Home › Forums › Products › Rackmount › HD8000FW has a converter/ › Reply To: HD8000FW has a converter/ December 10, 2010 at 5:55 pm #132334 nickroseModeratorEventide Staff tarafran: Do I need 2 firewire connection to use 16 ins ? No – a single connection supports 16 channels (FireWire 1 and 2).