End of FireWire support and development – Knowledge Base | PreSonus

Published Dec 6th, 2022.

PreSonus has ended development support for FireWire products. This covers the following,

StudioLive 16.0.2 Classic (Firewire)
StudioLive 32.4.2AI
StudioLive 24.4.2AI
StudioLive 16.4.2AI
StudioLive RM32AI
StudioLive RML32AI
StudioLive RM16AI
StudioLive RML16AI

The last supported version of Universal Control for these products is v3.6.0. This version of Universal Control contains a specific firewire driver file which must be installed, it's a separate installation from the main software.

Supported operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.14.6 (Catalina) to Mac OS X 11.2 (Big Sur)* on Intel Systems Only.
These products are not supported on Apple Silicon Macs.

https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051407452-Apple-Silicon-Computer-Compatibility

Windows 10 (x64) v21H1
These products are not supported on Windows 11

https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404160624653-Windows-11-Compatibility-with-PreSonus-Products

When StudioLive AI Mixers are connected to a network either directly or while connected to an older supported computer, the mixers will continue to show in newer versions of UC Surface and QMix-UC mobile Apps running on other systems that may be connected to the same control network.

Direct connection through 1394/FireWire on Mac and Windows systems for audio recording and playback and data support ended with this release. To utilize this feature an older compatible computer with a supported operating system must be used.

*The StudioLive 16.0.2 Classic is not officially supported with Intel-CPU Macs running macOS 12 Monterey. We have reports that it does work, you are welcome to use it at your own discretion.

Please see these Knowledge Base articles that covers all you need to know about the AI consoles in 2022.

StudioLive AI and RM/RML - Network Audio (AVB/Dante) General Overview 2022

StudioLive AI and RM/RML - General Reference Overview 2022

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