So I finally get an upclose look at one of these machines and of all
things, the phantom power switches are these little bitty rascals that
I've seen break on various pieces of equipment over the years.

Sigh...

Andy Eng wrote:

So I finally get an upclose look at one of these machines and of all
things, the phantom power switches are these little bitty rascals that
I've seen break on various pieces of equipment over the years.

Sigh...

The phantom switches on the Metric Halo MIO are software buttons in the
Console app. Pretty hard to break off. I haven't seen the Traveler but
I'm thinking build quality of the MIO probably trumps it, based on the
build of other MOTU kit I've seen.

--
ha

In article ,
(Andy Eng) wrote:

So I finally get an upclose look at one of these machines and of all
things, the phantom power switches are these little bitty rascals that
I've seen break on various pieces of equipment over the years.

Sigh...

I bought one, but I guess for less than $1000 compromises have to be
made. It's also very cramped, especially with the little knobs, and the
headphone jack right under the volume knob a is a bother with my large
fingers. My experience is that the switches feel solid, and I think they
shouldn't break unless subjected to some force that will break them.
Wear out maybe, over time and use. I wanted to get the RME fireface, but
couldn't justify the cost over the features, for my own personal use. I
don't have a good mixer at the moment so the visual feedback and
flexible routing works great for me. I haven't tried recording anything
above 44.1khz yet but it would seem to be accurate and clean sounding.
Certainly excellent enough for my personal demo studio.

jackfish wrote:
In article ,
(Andy Eng) wrote:

So I finally get an upclose look at one of these machines and of
all
things, the phantom power switches are these little bitty rascals
that
I've seen break on various pieces of equipment over the years.

Sigh...

I bought one, but I guess for less than $1000 compromises have to be
made. It's also very cramped, especially with the little knobs, and
the
headphone jack right under the volume knob a is a bother with my
large
fingers. My experience is that the switches feel solid, and I think
they
shouldn't break unless subjected to some force that will break them.
Wear out maybe, over time and use. I wanted to get the RME fireface,
but
couldn't justify the cost over the features, for my own personal use.
I
don't have a good mixer at the moment so the visual feedback and
flexible routing works great for me. I haven't tried recording
anything
above 44.1khz yet but it would seem to be accurate and clean
sounding.
Certainly excellent enough for my personal demo studio.

Yeah, those RME & Metric Halo interfaces caught my eye but not my
budget this go round... I reckon if the little switches do get sheared
off down the road, it could be repaced with a push button on/off led.

Best,
Andy

Well, the tax return and cash on hand is only so much this year and
I'm wanting to also take the plunge and get an Apple power bood w/
either DP4.5 or Logic Express leaving so much for the I/O. Even if the
dough does come around later , I run the risk of the Mrs. deciding to
spend the money on wallpaper !@#$%^&

Best,
Andy
- semipro

wrote:

Well, the tax return and cash on hand is only so much this year and
I'm wanting to also take the plunge and get an Apple power bood w/
either DP4.5 or Logic Express leaving so much for the I/O. Even if the
dough does come around later , I run the risk of the Mrs. deciding to
spend the money on wallpaper !@#$%^&

Then nevermind a computer audio interface. You have communication
issues. If they can't be resolved with roses and chocolate y'all better
start talking. The crux is she must appreciate that you want to record,
and you must appreciate the wallpaper. If all this isn't on the table
there's other, deeper stuff lurking in a closet.

--
ha

Now THAT's one of the smartest things I've heard in a long time!

One of the best things I've ever done was to take money that I'd been saving
for a computer and instead buy my wife an emerald/diamond ring she had
expressed an interest in. I gave it to her on a Saturday morning while she
was working on the laundry, there was no special occasion. After that, SHE
was the one who wanted me to go get the computer! That was years back, and
the computer is long gone. She still wears the ring, and she's still my
greatest fan.

"hank alrich" wrote in message
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wrote:

Well, the tax return and cash on hand is only so much this year and
I'm wanting to also take the plunge and get an Apple power bood w/
either DP4.5 or Logic Express leaving so much for the I/O. Even if the
dough does come around later , I run the risk of the Mrs. deciding to
spend the money on wallpaper !@#$%^&

Then nevermind a computer audio interface. You have communication
issues. If they can't be resolved with roses and chocolate y'all better
start talking. The crux is she must appreciate that you want to record,
and you must appreciate the wallpaper. If all this isn't on the table
there's other, deeper stuff lurking in a closet.

--
ha