All user reviews for the MOTU 828 mk3 Firewire

I am asked my opinion.
As I have not much time, I will say that my card is on 24/7.
I never extinguished.
And uses it for everything, watch my films, or making music, I have a very good sound, and I have no problem with.
2 years and 2 months non stop?
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USE

I am asked my opinion.
As I have not much time, I will say that my card is on 24/7.
I never extinguished.
And uses it for everything, watch my films, or making music, I have a very good sound, and I have no problem with.
2 years and 2 months non stop?
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IMPLEMENTATION

I am asked my opinion.
As I have not much time, I will say that my card is on 24/7.
I never extinguished.
And uses it for everything, watch my films, or making music, I have a very good sound, and I have no problem with.
2 years and 2 months non stop?
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NOTICE GLOBAL

I am asked my opinion.
As I have not much time, I will say that my card is on 24/7.
I never extinguished.
And uses it for everything, watch my films, or making music, I have a very good sound, and I have no problem with.
2 years and 2 months non stop?
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The Routing.
I must say that I have not had the opportunity to read the doc (not found). I only low on the advice of sellers.
Use (Home Studio)
I stravaille on Nuendo VST Link. 1 Pc AMD2 dual core and 1 PC QUAD 9600 intel

USE

Installation without problem
No problem of imcopatibilitbr /> Easy Confiration
Manual in English only at the beginning. Very clear

IMPLEMENTATION

Drivers Stables
No latency problem

NOTICE GLOBAL

I've used two weeks and then returned.
The routing is very trslger. Perhaps interressant for signals between an eyesore but for output. In any case under windows and Nuendo.
I buy from DV247 therefore very good report quality price
with the experience I do not referrer twice that choice. No way to have the software of feedback signals in CUEMIX. If you want sparrer the software release, obliged to have a digital mixer behind otherwise have a summation of the signals (sound rotten suddenly, significant drop dynamics). Several hours with the distributor in France there is nothing changed.
I advise you FOCUSRITE LIQUID SAFFIRE 56 if the routing keeps you heart. One wonders sometimes if the sellers know what they are talking about.

The MOTU 828MK3 is a firewire or a USB connected interface. The manual was easy to read through and understand making the set up process very easy. It is rackable taking up one rack stace and it also has on board effects. The support with this product is not very good though I remember having some issues when working with it on my Mac a few times and contacting them about it got me nowhere.

UTILIZATION

The DSP effects are built in are a huge plus for any user, there are reverb and EQ plug ins to use with any DAW that you enjoy working in. The preamps are decent, not the best that I have heard from MOTU but not the worse either. This interface will work on a Windows and Mac system and it works great with ASIO drivers as well. It comes with software called AudioDesk which I only used one time and didn’t like it at all but I guess if you are a new user then it could work for you but you will outgrow it and want to do more. It came with software called CueMix FX too, which was great!

GETTING STARTED

This interface does not seem to be built as well as other MOTU interfaces and it seems like it could have issues if it is used and abused. But it does come with a warranty for 2 years from them so if you have any issues you can always return it. Hopefully it is a hassle free return.

OVERALL OPINION

There is a small LED screen that is backlit, it doesn’t have the best quality but it is not bad. It is easy to read and see what you want to do on it but it is not very graphical. This interface is average at best to me but the plug ins that comes with it makes it worth having because they are worth the money.

- What technical specifications motivated your choice?
Following the purchase of a Konnekt live shows that fully on my laptop I did not know what to buy a place back and I see the motu for 100 euros more so ...

UTILIZATION

Install without problems
it works of
config clear enough

GETTING STARTED

Drivers hyper stable
no update
the test:
plug-in you want in voila, the virtual synths (ten), 24-track audio recording with 2 pramps in adat, with compressor and reverb, and parametric Equant on all tracks (the dsp card ) and it turns crachottis no nickel or dropouts!
Moreover, we do not know what that mean all these problems!
but happiness!

OVERALL OPINION

Its nickel, EQUASIS you turn serious it works, it works also compress the reverb and nothing to say! So buy a board with his eyes closed a report quality excellent price.
I run this gem of a laptop ASUS G1S (Ricoh firewire port)

I change against a ADDA2000 CPORT, I wanted better with more possibilis (ADAT, DSP)
Home studio for use in battery taken, both on the OH pramps Intgr
my config: PC (ASUS CM M2NESLI nvidia, AMD 5200, 2GB, Via chipset (FireWire), CG nvidia Gforce, XP Home)
I use the I / O ADAT toslink mode, the SPDIF to an external reverb, I syncrhonise via word clock.

UTILIZATION

Installation so easy
no difficulty meeting
look a little to the doc for CueMix to understand the routing and it's good
the config is very simple
the manual is in English but we will not stop, the vocabulary is simple audio will j'enlve a point!

