solution: Use windows and be happy.

Bro you are man! Im just venturing into this and saw your video

Domyou know if is posible use a presonus 1602 usb with an old macbookpro 2012?

Moral of the story, keep your old mac computer because your going to need it to run your old stuff.🤣🤣🤣

Hi! what did you need for software? im running Catalina for now, i got the adapters but, do you need any software like the UC or something like that? are there any drivers?

You right, we still have FireStudio Project interfaces and this is shame that Presonus didn't allow us to keep using their hardware with new ARM MacBooks. I managed to connect my interface to mid 2009 (!) MacBook with Logic Pro, it works, but it's a struggle for old machine and I can't trust this configuration fully. Again, shame on you Presonus.

Are you able to record many tracks simultaneously with each track seperated with this set up?

Yeah focusrite seem to have done the same thing. I have Saffire Pro 14 and a newer Mac. Do you think the thing will work. Nope just get hardware not detected. Purchased a FireWire to USB and it just won’t read it.

Ended up selling my presonus 16.4.2 because I never managed to get it connected to my Mac.

Thank you so much!🙏❤️

The Firewire interface is not applicable to the PreSonu StudioLive 16.0.2 USB so when buying it's important to ensure that your mixer is the USB version (available since 2017) and not the old version

thank you heaps for this video! i´m glad I still have my mac G5 hidden somewhere with PT 8 LE I think, then I wont have to go through all this stuff and buy extra adaptors.. I´m about to record drums for a rockband with this mixer .. :)

친절한 설명 고마워. 화질도 좋다.

I have a Laptop with USB C port, which adapters should I buy to record with a studiolive 32.4.2 ai?

I'm on a plan to buy buy gear, and I was thinking about the presonus studiolive 32.4.2ai but I noticed audio snakes are outdated and now they use digital boxes which is amazing, but that means the old presonus are not compatible with this technology anymore, it can be use still use but the old ways, I want to try the new cat5-6 new thing instead of sending a super long xlr audio snake, but for that more money has to invested, very complex and unfair to certain point

I have the same adapters and it does not work. ¿Any idea? :( I upgraded my Mac mid 2012 to Ventura.

This isn’t because of presonus’ drivers. MacOS 10.15 and beyond eliminated the Kernel Extensions and FireWire devices NEED that to function. No driver will fix that.

Will it work with macOS Ventura 13.6?

So many good equipments that uses this shitty FireWire port and are now unused At least it's great for people building a very budget setup, buying those "old" equipment at a good price using with old MacBooks, that are also becoming cheaper

OK it’s 2024 now this is gonna be the newest post I got a Mac air M1 and I just got the 24 channel version so what do I need?

Hey man instead of thunderbolt 2 can i use usb?

thank you so much.

Where can l Buy the conections

Hey men. Thanks for the video i appreciate your effort. I have same issue I could hardly connect to my mixer with my apple. Is it possible for you to post a video of all the cable, adapters and connector that you sed on this video? Thanks

Great video but I am still not there. Did you have to downgrade the OS to Mojave or something like that? UC 1.7.6 will not load on newer OS.

Spending that much money that’s already not a multitrack recorder are you can call it an analog but it’s digital I don’t care what a computer does but I love d.a.w. they’re fine but I prefer for simple stuff something that works unfortunately nowadays they don’t make stuff that works and expensive or they’re ridiculous expensive for the ones I do might as well rent the studio but if you just wanna fall around like zoom DL series they could be great I mean those prices those things should be like DVD players are now it should be worth nothing it’s not A big thing to split channels but yet they give problems because they don’t make them properly it’s so easy I had somebody redo mine I’ll never have a problem again and I don’t use the data because I’m not good enough as are doing it and it doesn’t work anyway it’s only good for mixing and cleaning up so I don’t even do that because I play me and saying and if it’s just for myself personally I really don’t care I don’t need a computer I have the LA I have plenty of stuff to export and import the music I know how to do it people say it doesn’t work there’s a trick it works fine.

Oh I have a Mac book proo 2012,,

Hi I have a presonus studio live 24-4-2,if im not wronge I have the same issue ,so what cable was it you used agen,thanks for showing,

Can it be captured with logic pro x?

