Thunderbolt to Firewire 400 adapter

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Thunderbolt to Firewire 400 adapter

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I have a friend who just picked up a 2012 macbook Pro with thunderbolt. He has the original 828 audio interface. The Apple site says their thunderbolt to Firewire adapter is for FW800. Is there a way to get it to work with 400?
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Re: Thunderbolt to Firewire 400 adapter

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I'm doing just that with a FW800 to FW400 cable (but not with an 828):
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Re: Thunderbolt to Firewire 400 adapter

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Aha! Thanks.
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Re: Thunderbolt to Firewire 400 adapter

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I had a longer FW400 cord and a FW400-to-800 adapter which also works perfectly (with a Fireface 800 interface).
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