GETTING STARTED

No bug yet met in 15 days of use by sync with my converter I SRC2496 rsolu using a 75 ohm cable and passing the CONV slave.
the drivers are not so rcents maj
I shoot with REAPER, but I still Sat 7
latency achieved with 10 tracks of playback and 17 pluggins 5ms

OVERALL OPINION

+ + + The routing is impressive, the number of possible leads, sub groups for live, and it is a must for me DSP plug is handy (EQ cut down lgre compression OH) that are applicable everywhere! East but rather to stand alone as the most adapted (number of sounds are made with no effect so ...)
the ratio Q / P is thundering and I must be really happy with this purchase.
I do not see anything in these prices on the market.
It remains to see over time if bugs appear, if the gear is reliable.
good stuff!

-The number of input and output, built-in effects have directed my choice.
- Use home studio in general, focuses on the composition, making voices and instruments.
Config: MacBook Pro 17 "2.33GHz 160GB + 500GB external, 2GB of ram.
Instruments used: Roland G-600 as a master keyboard, United States Ibanez, Fender acoustic.

UTILIZATION

-No worries encountered during installation.
No-incompatibility.
Config super easy.
-Virtually no manual needed and yet this is the first time I use a card of this type (no knowledge of routing before that).

GETTING STARTED

-For two days now and use the drivers are stable.
"I saw yesterday that there was an update for the driver, however I have not yet done.
-Software used: Reason 4.
-10ms latency.
-I do not read beyond the 20pistes simultaneous Since my projects are an average of 15pistes (no problems with 20pistes), no recording made at this time.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 days.
-The particular I like is the quality of the report were obtained, no I do not like yet.
-I have tried some other audio interface model before this one.
-Excellent value for money, I had a discount store over 39euros so I paid 680euros being and living abroad I got a tax refund of 133euros so she got costed 547euros ... that's the value for money.
-If it again with the experience, without hesitation, YES.

Great connectivity, integrated insert effects
Home-Studio
Asus, AMD Athlon 64 x2, 3 Gig, 250 160 160

UTILIZATION

No problem
No conflict
Easy to configure
Manual easy to read

GETTING STARTED

Drivers stable
no worries
Cubase Studio 4 and Reason 4
11 ms
over 60

OVERALL OPINION

Two months
I love everything and hate nothing
yes, a number
excellent
san hesitate

- What technical specifications motivated your choice?
The number of I / O, the CueMix FX, price, product quality (sound, convertos ...) and its stability.
- For what purpose?
Homestudio and radio: recording music, voice, film post production, mission radio.
- What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz, 2GB Ram Mac OSX 10.4.11 and Windows XP SP2 or 3 (?) Via Bootcamp 1.4.
- Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
Pickups: Vocals, voices talking, acoustic guitar, drums, flute, melodica, percussions ...
Bass, Synth Guitar readers.
I have an old yamaha analog console and player / recorder DAT.
I have not used the ADAT

UTILIZATION

- Installation is it without problem?
Trouble-free Mac; dconvenues few windows but quickly returns to normal.
- Have you experienced any incompatibility?
I have to update the firewire patch for windows, otherwise the name input / output in cubase does not seem to match exactly.
- The configuration gnrale is easy?
Yes, the CueMix spcial is faster but you get used trs
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
Not read ... oops ...

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
Ah yes, a! no crashes so far. on the other hand, Mac, when I close the window of cuemixFX, although it remains open in the dock, I have to restart compltement rcuprer to the window (leaving CueMix FX and restart in application)
- Are they often put day?
2 Firmware Update since the release of the map (v1.06) and the soft SHIFT 2 for Mac only (v1.4.8).
In thoriated I mfie of SHIFT too redundant, often means that there is a typo somewhere. Better a product sold with all works automatically and does not ncessite MAJ. on the other hand I expect of the SHIFT CueMix FX rather surprising (well j'espre There Contents ...)
- What software do you use most often?
Sound Forge, Cubase SX3, Logic Express
- What you get lag?
11ms with 512 in the buffer but I have not sought any rduire a, a trs works well as is.
- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? ...
I made the 24 tracks full of FX read no worries. I have, for now, no longer pushed. On record, like, I have not tried the 28 tracks simultaneously

