What is the Firewire® audio interface?

Firewire® audio interface is a means of connecting a computer with a professional sound device. It uses the FireWire® connection protocol, which originally offered higher speeds than the Universal Serial BUS (USB) connection. With 400 or 800 megabits per second and more efficient design than USB, the FireWire® audio interface remains popular, although the USB 3.0 starts to gain popularity on the disappearing days of 2011. It has six wire cables with a rectangular stopper with triangular extrusion at one end. In its usual style, it carries 400 megabits per second data, while the newer FireWire® 800 can be doubled this amount. From USB 1.0. At that time, Macintosh®, which was popular in the studio, supported only firewire®. As a result, digital sound devices use Firewire® audio interfaces to receive data and laid them on your computer's hard disk.

Modern professional sound, whether in the studio or in a living environment, is usually a digital matter. While microphones still capture audio signals, the signal is quickly converted into digital format. Once the recording data is digitized, it is in the format where it can be transmitted via firewire®. Digital signals are then sent via a digital and filtering device, and then to a hard drive on a computer, for storage and other handling, or into a digital converter to an analog converter that converts the signals back to analog form for amplification.

Since USB was upgraded to 480 Megabit per second USB 2.0 Standard and even faster USB 3.0 standard, which can carry up to 4.8 gigabits per second, professional sound devices also began to integrate USB connection. Even with USB improvements, FireWire® has a strong installed base of older devices. It also has the ability to better allocate the bandwidth between connected devices,Which prevents the connection too slow. In addition, firewire® supports long cable runs that are common in professional sound settings.