[jblaze]

I am currently looking for an internal or external audio interface for basic recording (SPDIF isn't necessary, but nice; XLR input is a must). What I'm finding out though is that most of these interfaces and break out boxes do not support G4 accelerator cards (I have a dual 500 with a dual 1.3 Gigadesigns upgrade)and some do not support usage in a G5. Would anyone know of an interface (any, at this point) that would work in my "accelerated" G4 and will be able to transfer over to a G5 in the future? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


jb

[johann]

any of the m-audio cards will work.

the XLR is going to raise the price and narrow your choices.

i use a motu 828mkII which is the bees knees.

[jblaze]

All of the M-Audio cards say that they do not support G4 accelerator cards......am I reading into this wrong?

I've been looking at a used Motu 828 or the M-Audio Delta 1010-LT...the specs for both say no G4 accelerator cards.

[Spheric Harlot]

Metric Halo Mobile I/O 2882 (+ DSP)

http://www.mhlabs.com/products/mio.html

Probably the best A/D/D/A stages on the market, extreme portability, Firewire bus power, daisy-chainable, individually switchable phantom power, complete virtual patchbay/console, and an EXCELLENT channel strip (EQ, compressor/limiter - supposedly among if not *the* best virtual channel strips on the market) that will run on the built-in DSP farm of the 2882+DSP model.

Edit:
From the manual:

What you need to use it
• Computer:
• a Power-PC based Macintosh with a FireWire Port and OS 9.1 or newer (B&W G3, G4, Powerbook G3 or G4 recommended). Mac OS 9.2.2 recommended.
• 128MB of RAM
• a monitor that supports 1024x768 resolution or better

-s*

[johnmccaig]

oh i didn't know about the accell cards..

wierd ness.

they probably work OK but they won't warrenty them

anyone with accell card use any of these?

[Briareus]

(Doh. I responded to this same thread posted above in the Power Mac forum before browsing here.)

To paraphrase, I used a MOTU 828mkII with a Sonnet upgraded Sawtooth before my dual 2Ghz G5. No problems with either CPU. FireWire is your best option over PCI if you're looking for compatibility with future CPUs.

I've also heard nothing but great things about Metric Halo interfaces.

[jblaze]

thank you all for your input, I really appreciate it.