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TS-12 · Post by **TS-12** » Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:36 pm

just custom built Windows 10 DAW PC for the "main studio" ( and macbook pro for portable work etc) .
the motherboard is Gigabyte Z390 with ThunderBolt expansion support.

so can any ThunderBolt Audio Interfaces be used for Windows Thunderbolt ?
or only those PreSonus Quantum (with not so great pres and converters) .
or is there difference between Mac and Windows TB support ?

Pictus · Post by **Pictus** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:24 pm

Looks like the Z390 Designare is having problems with Thunderbolt 1 interfaces, but
the addon card not

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-c ... d-249.html
http://forum.gigabyte.us/thread/6193/th ... are?page=5

Kaine · Post by **Kaine** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:24 pm

TS-12 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:36 pm so can any ThunderBolt Audio Interfaces be used for Windows Thunderbolt ?

If it has drivers for Windows, yes. Most do.

Pictus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:24 pm Looks like the Z390 Designare is having problems with Thunderbolt 1 interfaces, but
the addon card not
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-c ... d-249.html
http://forum.gigabyte.us/thread/6193/th ... are?page=5

This is why I keep parping on about current TB implimentations not being native. They are routing through their own third party USB-C implimentations and they are a bit hit or miss at best. Asus bottled it on Z170 and now Gigabyte seems to have stuck out on Z390.

I really can't wait until we have Intel onboard USB-C with Intel onboard TB being piped through it.

FTresample · Post by **FTresample** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:25 pm

Thunderbolt data rates are awesome.. but do they affect your production? Probably not if you already work with usb 3 and you don't record 10 instruments at once. I would stick with conventional usb interfaces - or go straight optical/analog.

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:48 am

USB4 is coming soon , I seen the news yesterday . It's the successor to Thunderbolt 3 , but it won't be locked to just Intel / Apple . With speeds of 40gbps ... hopefully we will see Mobos and audio interfaces before 2020 ...

Astralv · Post by **Astralv** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:15 am

I have MOTU Thunderbolt 2 1248 and 16A. I use Asus add on Thunderbolt card through USB C and Apple USB 2 to USB 3 adopter with Z270 Motherboard. I had everything working excellent for a year, and now I am having issue of something connecting and disconnecting- did not figure out if it is Apple adopter or Thunderbolt cable or what the issue is. But in general- it is lovely set up. It works.

ThunderBolt Audio Interfaces for Windows