MacMini>Thunderbolt Expansion>424 PCIe>24 i/o....anyone?

[jescoelvis]

A lot of my gear was ruined in Sandy, so after the physical rebuild of my studio I am considering this option until some kind of new Mac Pro arrives (and I can afford one!)

A MacMini, with 16 GB of RAM, connected via Thunderbolt to a Thunderbolt-to-PCI enclosure, such as...

http://store1.sonnettech.com/product_in ... cts_id=413

...housing a MOTU 424 PCIe card, connected to my trusty MOTU 24 i/o.

Anyone attempted or currently using this configuration to make their 24 i/o PCI based system work with a Thunderbolt Mac? Was also wondering how a thunderbolt chain that included the expansion chassis, a thunderbolt drive and a second monitor would want to be configured. (with one monitor connected as HDMI and the other utilizing Thunderbolt's Mini Display Port capability).

Thanks, m.

[Radiogal]

I think you better contact MOTU directly for a qualified answer before you buy this set up.

[mikehalloran]

...housing a MOTU 424 PCIe card, connected to my trusty MOTU 24 i/o.

Unless MOTU has drivers in development, do not expect this to work. If there is a way, there are many users who would like to know.

[FMiguelez]

...housing a MOTU 424 PCIe card, connected to my trusty MOTU 24 i/o.

Unless MOTU has drivers in development, do not expect this to work. If there is a way, there are many users who would like to know.

I'd be one of those...

I need to decide about getting that TB to TB>PCI enclosure, or simply getting a Track 16. So far I'm leaning for the latter.

[hudsont314253]

I have tried that. It doesn't not currently work as of OSX 10.8.4.
Motu support said that apple must allow the thunderbolt device to "see" the motu devices in apples software.

[mikehalloran]

It has been rumored for a long time that drivers that would let this work are in development. A very long time now...