I recently upgraded from my MacBook Pro and Mackie Onyx 1620i FireWire mixer to the long sought after Mackie Onyx 1640i FireWire mixer. Everything is exactly the same, except the new Mackie has 16 channels of FireWire in and out. The old had 16 in but only a stereo return to the mixer via FireWire.
I connected the new mixer to my MacBook Pro via the FireWire port, continuing from the mixer’s 2nd FireWire port to Glyph Ext HD #1 and then bouncing into Glyph Ext HD #2. It was flawless and sounded/performed great.
Then I disconnected everything and moved it to a new location. When I plugged everything back in it seems nothing works.
I can get to my hard disk drives via USB, but the FireWire port doesn’t seem to be doing anything, it can’t see my mixer and hard disk drives, it can't see just the hard disk drives when I take the mixer, well, out of the mix.
I hope I’ve made sense. I rely on my studio gear to record as a songwriter, so I’m freaking out. Can anyone offer me any advice? And my million dollar question, is FireWire a dinosaur? Should I return the brand new, just out of the box FireWire Mackie mixer for a different format? I don't need a $5,000 boat anchor.