Newbie setup help PLEASE!!!!

[angelotaylor]

Do you need the pci card? I’m currently using a Mac so can only do usb, lightening or FireWire.

Mmmmmmm.... Did You mean Mac Book??? ...Difficult question! Give me little time for analyze situation...

[angelotaylor]

Do you need the pci card? I’m currently using a Mac so can only do usb, lightening or FireWire.

OK! Unfortunately, this solution - very expensive. Your choice - very small. You can try RME FIREFACE UCX, or RME FIREFACE UFX+ for Your macbook! Alternatively, You need old Intel Mac Pro with compatible PCI rme hammerfall digiface!

[spmonkay]

Unfortunately they don’t seem to have enough optical ports! For some reason there doesn’t seem to be many if any interfaces with more than 2 pairs of optical ports?!

[spmonkay]

What about this? Anygood?

https://www.thomann.de/gb/motu_lp32.htm

[angelotaylor]

Unfortunately they don’t seem to have enough optical ports! For some reason there doesn’t seem to be many if any interfaces with more than 2 pairs of optical ports?!

Unfortunately, real professional solutions - in the past... I cant find any one. For this reason, I work on old hardware.

[angelotaylor]

What about this? Anygood?

https://www.thomann.de/gb/motu_lp32.htm

Yes! This may be work! But look about mac os x compatibility, and You will need external MIDI I/O!

[spmonkay]

Could I use a midi to usb straight into Mac?

[angelotaylor]

Could I use a midi to usb straight into Mac?

Yes. But better solution - is the motu midi express xt usb

[spmonkay]

Excuse my ignorance but what more would the Motu midi do that a cable wouldn't? Sorry I'm not massively clued up on midi?

[angelotaylor]

Excuse my ignorance but what more would the Motu midi do that a cable wouldn't? Sorry I'm not massively clued up on midi?

Cable will not support long midi words, in some case, when You need working with sysex messages. Cable - it is the "cutted" midi. For example, if You want to import some presets from Your mac to external VA synth, in sysex format via MIDI - You wil not be able to do it with Your "cable".