Firewire/USB 2.0 Adaptors for M-Audio Firewire Solo

["Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de>]

There doesn't seem to be a big choice of USB2 pro audio interfaces. One I
think looks cool is the Marian Ucon:

http://www.marian.de/en/products/ucon_cx

Short abstract:

4 Mic/Instrument ins (XLR w/ PP), 4 line ins (1/4 bal.), 8 line outs (1/4
bal), ADAT I/O (shares a connector with SPDIF I/O opt.), 1 MIDI In, 2 MIDI
Out, separate out for the internal mixer 2bus, phones. 9.5'' 1HU.

The only downside I'm able to see: no coax S/PDIF. 

This might be more than what you aim for, but it's the only cool USB2
interface (at least it was the last time I looked). Also consider this: the
PC implementations of Firewire don't provide bus power - USB2 does.

        Rainer
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        Von: Krispen Hartung [mailto:khartung@cableone.net] 
        Gesendet: Samstag, 22. Juli 2006 22:49
        An: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
        Betreff: Firewire/USB 2.0 Adaptors for M-Audio Firewire Solo
        
        
        While we're on this topic. I am thinking of getting the m-Audio
Firewire Solo as input for my guitar, not because I don't like my Echo 
Indio
IO card, but because I'd like the option of having an actual mic XLR and as
well as 1/4 inch inputs.  However, my notebook doesn't have firewire, only
USB 2.0. 
         
        I found a few cardbus Firewire/USB 2.0 converters that will do the
trick, like this one: 
http://www.usb-ware.com/ads-usb-2-firewire-cardbus.htm
         
        Can anyone else make any recommendations?
         
        Here is the m-Audio Firewire Solo:
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FireWireSolo-main.html
         
        Kris