OVERALL OPINION

I put a 7 for the following reasons

- How long have you use it?
3 weeks
- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
The +: everything is exactly the map I was looking at in / out level and Routing (16 mono bus out, a slap!) And CueMix FX apprciable is really more for the home studio and live (in studio I do not think a lot used)
The -: The input gain knobs click each microphone in 1 db and microphone inputs blow too my taste. No select -10 / +4 dB line inputs while the gain line inputs scans of 22 -96.
Finally I had little whistles the other day and it's not good at all! (See forum)
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
Motu Traveler, Terratec DMX6fire, Digi 002, Motu 2408, from the Terratec these are all good cards. I try a TC Konnect AIM, Mackie Onyx or RME before choosing, I was also much talk of Echo but ... there is some point you have to report levels and DCID / qualitprix / stabilitconnectique, hard to do better.
- How do you report qualitprix?
Trs good as said above. A good soft LE version, other than that AudioDesk gre not noon, would be perfect.
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
I do not usually buy the same stuff twice, but hey admitting that my house brle and insurance reimburse me well, yes I would reiterate that the ... What that change aa good too

I worked for several years with the Motu 828mk2 no problem. While the concept of a MK3 with its functions Intgr effects could allow me to delete a whole rack of old hardware (space saving, less electrical consumption, quality of intrinsque card ...)
The heart of my studio: P4 3GHz PC, Windows XP edition Man + Cubase 4: I make arrangements, I write songs, instrumental in the afternoon and shuffled audio (guitar plans).
The concept of the card I put 10, it's great but ...

UTILIZATION

... The system is such galre I have not been able to make it work. Am I the only one? First firmware to date - I reu the card with the firmware n 1.04 (which appears the ignition) and I managed to install version 1.06 aprstl loading the software on the site Motu. Anglophobes refrain! (Thank you to the hotline at um-distribution because I never thought to press the PAGE button on the faade of the card while turning on the machine to put it into implementation mode rception - days. Do not look, it's not in the manual, in English Obviously).
All these manipulations to try to Russia last installation of drivers that leads invariably the same message: "Motu Wave Audio: This driver can Get You Started - Error code 10". I tried an installation of the card on another PC: rsultat same. Would I reu dfectueuse card? In fact, it's deuxime Reue card in May 2008 I complain here. THE FIRST, bought in April, did not work at all and I had t replace dja?
You will understand why, today, I put a zero-point at all!

GETTING STARTED

I remain perplexed a machine and its installation software Windows XP compatible certificates that you buy together in a nice bote hit, it should work immediately without prior - day, right?
What latency do you get: ending for 4 months!
So no opinion on this subject.

OVERALL OPINION

What is the particular feature you like least? :
- Autism MOTU firm and its total lack of pdagogie (except to sell you their products, as for the DMOS Motu on the site is great!)
Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
- No, only the MK2 which I do not dry up boxes.

Exprience with, you will do again this choice?
- Ds as I find how to install it, I promise, I will our answer!

I looked for a given pro jai t seduced by this interface to different function, in being personally convinced that the therm is semi pro ps in the audio (its pro or amateur no solutions 10000) I I'm using my personal lanc.pour it fills my expectations. (I r'appel that the audio is not an exact science and that's just my opinion, for my needs it fulfilled its task

UTILIZATION

Free installation prob
no incompatibilitbr /> simple configuration
manual in English, but French version on the net

GETTING STARTED

Drivers stable
not for me no update
10ms

OVERALL OPINION

1 month
nothing particularly troublesome because the price is fair and what you can not ask for the cake and eat it too.
yes I had the edirol fa 101;
good price
I think yes

What characteristics have motivated your choice? The number of I / O, MOTU quality.

For what purpose?
What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk ,...)? For use of computer music mainly with a PC core 2duo 8500 3.16 GHz, 4GB ram, ASUS motherboard, hard disk maxtor.

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable? Yes the drivers are very stable, I work with a latency of only 5ms, never crash contrary to what can read about some topics.

They are often updated? Yes the updates are regular.

What software do you use most often? I use Ableton Live 7 + 8 + Komplete + Kore 2 Maschine most of the time, everything turns to hair with exceptional sound quality, the CueMix is ​​a pearl!

What latency you get? 5ms without crashing or otherwise, real happy!

GETTING STARTED

The installation is done it without problems? Yes, no problem, I plug in, installed the drivers, made the updates and everything started right away without any worries!

The general configuration is easy? Yes the config is simple and clear, again, a complete manual and French is available in pdf.

Have you experienced any incompatibilities? None ...

The manual is clear and sufficient? Clear

OVERALL OPINION

For how long have you been using it? I use it for over a year now, and every day I am even more pleased with this card because it fulfilled its role perfectly.

Did you try many other models before getting this one? Alesis Multimix 12 firewire, m-audio nrv 10 ps ... no camera outclasses the MOTU have any!

What is your opinion about the value for the price? Simply excellent.

Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice? Eyes closed.

Selection criteria:
The FireWire interface
The number and variety of inputs / outputs
The presence of internal effects
The possibility of running 'stand alone'
Sound quality
1U

Connections:
Connected to record / mixdown on a DM1000 16-Channel ADAT Card + SPDIF IN / OUT, that's 18 I / Os digital 24-bit!

