Aw4416 Via M-lan Or Firewiremixer.....help?, what outboard should i use? Options

[alterednative]

hi mac world, i've just bought me my 1st mac and loving it...G4 12inch 900mhz and 640 MB Ram....bit old but its my intro....

anyway i have a yamaha AW4416 DAW, i've heard you can get a firewire card called an Mlan which i can use with the mac. Anyone heard of or is doing this?

Not sure if to get a Firewire mixer instead straight into my logic express on the mac or get an Mlan card.

Does the Mlan card or firewire mixers control the faders etc in logic?

I'm a complete novice so bear with me!

[mortalengines]

check this link-

http://emusician.com/tutorials/emusic_midi_lanlubbers/

it may be of help, it relates to PC's but the app may extend itself to other hardware.