU 2408 or mkII / mk III. You'll need the MOTU 424-PCIe or 424 PCIx card but it will work with your G5.
http://www.motu.com/techsupport/technot ... patibility
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Re: mk2 828 through adat
Like Mike says, if you have two 828s and one has FW working, you don't need a PCI ADAT card, just a couple of ADAT cables. If you only need 8 channels, you don't even need the second 828.
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