440 Forums > English > Mac Music > Audio, MIDI, DSP Cards and Interfaces, Controllers > Other Controllers, Interfaces, DSP Cards Fiewire Cable - How Long Can I Go? |
  Mon 25 Jul 2005, 15:06
Post
#1
|
|
 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 05-Jul 05 From: Helsinki - FI Member No.: 67,454  |
Hi again!
I go myself a M-Audio FW 1814 last week and it works like a dream! But the supplied FW cable is quite short, about 1 m. I´m planning to do a lot of live gig recordings and as you know, working conditions are not always ideal, so a longer FW cable would make life a lot easier. Also, I want to keep my setup as compact and portable as possible: I´d much rather have one long firewire cable and 16 short patch cables than other way around. So, is there a restriction how long cable I can use with this kind of device? I´m not talking about miles here, something around 3-5 meters should be fine. Thanks in advance, Mikael |
 |
 
|
 |
Replies
|
Mon 25 Jul 2005, 17:18
Post
#2
|
|
 Junior Member  Group: Members Posts: 191 Joined: 17-Aug 04 From: London - UK Member No.: 48,982 |
I've seen cables on sale up to 20m, high quality shielded etc. MOTU reccomend 15 feet maximum, around 4.5m. I would think that the longer the cable the more load you would put on the port with a risk of damage at extremes and dropouts are likely. you can buy 'repeaters' which will refresh the signal and let you go longer reliably.
-------------------- Simon Flinn
Install & Support Eng, Maintenance, Analog & Digi Electronics Dist/Dlr background, Fast & Friendly, London & SE Based. freelance studio support click here |
|
|
|
Posts in this topic
Coolhat Fiewire Cable - How Long Can I Go? Mon 25 Jul 2005, 15:06
rat47 3-5 meters is no problem - i ued much longer ones ... Tue 26 Jul 2005, 11:05
Coolhat Thanks for the help, guys!
I´ll definitely go... Tue 26 Jul 2005, 11:11 |
2 User(s) are reading this topic (2 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
