However, we have the fix for this problem and it is with the Firewire driver a. Along with covering different Firewire ports, what Firewire cards work best and the Legacy Firewire Driver you will need. Please read the article first, then go back and follow the instructions to correct the problem. Please understand, this article is written for people with a variety of skill levels.
The FW ports are 4 pin and 6 pin. These are the more common Firewire ports. These are also known as a ports. The FW is also know as a b port. If you need to buy a Firewire card for your computer, unless you have a specific need for a Firewire port, I strongly recommend you buy a Firewire card with just Firewire ports.
Otherwise, the Firewire Driver will not see the Firewire port, as the driver looks for a Firewire chipset. Firewire Cards If you don't have Firewire port on the motherboard, they you will need to add a Firewire expansion card into one of the slots on the motherboard.
While the Firewire cards are backwards compatible with the Firewire cards, I don't recommend using the Firewire cards for video capture. When I tested the Firewire cards, they did not work for video capture, but they did work when connecting a scanner to them. So for video capture, stick to the Firewire cards. If the Firewire card comes with drivers, do NOT install them.
You will need to install the Microsoft Firewire driver from this web page. Check your motherboard to see what types of expansion slots you have. So be careful when purchasing a Firewire card that you buy the correct one for your motherboard.
Firewire Cards Below, is a photo of two Firewire cards that I strongly recommend to use. They are both PCI-E Firewire cards and are basically identical, one has 3 ports and the other has 4 ports. They are sold under various brand names on Amazon. These are the cards I use here at Studio 1 Productions.
I have them pictured below. That is not true anymore. I have tested over a dozen Firewire cards and the cards with the VIA chipset, like shown below actually worked better than the cards with the TI chipset. The TI chipset are found on the more expensive cards, but they don't seem to work very well in Windows The above cards have both a Firewire 4 pin and 6 pin ports.
When you buy a Firewire card try to find one that looks the the photos above. Remember, they are sold under various brand names. Firewire Cards Below is a picture of a Firewire card. As you can see in the picture, the Firewire cards have a power connector that you need to connect to your computer's power supply. If you don't connect a power supply connector to it, it will not function properly.
NOTE: Firewire cards do not have or need a power supply connection. Beside the Firewire cards giving us problems for video capture, other people have had reported to us that they had problem with video capturing with Firewire cards. I tested the 12 different Firewire cards, most of them were identical to the ones in the pictures above, they were just being sold under different brand name. No matter what I tried, I just could not get them to work with these devices.
They would only connect to the Sony DSR editing deck. The TI chipset cards gave me so many problems, so please stay away from them and only get the VIA chipset card. We could not get either Firewire cards to work with video capture. But they did work with an older scanner. What about a Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter?
It will only show up as a Thunderbolt port in Device Manager and not as a Firewire port. As I stated above, the Firewire driver looks for a Firewire chipset on either the motherboard or on an expansion card that is plugged into one of the slots on the motherboard. I have talked to about 14 different people on various forums about capturing MiniDV footage this way and only 2 people said they were able to get this to work, everyone else were unsuccessful.
I recently tried using these adapters myself and I could not get it work. So I don't recommend wasting your money and time on Thunderbolt adapters as a way to capture video from a MiniDV camcorder or MiniDV editing deck, they don't work for that.
Most video capture software or audio processing software or scanner software need to work directly with the IEEE Firewire driver and the Firewire driver will never see a Firewire port chipset since it is not built-in to the motherboard or installed in an expansion slot.
With all of that said, I have seen people who have used the above adapters to connect an external Firewire hard drive to a computer via the Thunderbolt port, with success. These adapters do NOT work for video and audio transfers.
FireWire transfers data as a steady stream, while a USB connection transfers data as packets and thus they are not compatible. While there are Firewire to USB hubs not adapters as shown below , these are more expensive than a FireWire card for your computer and some users have complained that the hubs are problematic.
Users have reported that they have electrically damaged the Firewire port on their camera or electrically damaged the USB port on their computer when attempting to use a Firewire to USB adapter.
You really could just add a mic and a pair of headphones and start recording an album — though a MIDI keyboard would also be a distinct advantage. Almost all of the Inspire's features and options are set up via the software control panel. I tested the Inspire on my Mac system running OS The control-panel software installed first time, after which I was in business. In most respects, the Inspire worked flawlessly and intuitively, but there was a problem with my particular Mac G5 — albeit one which has also tripped up a few other interfaces and at least one USB microphone.
This manifests itself as a low-level digital whine, which can be heard over the monitors but isn't recorded to your sequencer.
Isolating the Inspire's output using a stereo DI box with ground lift immediately solved the problem, so it seems to be due to a ground loop between the Firewire cable and the audio ground, caused by the way the G5 is wired internally. Often the problem can be solved by switching off Processor Idling, for which you need to download the CHUD utility from the Apple web site. CHUD is part of a free Developer Tools download, but unless you're unlucky enough to have one of these awkward G5s, you shouldn't need it.
Having the controls on screen is in many ways more friendly than having them on the box, as you can put your interface wherever it is convenient to do so, and don't need to adjust anything. What's more, the settings are remembered by the software control panel so you can call them up later. The mic preamps are gratifyingly clean, and though not esoteric, they perform as well as the preamps on a decent mid-price mixer and gave me no cause for concern.
I liked the software-controlled internal mixer for zero-latency source monitoring, which again is very easy to use, while the free software and samples provide a thick layer of icing on the cake! The Discrete Drums samples are particularly useful if you need the sound of real drums, as they are multitrack versions of real performances in various styles, and very good they sound too.
With the exception of the background monitoring noise problem that my Mac G5 seems so keen on bestowing on selected hardware, the Inspire worked perfectly, installed easily and sounded very clean indeed.
The software control panel is a great idea and it really works, while the bundled software is very welcome, even if not quite all of it works on both the Mac and PC platforms. Over the past few years I've come to really respect PreSonus gear and the very affordable Inspire lives up to the design standards they've set with their more expensive products.
So you guys are super helpful. I think my audio interface is not making the leap to windows 10 however. The legacy drivers worked with it under windows 7 but the Focusrite Saffire is not completing the driver install even with the legacy drivers. The audio interface is no longer supported by the company. So looks like I'm sticking with Windows 10 and getting a new audio interface. Onward and upward right?
I called Focusrite. They said it only supported up through 8. They are NOT going to write new drivers. They seemed amazed I was still using it. Vern M S. In Windows 8, the driver stack for the legacy devices was separated from the regular installation see "FireWire port-based device does not work correctly in Windows 8. Anyone have success in getting the Firewire legacy drivers to install on Windows 10? Thanks for your help. Looking forward to getting sound back. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. I tried KB myself. Download and run the msi file.
I can find the bus.
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