is the AXE III USB 3.x?

[Agvs]

is it now? and does it need to be?

 

[Surrealistic Brillo]

No and no.

 

[Agvs]

why?
and why not make it thunderbolt, usb c?

 

[Genghis]

Read a few threads. Asked and answered numerous times.

 

[Rex]

The effective throughput of USB 2.0 is roughly 280 Mb/s. One channel of audio is 48000 samples/s * 24 bits/sample = 1.152 Mb/s. Theoretically you could transfer over 200 channels of audio on USB 2.0.

 

[Clockwork Creep]

Interesting.
I thought that USB2 was bottle-necking audio interfaces, which is why thunderbolt was used on some to get lower latencies and stuff...

 

[ChristThePhone]

Interesting.
I thought that USB2 was bottle-necking audio interfaces, which is why thunderbolt was used on some to get lower latencies and stuff...

Latency is not throughput. The problem is that Thunderbolt is not yet the standard.

 

[ChristThePhone]

Not quite up-to-date but nevertheless interesting:

http://proaudioblog.co.uk/2015/09/usb-3-vs-thunderbolt-interfaces/

 

[drawnacrol]

USB is a safe option. Imagine if they brought out the II a few years ago with firewire, I don't think my Mac even has a firewire port anymore.

 

[Agvs]

Not quite up-to-date but nevertheless interesting:

http://proaudioblog.co.uk/2015/09/usb-3-vs-thunderbolt-interfaces/

so from what I read there, the Axe II could have benefited from a thunderbolt connector, but then again that has licensing issues, as opposed to usb 3.
maybe for the Axe III XL +

 

[FractalAudio]

Not a single computer here at home or in the office has Thunderbolt. Can you imagine the outcry if it had a Thunderbolt interface which 99% of customer's computers don't have? "You mean I have to buy a new computer just to use Axe-Edit???!!!!"

 

[Clockwork Creep]

Using anything else but a USB on the axe seems to be a terrible idea.
Axe FX works great through USB. Why fix what isn't broken? Especially if the solution, like cliff said here, would cause a bigger problem...

 

[ChristThePhone]

Well. It would be great to have a USB-C connector running both Thunderbolt and USB but that decision has been made.

 

[Agvs]

Not a single computer here at home or in the office has Thunderbolt. Can you imagine the outcry if it had a Thunderbolt interface which 99% of customer's computers don't have? "You mean I have to buy a new computer just to use Axe-Edit???!!!!"

true.
then again I guess you guys will have to 3 years from now.

 

[yek]

true.
then again I guess you guys will have to 3 years from now.

I hate the Thunderbolt/USB-C ports on my MacBook. Total failure.

 

[Agvs]

yeah I know what you mean.
would be nice if companies just stopped rushing new ports every 6 months and settle on a compatibility truce.

 

[ChristThePhone]

I hate the Thunderbolt/USB-C ports on my MacBook. Total failure.

I would expect the pro audio industry to develop something similar to the EtherCon connectors for reliable and durable USB/Thunderbolt connections once the standard has sufficiently settled.

 

[notalemming]

Not a single computer here at home or in the office has Thunderbolt. Can you imagine the outcry if it had a Thunderbolt interface which 99% of customer's computers don't have? "You mean I have to buy a new computer just to use Axe-Edit???!!!!"

You do realize that more than 1% of Axe users have Macs with Thunderbolt, right? My multiple Macs have both USB & Thunderbolt & so could the Axe III. No outcry what so ever.

 

[ChristThePhone]

You do realize that more than 1% of Axe users have Macs with Thunderbolt, right? My multiple Macs have both USB & Thunderbolt & so could the Axe III. No outcry what so ever.

So, what's the point ? Because let's say 50% of Axe users have a Mac it would be wise to ditch the 50% non-Mac users or instead use USB and allow them all to connect ?

 

[Paperjace]

On paper, Thunderbolt/USB-C makes sense, but it's just not popular enough right now to be the standard. It's going to take several years or a decade before it takes over. USB 2.0 is simply the most accessible (and probably cheapest) interface right now