Saffire pro nightmare

waltmo4 · Post by **waltmo4** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 2:56 am

Hello all. I recently purchased a Safire pro 40 fire wire and post unboxing I discovered that it will not connect to my pc. Yikes! Any suggestions?

voip · Post by **voip** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 1:41 pm

Several options.

1. If it's a "standard format" PC with expansion slots, get a Firewire expansion card to suit the slots available (e.g. PCI or PCI Express). They're relatively inexpensive. A USB to Firewire converter won't work for this device.

2. Return it and get a USB-compatible interface instead.

3. Use the existing soundcard and audio ins and outs on the PC, if they offer Line in and Line out capability.

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waltmo4 · Post by **waltmo4** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:33 pm

I bought from an individual at a great value. The Saffire site suggested a Sonnet extender. But I dont want to go chasing shadows, if there is no device that will help I will sell it on eBay because it is in pristine condition. All of the plugins are in the box along with the warranty info. Thank you for your help.

Bitflipper · Post by **Bitflipper** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:58 pm

If you want to use it with a laptop, and the laptop lacks a firewire port, then sell the Focusrite.

If it's a desktop computer, after-market firewire interfaces are cheap and easy to install. Select one with a TI chipset.

That's an excellent interface, btw.

waltmo4 · Post by **waltmo4** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:14 pm

Thanks for your response. I have my eye on that texas instruments chip set recommended by focusrite. Unfortunately for now I am monitoring through my head phones. Iam thinking about buying the computer from the guy that I bought the focusrite from. It is good to go since it was the computer that was used wit the focusrite. It is a beast of a computer with four hard drives an terabytes of space.

Kentchorder · Post by **Kentchorder** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:13 pm

Hi there,

I am using 2x Saffire Pro for more inputs and hooked up to computer via
SIIG - DP FireWire 800 3- Port PCIe card which has TI 1394. It works perfect

Cheers

GRISWOLD3 · Post by **GRISWOLD3** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:37 pm

I also use the Saffire Pro with the Syba SY-PEX30016 card I bought from Amazon for $24.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006D ... UTF8&psc=1

waltmo4 · Post by **waltmo4** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:07 am

Did you install it your self? Is it fairly easy?

GRISWOLD3 · Post by **GRISWOLD3** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:05 pm

Yes it was very easy to install for me.

Of course you need to make sure you have an available slot in the motherboard for the card.