Troubles With A 828, Checking Other Interfaces, I Need Help/advice. |
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Tue 19 Sep 2006, 16:39
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In February I bought a g5 iMac. I use reason and ableton live. I also got a MOTU 828mkII from a friend for a VERY good price. However, for the three months that I had it I couldn't get any kind of response from it. I consider myself to be very entry level as far as digital recording goes. Anyway, I got tired of trying to get the mkII to work and refunded it with him. Now I'm looking at getting another interface. I need something to record a guitar direct and also to record vocals and an acoustic guitar through a microphone. I've read the reviews on have major problems with drivers and whatnot. I've even considered just buying a Fostex mr8 or even an analog multitrack cassette recorder, but I've already invested so much into my mac that it would seem like a waste to not utilize it, but I'm becoming very aggravated with trying to get things to work in sync. I need advice on M-Audio or Presonus interfaces. I've been thinking about getting a Firebox. Also, should I consider getting a mixer? At this point my aggravation level has couded my mind and I cannot put forth any constructive thought towards my problem. I just want to record folk/singer songwriter kinds of things and also record my guitar direct to put with things I do in reason to have a post-rock mogwai sort of thing.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Wed 20 Sep 2006, 12:41
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I think you should try to get a motu 828. they work great.
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Wed 20 Sep 2006, 16:19
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If you read my post again, you'll see that I did, indeed, get a MOTU 828. And it did not work great.
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Thu 21 Sep 2006, 02:48
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both m-audio and presonus at their lower end(cost wise) should serve your needs well. Do yourself a favor and check out RME's interfaces, their fireface series while pricey,are subjectively some of best sounding units around.
you may really end up regreting an all in one recorder,as you find you've bumped up against it's feature set in about a week.
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Thu 21 Sep 2006, 04:59
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I am a MOTU 828 user, so I may not be of much help I was using a Tascam US-122 for mobile stuff with no issue, now I have a lil' M-Audio Fast Track USB box that I've got nothing but good to say about. I've had other M-Audio gear (controllers, etc...) and they have all worked seamlessly with a Mac or PC for that matter. I don't think you can go wrong with M-Audio. My $0.02...
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