pisces7378
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Ok... I have been in the market for a new interface for about 6 months now, and for one reason or another (usually financially) I have had to put off buying a new audio system to replace/upgrade my M-Audio Delta 66-OMNI Studio system.
I had been looking into the 24I/O from MOTU because I figured that since it is 96kHz and has 24 analog INs and OUTs that it would be a workhorse that would last me YEARS in the studio without needing to be upgraded or added on to. I really do not NEED 24 Simultanious inputs at the moment (and I have serious doubts that I will EVER be recording a 200 piece orchestra in this life time that would require such enourmouse amounts of analog inputs. Plus I do not even have 24 mics. Hell I only have four mics that are worth anything.
The MOTU 24I/O is attractive because it is all analog INs and OUTs. This is good because I do not have a digital mixer or anything outboard that is digital. But I only really need 8 or maybe 9 aimultanious inputs. So the 24I/O is a bit of over kill for me.
Well lo and behold... MOTU has released this new 828mkII firewire affair that has 8 TRS analog ins and two mic pre amp TRS mic/instrument analog INs. That makes 10 analog ins. There is no messy sound card to install into my brand new (just ordered not even arrived yet) dual 1.42ghz Mac. It is all Firewire, and I can connect multpile 828mkII's for even more if I ever do run into that 200 piece orchestra.
My only concern is about Firewire itself. What are the latency issues surrounding this "new" interface option? Can this protocol (i.e firewire) handle 10 channels of 24 bit-96kHz audio on one single wire of 1394? What is the latency like?
My main concern is recording a completely mic'd drum kit (i.e 8-9 mic's recorded onto 8-9 tracks simultanously) and after that I will be step by step recording 1-2 guitar/instruments at a time to build up the songs.
What do you guys think about the reliability and believablility of such a dream machine as this new 828mkII???
Please keep in mind that the 24I/O costs $1,450 and this 828mkII costs only like $795
I had been looking into the 24I/O from MOTU because I figured that since it is 96kHz and has 24 analog INs and OUTs that it would be a workhorse that would last me YEARS in the studio without needing to be upgraded or added on to. I really do not NEED 24 Simultanious inputs at the moment (and I have serious doubts that I will EVER be recording a 200 piece orchestra in this life time that would require such enourmouse amounts of analog inputs. Plus I do not even have 24 mics. Hell I only have four mics that are worth anything.
The MOTU 24I/O is attractive because it is all analog INs and OUTs. This is good because I do not have a digital mixer or anything outboard that is digital. But I only really need 8 or maybe 9 aimultanious inputs. So the 24I/O is a bit of over kill for me.
Well lo and behold... MOTU has released this new 828mkII firewire affair that has 8 TRS analog ins and two mic pre amp TRS mic/instrument analog INs. That makes 10 analog ins. There is no messy sound card to install into my brand new (just ordered not even arrived yet) dual 1.42ghz Mac. It is all Firewire, and I can connect multpile 828mkII's for even more if I ever do run into that 200 piece orchestra.
My only concern is about Firewire itself. What are the latency issues surrounding this "new" interface option? Can this protocol (i.e firewire) handle 10 channels of 24 bit-96kHz audio on one single wire of 1394? What is the latency like?
My main concern is recording a completely mic'd drum kit (i.e 8-9 mic's recorded onto 8-9 tracks simultanously) and after that I will be step by step recording 1-2 guitar/instruments at a time to build up the songs.
What do you guys think about the reliability and believablility of such a dream machine as this new 828mkII???
Please keep in mind that the 24I/O costs $1,450 and this 828mkII costs only like $795