Does IF-FW/DM mkII work with M1 Mac?

[waterstrum]

Does anyone have success with this combo?

I can't give up my DM mixer.
Nothing compares 2 it.

 

[Rockum]

I am working on it... If you get the IF-FW working with M1 please let me know. I am using an older mac with Dante on both machines as a way to get sound in and out of the M1. I have the WINDOWS version of the TMCompanion software running on my M1 using PlayonMac. I was expecting it to be hard to do, but I am telling you it was free and really easy.

 

[Chris Gestrin]

Hi, Curious if there is any new developments with using the IF-FW with Monterey M1 macs? I just upgraded to an M1 Mac Studio and would love to be able to continue using my DM4800 as I have been up until now. Rockum, I'm also going to do the DANTE/old mac setup to get to the DM4800. I guess perhaps this is the only workaround? Does that work well for you, and is latency an issue at all?

 

[Rockum]

You are limited to 48k, but stability is good. The latency is obviously not as low as a fast single machine, but I find it functional even for recording virtual instruments.

 

[Chris Gestrin]

Hi, I actually just got it all hooked up last night with the DANTE setup. Seems to work great and not much different than my previous setup for how I use it. So this is good! Just a little more complicated now that I have one more device to switch sample rates on. How is that you are limited to 48k though? With mine I can use the higher sample rates as well.

 

[Rockum]

The mixer can run at higher rates, but I believe the Dante stream is at 48k. Let me know if you confirm otherwise.

 

[Chris Gestrin]

DANTE can definitely run higher sample rates. I use it up to 96k. Although I guess maybe it depends on your soundcard/interface you are using?

 

[Chris Gestrin]

Are you using DANTE VIA? I just took a look and saw that VIA is limited to 48k. If you use DANTE DVS, you can go higher.

 

[Rockum]

I am using VIA on the device host machine and DVS on the client machine.

 

[Chris Gestrin]

I think you have to use DVS on both machines to use higher sample rates, as VIA is limited to 48k.

 

[Rockum]

OK interesting. I run at 48 anyway, but that is good to know.

 

[Soliver]

Found this, might be worth a try
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/721151

I am about to buy a new mac to run my system, might want to get windows pc instead.

If not, can you describe your dante setup a bit more
Hardware, os version ect
Thanks

 

[Rockum]

That may solve the firewire issue only recently caused by Ventura, but even before Ventura I found no way to get the Tascam going. The mac sees the mixer as a firewire device, but I don't think the Tascam drivers work with Apple M1/M2. Someone please prove me wrong.

 

[Chris Gestrin]

That's correct, the drivers won't work. At least I certainly wasn't able to get anything working. I would love to be wrong about that!

 

[Chris Gestrin]

Found this, might be worth a try
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/721151

I am about to buy a new mac to run my system, might want to get windows pc instead.

If not, can you describe your dante setup a bit more
Hardware, os version ect
Thanks

RE: The Dante setup. I have a new MacStudio (Monterey) with Dante DVS and my older Mac Pro (Mojave) also running DVS and hooked up to my DM-4800 firewire. My MacStudio communicates sending audio back and forth to the DM4800 by utilizing the DANTE connection between the 2 computers. It was a little complicated to setup the routing/channels etc at first, but works great. On the MacPro I am running a copy of Digital Performer with a bunch of AUX tracks setup to 'translate' the DANTE ins and outs to and from the DM4800. If I am doing som tracking on my MacPro and monitoring things through my DM4800, I have found there is small amount of latency. 215 samples in my situation, and I have that set as an offset in DP to compensate for it.