

- #M audio 2496 driver for mac pro
- #M audio 2496 driver for mac software
- #M audio 2496 driver for mac mac
Part of what makes OS X the most user-friendly system around is that it can handle any "class-compliant" hardware without any third-party drivers. Their audio interfaces/drivers, however, don't stack up against a lot of other products.Īll hardware requires a driver. I own several M-Audio products and am generally satisfied with them. My personal experience disposes me to advise you against M-Audio interfaces. This forum has many, many posts that discuss different products' relative benefits and weaknesses. There are many from which to choose, and most come with at least one MIDI port. More people use FW than USB due to practical speed and CPU overhead issues.
#M audio 2496 driver for mac mac
You can get one via a PCIe card in one of a Mac Pro's slots or you can use an interface connected to a USB or FW port.
#M audio 2496 driver for mac pro
Whether you get a Mac Pro or something else, you will need an audio interface to do high-end audio. And just FYI, your 2496 is not compatible with a Mac Pro's PCIe slots. No Mac, and probably no factory PC, comes with a MIDI interface. Everything else can fall into place after that, but you don't want to limit yourself there if you can avoid it. I know it was true with my PPC G5, but they upgraded the video cards in the Mac Pro, so maybe they did the sound cards as well.Įither way, get the tower Mac- they're just going to be much more expandable than a mini or an iMac. Someone else will tell you exactly what is the case with that. I also think that while you wouldn't strictly need another sound card, the one in the MP will likely top out at 48k of sampling rate, which I wouldn't feel comfortable with for a very long time. That being said, if money isn't a huge issue, a MOTU interface or RME with a PCI-X sound card would be great for studio work. They can also be used with a laptop or for that matter a whole different computer if you wanted to in the future. They are looking like a good long term bet, as far as standards go. I think you might want to go with a Firewire interface for going in. I don't think there is a built in MIDI interface on a Mac Pro.

Is this the M-Audio Audiophile 192? I think it's likely that yours is PCI, like mine, and the new Mac towers use PCi-Express, so you won't be able to use it.
#M audio 2496 driver for mac software
I have a Mackie 1202 VLZ pro plugged into my Delta Audiophile 2496 in my G4 through which I record my vocals to combine with the rest of the Logic songs I write/record using software instruments (I have version Logic 6).īUT looking at the back of the Mac Pro tower on the Apple website, I can't see the equivalent inputs and outputs to those I use at present on the Audiophile soundcard in order to connect my Mackie and my Oberheim Midi keyboard.Īlso, am I right in assuming that with a Mac Pro, I won't need my Audiophile sound card any more? There are mini stereo jacks for ins and outs, but I don't know if that's how I could plug in my Mackie mixer?Īlso, where is the Midi connection on the Mac Pro?Īnd is using a hardware mixer like my Mackie still the best set up once I buy the Mac Pro, please? I'm fed up with the noise and the slowness of my G4, so I'm thinking of buying a Mac Pro (I was looking at a Mini but generally, I see that people seem to feel it's not good enough to use with Logic Pro.).
