Valkyrie Sound Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 Anyone used a Firewire to SCSI converter? Do they work well? Any problems recording/playing back from a SCSI drive attached to a Firewire port? Valky [url=http://www.vsoundinc.com]www.vsoundinc.com[/url] Valkyrie Sound: http://www.vsoundinc.com Now at TSUTAYA USA: http://www.tsutayausa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Sound Posted November 13, 2001 Author Share Posted November 13, 2001 Um... BUMP! No one has tried this yet? Valkyrie Sound: http://www.vsoundinc.com Now at TSUTAYA USA: http://www.tsutayausa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoeditor1 Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 [quote]Originally posted by valkyriesound: [b]Um... BUMP! No one has tried this yet?[/b][/quote] Valky, I've used IDE>Firewire. It's not cost effective to go SCSI>Firewire or vice versa... NYC Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Sound Posted November 14, 2001 Author Share Posted November 14, 2001 Maybe I didn't make myself clear.... Here's what I mean... Say I buy an ibook with only USB and firewire... Say I have a bunch of older external SCSI drives that I still want to be able to use... They do make Firewire to SCSI converters... I was wondering if anyone had tried this... Sure... I'd love to use pure Firewire/IDE drives... but I still have to use SCSI in most studios I'm working in! :) Valky Valkyrie Sound: http://www.vsoundinc.com Now at TSUTAYA USA: http://www.tsutayausa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoeditor1 Posted November 14, 2001 Share Posted November 14, 2001 [quote]Originally posted by valkyriesound: [b]Maybe I didn't make myself clear.... Here's what I mean... Say I buy an ibook with only USB and firewire... Say I have a bunch of older external SCSI drives that I still want to be able to use... They do make Firewire to SCSI converters... I was wondering if anyone had tried this... Sure... I'd love to use pure Firewire/IDE drives... but I still have to use SCSI in most studios I'm working in! :) Valky[/b][/quote] Now I gotcha! Does your machine have USB2.0? Cuz USB>SCSI is a bit cheaper. With regards to the Firewire>SCSI...I'll dig deeper. NYC Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoeditor1 Posted November 14, 2001 Share Posted November 14, 2001 double cheezeburger [ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: NYC Drew ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchildpblutah.com Posted November 14, 2001 Share Posted November 14, 2001 I've used Orange Micro's Firewire/SCSI converter. They can only connect to one device at a time, so no chaining. It works pretty well with most devices. I just got a new Yamaha Motif which has built in SCSI. It does not work with The converter (there is a one sentence message on the bottom of almost the last page of the Motif manual stating it doesn't work with a whole host of non-traditional SCSI interfaces) but I've got two other Yamaha boxes that do work with Orange Converter rather well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Sound Posted November 15, 2001 Author Share Posted November 15, 2001 [quote]Originally posted by NYC Drew: [b] Now I gotcha! Does your machine have USB2.0? Cuz USB>SCSI is a bit cheaper. With regards to the Firewire>SCSI...I'll dig deeper. NYC Drew[/b][/quote] Nope.. no USB 2.0... just firewire. Thanks! Valky Valkyrie Sound: http://www.vsoundinc.com Now at TSUTAYA USA: http://www.tsutayausa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Sound Posted November 15, 2001 Author Share Posted November 15, 2001 [quote]Originally posted by gchild@pblutah.com: [b]I've used Orange Micro's Firewire/SCSI converter. They can only connect to one device at a time, so no chaining.[/b][/quote] No chaining? Bummer.... [quote]It works pretty well with most devices. I just got a new Yamaha Motif which has built in SCSI. It does not work with The converter (there is a one sentence message on the bottom of almost the last page of the Motif manual stating it doesn't work with a whole host of non-traditional SCSI interfaces) but I've got two other Yamaha boxes that do work with Orange Converter rather well.[/QB][/quote] So wait... the converter you have is bi-directional? Firewire to SCSI and SCSI to Firewire? I haven't seen SCSI to Firewire types. That could solve yet another problem I have.... At one studio I work at they have a PT system on a 9600 (SCSI only). I was hoping to buy cheaper Firewire drives to work with instead there.... maybe this can work? Do you have a link for the converter you are using? Thanks guys! :) Valky Valkyrie Sound: http://www.vsoundinc.com Now at TSUTAYA USA: http://www.tsutayausa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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