MOTU 828x 3-stars Reviews
Expected a better solution
UPDATE: After buying expensive RME RayDat PCIe, this Motu is finally usable! Will contant Motu salesman about it, so he can stop his PR.
The latest driver is 2 years old meaning they don't support it anymore. In DAW I use 48KHz, when playing a sound in Windows it will go back to 44.1KHz. If it cannot switch from any reason, I get BSOD !! (blue screen of death). They say it is USB 3.0 compatible, but the interface is USB 2.0, so you won't get a better speed when using USB 3.0. It is a pure marketing bs. Thunderbolt on Windows: I would have to throw away $1000 investment in motherboard+CPU and buy a new one (another $1000) just to have Thunderbolt PCIe adapter.
Cannot switch sampling frequency onboard on the interface through knobs, it tells me to use a computer. The interface settings on computer won't load if any application is using the soundcard (it does not have to play a sound at all). So switching a latency or sampling frequency can be pain a lot of the times.
This soundcard is overrated and unsupported nowadays. Buy something cheaper or something more expensive, not this one.
a good starting point for some
So after long debate and a load of research i decided to go with Motu because of its reputation of making hard waring , sleek looking , feature packed good sounding interfaces and as an added bonus for some they are USA made which is a rarity in this day and age especially in the 828x price bracket.
I found that it worked with protools 10 as well as cuebase and that it ran with only a few bugs that were fixed with updates.
I found the ad/da on the unit to be above others in its price bracket such as the focusrite scarlet range etc and that the pre amps were of an okay standard, nothing spectacular but solid . The soft limit is a great feature when, for example recording a dynamic sound without clipping e.g. kick or snare drum.
The dsp mixer took a little getting used to but is good and flexible enough to get the job done in the end and the dsp effects are a great feature and save cpu!
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