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getbent · March 28th, 2007, 09:16 PM

Is this really 16 in 12 out? Anybody using it on a mac?

I was about to pop for a different unit and saw this one for 550.00 and thought.... pretty good quality for that price!

Opinions my brethren?

Tim Armstrong · March 28th, 2007, 10:19 PM

MOTU makes good stuff. That thing looks pretty cool, and I think it probably has a lot of different capabilities. Definitely 8 mic/line in, looks like it can take and/or send stuff a few different ways, works with other devices like digital mixers, can handle 16 tracks of MIDI.

Being a simple kinda guy, I'd probably use it as an 8-channel firewire imput device...

Cheers, Tim

getbent · March 29th, 2007, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Armstrong

MOTU makes good stuff. That thing looks pretty cool, and I think it probably has a lot of different capabilities. Definitely 8 mic/line in, looks like it can take and/or send stuff a few different ways, works with other devices like digital mixers, can handle 16 tracks of MIDI.

Being a simple kinda guy, I'd probably use it as an 8-channel firewire imput device...

Cheers, Tim

Tim, we are of like mind... It would be great to get to 12 then I could sorta isolate drums and get some good isolate scratch vocals as well...

I think I'm gonna get it... they have always been high quality....

thanks for the input...

Ben Harmless · March 29th, 2007, 10:15 PM

I do think that MOTU makes killer gear. I don't think the 8pre lives up to the hype in terms of ins and outs. As near as I can tell, without extra hardware/converters, the 8pre is an 8-in, 2-out. There just aren't any more analog holes on the box than that. Two of 'em would give you 16 pres, but you wouldn't have enough outputs to much outboard interfacing. I'd rather go with a couple of UltraLites and get a 16-channel Allen and Heath or something for pres. That way I'd have all the ins and outs I could want, and the potential to mix out-of-the-box too.

This is all a dream, of course. I have no space to record a full band, nor the budget. I've got a friend with a studio if I want to do that. It doesn't stop me from dreaming, however.

A lot of the high-end studio guys laugh at MOTU gear, but there was a thread over on ProSoundweb awhile back where someone blind A/Bd a MOTU interface with an Apogee, and nearly everyone chose the MOTU clip for sound quality, assuming that the MOTU clip was the Apogee. They were gracious in their error.

March 28th, 2007, 09:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 13,671 37 Photos	Anybody using MOTU 8pre Is this really 16 in 12 out? Anybody using it on a mac? I was about to pop for a different unit and saw this one for 550.00 and thought.... pretty good quality for that price! Opinions my brethren?

March 28th, 2007, 10:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ocean Pines, Maryland, USA Age: 50 Posts: 13,150	MOTU makes good stuff. That thing looks pretty cool, and I think it probably has a lot of different capabilities. Definitely 8 mic/line in, looks like it can take and/or send stuff a few different ways, works with other devices like digital mixers, can handle 16 tracks of MIDI. Being a simple kinda guy, I'd probably use it as an 8-channel firewire imput device... Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

March 29th, 2007, 10:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ben Harmless Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany, NY US of A Posts: 4,347 13 Photos	I do think that MOTU makes killer gear. I don't think the 8pre lives up to the hype in terms of ins and outs. As near as I can tell, without extra hardware/converters, the 8pre is an 8-in, 2-out. There just aren't any more analog holes on the box than that. Two of 'em would give you 16 pres, but you wouldn't have enough outputs to much outboard interfacing. I'd rather go with a couple of UltraLites and get a 16-channel Allen and Heath or something for pres. That way I'd have all the ins and outs I could want, and the potential to mix out-of-the-box too. This is all a dream, of course. I have no space to record a full band, nor the budget. I've got a friend with a studio if I want to do that. It doesn't stop me from dreaming, however. A lot of the high-end studio guys laugh at MOTU gear, but there was a thread over on ProSoundweb awhile back where someone blind A/Bd a MOTU interface with an Apogee, and nearly everyone chose the MOTU clip for sound quality, assuming that the MOTU clip was the Apogee. They were gracious in their error. __________________ "I think I'll go for the life of sin, followed by the last-minute, presto-change-o, deathbed repentance." - B. Simpson "...Because we all expect the truth, we must be the best of fools." - Stiff Little Fingers Last edited by Ben Harmless; April 4th, 2007 at 01:49 AM.

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