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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: Nick Graham on August 22, 2007, 07:41:24 AM

Title: JB3 with a mac?
Post by: Nick Graham on August 22, 2007, 07:41:24 AM

I just picked up a JB3 in the Yard Sale to have an extra deck for SBD patches, etc. It was a total impulse buy, and one I'm worried may be pointless....

According to the FAQ at Nomadness the JB3 flat out won't work on a mac. Is this true? Anyone have any experience interfacing the 2?

I have an old HP Laptop (which is now happily running Ubuntu 7.04, making me completely Microsoft free), if necessary I could re-install XP on it, but I'd really rather not have to.

Help?!?!?

Title: Re: JB3 with a mac?
Post by: bgalizio on August 22, 2007, 08:01:05 AM

http://www.wentnet.com/projects/xnjb/

Works fine, but you're limited to USB 1.1 speeds IIRC.

Title: Re: JB3 with a mac?
Post by: allan on August 22, 2007, 01:22:59 PM

Yep... the XNJB software will work with your mac, its kinda slow transferring and it will only work with usb, no firewire.

Title: Re: JB3 with a mac?
Post by: hummat on August 22, 2007, 01:42:41 PM

And sometime it can be a bit iffy.  Sometimes I plug in, fire up the app and goes as planned.  Other times I have to (trial and error) do things in a certain order for the device to be recognized.

Title: Re: JB3 with a mac?
Post by: audBall on August 22, 2007, 02:36:02 PM

Quote from: hummat on August 22, 2007, 01:42:41 PM

And sometime it can be a bit iffy.  Sometimes I plug in, fire up the app and goes as planned.  Other times I have to (trial and error) do things in a certain order for the device to be recognized.

Hell, I encounter that even with a PC.   :P    I can't wait to upgrade recorders someday.