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 Motu 828 Tips, why is mine sucking? |
  Thu 24 Apr 2003, 05:09
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 10-Mar 03 From: Englewood - US Member No.: 14,040  |
Okay, so here's the scoop: Just got DP4 and an 828. I'm running them on a dual 1.25 g4 Power Mac (FW800, OS X only), 10.2.5, 768MB RAM, 120GB LaCie FW drive. When I'm just doing midi sequencing (midiman 4x4) everything is perfect. It starts to suck when I try to record audio while the midi tracks are playing. I can't record more than 1 minute of audio before it stutters DURING the recording, even if it's just one track. The CPU monitor and the Performance monitor say everything is fine; I'm not anywhere close to overloading the Mac. Am I missing something? I've tried all kinds of different buffer settings.
something else that bothers me about it: If I'm playing back midi tracks through inputs 3-4, I can't listen to myself play guitar on inputs 1-2, even if I select "audio thru". What is the point of 8 inputs if I can only listen to a pair at a time??? Maybe I just have a bad unit. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks in advance! |
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 Fri 25 Apr 2003, 02:38
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If you are usung (or not) any kind of clock sync I'd have a look on that…
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Sat 26 Apr 2003, 19:14
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 10-Mar 03 From: Englewood - US Member No.: 14,040 |
Not using any kind of clock sync. The 828 is on its own firewire INPUT, but I do have a firewire drive on the other input. Not sure if they share the same bus or not though??? I'll try detaching the drive and see what happens. Thanks, lepetitmartien!
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Wed 7 May 2003, 07:36
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 Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 359 Joined: 11-Feb 01 From: Yerres - FR Member No.: 268 |
The PCI-console could come in VERY handy in case you can't hear yourself. It worked very well under DP 3 at least...
-------------------- When you understand disorder, out of that understanding comes order-JK.
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Thu 8 May 2003, 06:56
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 10-Mar 03 From: Englewood - US Member No.: 14,040 |
Thanks, krisg. I should have added another post because I ended up returning the 828 and getting the 2408mk3. Much better!!! I can actually listen to every input with no latency and no strain on my system.
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Fri 9 May 2003, 00:28
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 359 Joined: 11-Feb 01 From: Yerres - FR Member No.: 268 |
that's the way to go!!!
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