Hi Dave, thanks for the great info! I am running an Apollo through a MacbookPro right now and I would like to replicate your build for thunderbolt compatibility. Are you able to hot-swap the Apollo or do you need to turn the Apollo on before booting the system every time? Do you think a second Thunderbolt card would work as well?
Superb, thank you, I will try this and update when I have.
Why the mac pro def? Surely Imac 14.2 is what everyone is using? Very similar build to mine anyway. I even got USB 3 working.
For me, the "no security" setting was necessary, but not the others.Interesting setup...
A friend of mine just told me that evening, that he also uses an Apollo Audio Interface on his Asus Z97-Deluxe with Asus ThunderboltEX Dual PCI Card.
He had to adjust some settings in his Bios to make the TB card work:
Securtiy: no security
Thunderbolt Cache Line Size: 128
and the card PCI Express Slot had to be set to x4 Mode.
Fun part is now, that his Onboard Audio Outputs (Internal/Headphones) are not working anymore...
Inputs via Headset Micro or Line In is still working...
Any suggestions?
Great setup. I also have this Fractal Case, in my recording space, and found the stock fans to be perfectly acceptable. I have them and my Corsair H60 liquid cooler, as well as radiator fan, hooked up to an NXZT Sentry fan controller (one of the few without a frivolous multicolored LCD interface). By doing this, I can get my computer to near-dead silent when I actually have a need for maximum dynamic range when recording. (Though one WD HDD that I have installed makes enough noise to be slightly audible - even when not seeking). The pump on the liquid cooler goes completely silent at about 70%. Also, I have a Sapphire Radeon 6670 that is fanless, and works fine in Yosemite and El Cap, though with the latter I haven't figured out the no-video-on-wake issue, so I don't let it go to sleep.
My Z170X built is really silent too, I can easily record quiet acoustic guitar in the same room.
Noctua D15 CPU cooler, Fractal Design R5 case with stock fans on slow, just SSD´s, using builtin HD530 GPU for now.
Oh, and the Corsair RM750X PSU, picked for near silence in normal operation.
Hi what OS did you use with your build? I am currently using a Gigabyte z87-D3H and considering buying the mobo and PCIe card you bought for your build cuz I am having the same probelm with you in Logic Pro X and and I cant stand it anymore ) The songs my clients make me mix have too much stuff in it and cant stand the last 5 years of torment Ive been having with logic pro anymore )
I ended up purchasing a Focusrite Clarett 8preX that needs Thunderbolt 1. I hope you could help me out on what you did to make it work when i stumble upon problems haha. Thank you so much!