One such option is Belkin's F5U513ea Firewire Notebook Adaptor (shown above). Widely available for about 30, this unit provides three Firewire 400 ports and a 12V DC input that you can connect either to a suitable wall-wart or to a 12V battery. The latter option is an ideal solution for any laptop musician doing mobile recording: without the additional drain of powering an audio interface, your laptop's battery is likely to last another hour or more.
A slightly different approach that will appeal to those who don't want to use wall-warts is the USB 2.0/Firewire Card from Sweex (www.sweex.com/product.asp?pid=452&s=1), which offers two USB 2.0 ports, plus one 6-pin and one 4-pin IEEE1494a port. The clever twist is that it's bundled with a short mini-jack to PS/2 pass-through connector. The mini-jack plugs into the PCMCIA card, and the other end into your laptop's PS/2 port to provide buss power for the card's 6-pin Firewire port, while the pass-through connector still lets you plug in a PS/2 keyboard or mouse. If you're desperate to avoid using a wall-wart, this might provide the perfect solution, although do bear in mind the total load on your laptop's PSU, especially if you're also attempting to plug in USB 2.0 devices that require their own power. If you're considering battery power for a mobile recording session, don't expect your batteries to last very long, either, especially if your audio interface features high-quality mic preamps.
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That's complete nonsense to start with. El Capitan does not change anything about firewire audio support. Interfaces that do not follow the firewire audio standard protocol need to provide a signed driver in order to work. Many companies already got their drivers compatible with 10.11, others have not. Contact Apogee regarding issues with your interface.
Apple began to phase out FireWire connectivity in 2012 on all Mac computers. With significant improvements to USB audio and the introduction of Thunderbolt, the performance and stability offered with FireWire audio interfaces has been surpassed. As a result, Apple has discontinued development and maintenance of their FireWire Core Audio driver for the new Mac OS X El Capitan. For this reason, we simply cannot ensure a stable/reliable experience for users of our FireWire audio interfaces who choose to upgrade to this new Mac OS release.
What the OP wrote *IS* complete nonsense. Also Apogee could just bite the Apple and develop their own Firewire driver instead of relying on others doing their job. It's not El Cap that doesn't support Firewire audio interfaces, it's Apogee who think that without Apple investing resources into ongoing driver development there's not enough money in it for them to help the customer. It's Apogee's business decision to drop support, not Apple's.
Yep, interfaces with drivers are still supported through Thunderbolt. Apogee never did openly say they were using Apple's Firewire driver and that they were only supplying an interface between their hardware and Apple's software. They even called their software a "driver".
I just verified on my 2012 Macbook Pro running El Capitan that my Firewire audio interface *does* work fine if I plug it into an (Apple brand) Firewire>Thunderbolt adapter and then into my Thunderbolt port.
As an aside... My experience of reliability and stability in regards to drivers and Motu hardware since OS X 10.3 over the last 10 years...... is why I decided to go down the Motu AVB route for my new primary audio interface and so far the 16A (mainly used for connecting a bunch of external hardware synths and FX units..) via TB2 as well as across the network.. has worked pretty flawlessly.
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