Hey will this work for windows ?

My RM16ai, sold as "The Future of Mixing", now makes a pretty good door stop. First and definitely the last piece of hardware from Presonus (LOL even auto correct hates them) EVER!

Hi! Thanks for posting. I have a 2010 MacBook Pro El Capitan 10.11.6. Do you guys think it will work with Presonus 16.2.0 USB ..?

SO will i buy it now 2023

Is there anyway to get it to work on a modern Mac

The adapters are the easy part of the process, to record you'll need to install the old universal control on the newer Mac OS. For those who are having this difficulty, here is the link to a tutorial that helps in this process. You will need to disable SIP. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ_RmoR6bsx-jNUsi=XXOlTnJ5Qbts1f65

Thanks Dan. I just bought the presonus AR 12C and it does not work out of the box with an M1 Macbook. it simply does not show up at all. it probably will show up on an intel mac as my AR8 USB mixer does.. This thing has USB-C! That's what the C is in the name for. it is so frustrating that Presonus does not support their drivers and keep them updated. What is more frustrating as they claim this thing is M1 compatible on the website. Great hardware and shitty support. If I had to re-purchase I would probably go with focus-rite, because they absolutely work with the Mac and always have. At this point my home studio would be better served by the 8 channel focus rite interface. All the cool features of the AR 12C are lost because it doesn't work with a computer

That sucks. Just got this same setup lol

Hello Dan. Thanks for great vid and info. I have a question, and I hope you can help me sort some things out. I have an old Presonus studiolive 16.4.2 firewire mixer. My problem is that I have never use a Mac whatsoever. I am up to buy a used and refurbished Mac book Pro that will work along with the mixer. Can you recommend a MacBook Pro (year and model) that will suit my needs and will be running with the Presonus? I have read that Presonus only supports also up to Mojave version of OS? Thanks for a great Chanel keep up the good work. 🙂🙏 Regards Kjell from Sweden

1. I have similar mixer board connected to windows pc using firewire. i have tried doing recording severally but nothing seems to record either with the Capture or the studiolive software but the PC detetcts the mixer and i can control from the PC. 2. I'm also not able to hear anything when i plug in a head set with the phone knob inreased. Do i have to do routing for sound to pass through the head set?

USB= same dam port for 30 years, firewire,400 800 dv, thunder bolt, c, on and on .. on top of that apples forced updates FORCING you to obsolete your equipment your perfectly working equipment . . and they do this ALL ON PURPOSE, if they wish to they can make there new OS updates backwards compatible . . most hardware on windows will run from xp to win 11, thats over 20 years of support, your lucky if you get 5 years with apple, I actually have a mbox2, that was released on xp,I have personally used it xp, vista, 7, 10 and 11, there was no driver release after win 7 but yet it still works on 10 and 11. . . would love to have a m1 but apples digusting buisness practices force me not to , [not that windows is a saint]

“Old school firewire”. 😂. Man, I better get my AARP card

спасибо брат! я хотя и не сильно хорошо знаю английский но все понял ... Желаю Мира

what macOS are you using?? mine is Monterey and universal control not supported for this os..any solution??

We all must thank usb for this

Thanks for all the info!! Can you please link all adapters and anything else used? I’d appreciate it…

Hi there, I am considering buying one of these mixers as a friend has just bought one (the exact same firewire model). I have various old Macs laying around, I currently have a first generation MacBook Pro running 10.7.5 with an M Audio firewire 8 channel desk which all works fine but it's not enough inputs. I am looking at this desk and would like to know what the most recent version of MacOS works with the desk? I have newer laptops around that could support it but want to be sure before I buy. So, what version of MacOS do you have on that older MBP? Thank you for this great video!

I had the same issue with my Mackie 1640 with FireWire card. I reached out to Mackie and they offered me to buy a new board. The response acted like they didn’t know what the 1640 board was. I was very disappointed.

What’s the operating software for that year in Mac

Wow

Hi Dan! Do you know if Presonus Firepod works with M1, M2? I have the FireWire original Apple adapters. Thanks!!