Firewire recording on macbook

can i record music via firewire with a 400 or does it have to be 800?

Hi Bass master,
Which Phonic do you have, because from here :
http://www.phonic.com/pressroom/latestnews/helixboard.htm
It use usb port instead of firewire port, I could be wrong.
There is Firewire version, but which one do you have ?
And even if it use FW800, hopefully it also has FW400 on the module for "older FW400"
And I just check the firewire version, and it has FW400 that you can use with macbook.
Good Luck

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