me: "Oh Thunderbolt3 can do everything! Should be simple to connect my Firewire audio interface to my mac mini right?" also me:pic.twitter.com/Mgjk9X3gX2
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I mean, it works... but so so dumb. Dongle chain: (Thunderbolt3 -> Thunderbolt2) -> (Thunderbolt2 -> FW800) -> (FW800 -> FW400) I think the only thing I could actually do differently is replace the last dongle with a FW800->FW400 cable...pic.twitter.com/P0xX37OEwJ
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The only other option I found was this dock: https://www.owcdigital.com/products/thunderbolt-3-dock-firewire … I already had the rest of the dongle chain laying around (minus TB3->TB2), so I went that route… not sure if carrying around a dock with your laptop is better or worse than a dongle chain though?
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I think that dock is no longer made (refresh has no FireWire). Thankfully I don't really intend to use this on the go, so I don't really mind the ridiculous adapter chain... But it's still silly that nobody makes TB3->FW. Also, we'll see how well this works on Linux.
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