Product: MOTU 896HD
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
08/28/2008
at
09:46am
by
Todzilla
General
:
9
Nice, full featured A/D/D/A converter with lots of different connections
Connectivity
:
9
Firewire for computer connection.
Analog ins and outs
ADAT lightpipe ins and outs
AES/EBU ins and no
No SPDIF, No MIDI
I/O
:
8
Preamps are serviceable, although not comparable (obviously) with boutique preamps
Very good, perhaps not breathtaking A/D conversion.
Good CueMix zero-latency capabilities, headphone out.
Works great as a swiss army knife of connections.
Power
:
9
Phantom power works for all my powered mics.
AC power is not a wall word or line lump. Yay!
Technical specs
:
9
Sample rates up to 192 (never gone that high)
Drivers? Can't say as I use it with a G5 in some sort of native mode
Yes, direct monitoring of inputs pre-conversion for zero-latency - critical for tracking
Other
:
8
Bundled software includes CueMix, for zero-latency monitoring, and some modest recording software, which I never used, since I was using Digital Performer instead.
No turntable input, no ground lift switch.
Supposedly can operate stand-alone, but I never tried it.
Overall
:
9
I've had it for almost three years and it's been generally quite reliable. It some recurring power-up problems in teh second year, but they cleared up after about 5 days. Curious.
I wish it had SPDIF I/O, which the new model has, but the new model has a bunch of junkware on it, I'd just as soon avoid.
Product: MOTU 896HD
Price Paid: Euro 1400
Submitted
09/08/2007
at
10:03pm
by
Jerome Keeney
General
:
10
Rackmount interface
Connectivity
:
10
Firewire
I/O
:
No Opinion
Power
:
No Opinion
Technical specs
:
No Opinion
Other
:
No Opinion
Overall
:
1
when it worked ths interface performed well, but it dident work for very long.
Firstly it went dead on channel 3 completely, then it distorted heavily on all channels panned to the left.
