MOTU 828x MOTU

MOTU 828x MOTU

MOTU 828x MOTU

I have yet to really dive into this interface as I just got it, but I can make some 'out of the box' comments about it in the meantime.

I upgraded to this interface from a Tascam FW1082 which i LOVED, but I wanted to be more mobile with my set up. Also, my newer Macs I own do not have firewire ports, and to be honest, every experience I ever had with firewire (wether an interface or hard drive) has always been unreliable at some point, causing issues with the OS (MAC and Windows). And USB, in my experience, was even worse than that (especially when you have a lot of other USB devices attached). So I figured I would give thunderbolt a try.

Though, not plug and go...It was pretty easy to get up and running to my iMac. I went to Motu's website and downloaded their most current drivers, installed, and was up and running in no time. Once installed the mac recognized it pretty easily. You can go into the MAC settings and choose to have your system volume controlled independently or via the volume controls on your keyboard.

Im connected through a thunderbolt connection. The latency seemed pretty decent for my short test did using the front IN ports from my DJ mixer into Logic X. Recorded a short clip and the sound transfer was clean.

I had a bit of trouble with figuring out the headphone ports. I have to read up a little more on how to customize them. The top port seems to be a direct / master out. The second port seems to be a mirror or something needing to be routed because I could not get this working independently as of yet. I wish it was set up as independent out of the box, but it's nice to know it offers some customization. 1 thing I do not like about the headphone port and HOPE is customizable, is the volume knob control.

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