For one of my harebrained projects, i'd like to output audio and other signals as digital using firewire to send to a computer. What is a good, cheap, low-fuss way to provide firewire outputs given analog signals but not given a PhD in firewire implementation technology?

(plan 'B' would be to buy an audio mixer like the alesis multimix, but that is bulky, more $$ than i want to spend, and has a lot of features i won't need)

 

You need to consider what software you have that can read from the computer firewire port.

A cheaper option might be to obtain a video capture box with a firewire output, but only use the audio part. They normally come with suitable software. They are also often abvailable on Ebay.

Look at the Datavideo offering.

www.datavideo.com

 

Your process should be to understand what bandwidth is necessary, then work from there. Do you absolutely need firewire? USB has been a lot easier for hobbiests to implement in the last few years, you should consider this.

Steve