Usage:
Standalone recording settings (eg for video recording: just a pair of condenser microphones, the Motu and the PC. To show: same + connection table governed by SPDIF)
Concert Recording / Mixdown + mutlipistes repeated in ADAT
By independently at home, to adjust the stereo sound from the PC in 4 different rooms (with different EQ and Mix) independently

UTILIZATION

Driver: rather stable
Too bad there is not one for Linux: With Reaper, it would still be the ideaal (stability and "visibility" on the details of the config ... Did I mention that my job is computer "systems"?)

Software: latest version of Reaper, Wavelab 5, Nuendo 3, ...

Live recording: I never needed more than 16 entries at the same time so far ...

I have problems of "clicks" (mild - nothing that prevents them from working seriously) with my PC but I use the laptop's internal Firewire port and, well, it is not terrible.
In addition, this PC I used for everything: Photoshop, work, Visual Studio, VMWare Workstation, etc.. Still a bit much! (XP SP3)

For comparison:
on the same computer, I tried to install the driver "Dante" Audinate VOD and communicate with the DM1000 with MY16-AUD. Ben there, it simply does not work at all!
With KRK Ergo (also firewire), I have masta drop outs!

Conclusion: the PC is at stake!
I had to completely reinstall Dante. Not yet had time to experiment with the Motu. (And if I had not done before is that it really does not bother me a lot with the Motu.)
Rule: To make her seriously, we need a dedicated PC!

So overall, we can say that the Motu is doing VERY well on this point. Much better than the others I tried.

Update: well if it works, why upgrade?
The latency is very important to me ...

GETTING STARTED

Installation: Ben is a PC software, so often it does not work the first time. But nothing unusual: it works.

Clarity: the CueMix FX, although powerful, is not very easy to grasp at first. AND I still do not understand how one uses the "returns" (well, I have not tried either).

The most disconcerting is that it is not possible to send CueMix channels from the PC. Only directly to the exits.
But it does not matter: with a cable out = ADAT ADAT In, I can mix the signals from the PC multitrack CueMix in recovering the signal to the ADAT ins ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it regularly since qq months.

I just used other models, but if I compare, for example, sound with KRK Ergo, I have on hand, I prefer convertos the Motu. By far. I find the sound really good.

With the purchase, I hesitated with the other models Firewire Motu.

A remake, I would rather 896mKIII because my needs had changed since the purchase: I would appreciate the 6 additional MIC and I / Os AES ...
(When I bought the 828, I had not considered buying the DM1000 ...)

Otherwise, I think it is quite the price.

In use: a "flat": I / O ADAT come with a small flap to close when there is no cable. That is, a priori, a great idea! It prevents dust from settling and degrade the sound ADAT in time ... (Corks, I lose ... and do not leave it!).
BUT ... without ever having assaulted the craft, one component broke.
Result: This port is almost unusable (I can use in quibbling 1 / 2 hour to put the wire correctly, but it's really c. ...).
I mentioned this on other forums, and it happened to others with other brands containing the same component. Too bad!

Also: Please do not put the connector Firwire backwards. It is possible and everything is broken in this case. Not been the case and there is a big WARNING in the box and on the device.

I chose this card for his versatility and connectivity, Motu is a great value and an affordable price, my first choice was to an EMR in the end I do not regret this purchase at all.

UTILIZATION

used with cubase logic pro 9 and 5, it is regularly connected and disconnected on three different machines with no worries! (2 fixed stations PC (xp pro) and a MacBook Pro running Leopard)

GETTING STARTED

install without problem but must have some experience of computer music obviously bcp people criticize this card when the problem is often lack of experience .. and the discovery of CueMix which I admit is quite complex for a novice on a motu.

OVERALL OPINION

is a very good card, with everything you need in connection there are good business opportunity because those who do not master the claims in general .. so enjoy!

Effects inside the mixer incorporated and routing.
I use a numerical TASCAM firewire card + chipset Texas Instruments.
Home studio use and semi pro, Ordi 4 core Intel motherboard Asus P5QL Pro 4 gb ram + windows 7 + the SCSI disk 2.

UTILIZATION

The drivers are very stable and updated regularly.
I have a latency of 6 ms with ASIO 4 ALL. Use a second card with Motu 2408 + PCI Ex (for the Tascam TDIF).

GETTING STARTED

Installation is no problem but it must still question what adjustments to make the level of safety in case of WIN 7 stop during the install.

OVERALL OPINION

I use 3 years.
Yes but for the Motu is the best!
The sound effects and int.
LESS:
Making a little fragile. The Food is often slap.
Service a bit long?? otherwise very good product.