bushgeeza
July 21st 03, 08:23 PM
I have just got a MOTU 828MKii up and running with Logic 5.5 on
Windows 2000. The whole installation went reasonably smoothly.
Although the CD that shipped with the unit was unreadable on all the
PC's I tried it on, so I had to download the drivers from their
website.
The only problem I am having is that when recording into logic using
the 2 mic inputs I am getting very low volume levels. The mic preamps
do not seem to be powerful enough. Anyone else experiencing this
problem.
I have emailed motu support about this, still awaiting a response.
TT
(EvXpisto) wrote in message >...
> I've had a few problems with my 828mkii. I've been trying it on a Dual
> 1GHz G4 and a 600MHz G3 iBook, both running Jaguar and Digital
> Performer 4.01.
>
> 1. In 96KHz mode: The G4 would occasionally crash hard, forcing a
> restart. The G3 would slow to a crawl any time both DP4 and the
> 828mkii were up, and one time crashed just as hard as the G4 did. In
> 44.1KHz mode, these problems went away. I haven't tried 48KHz or
> 88.2KHz yet.
>
> 2. The DP4 metronome would sometimes click in my 828mkii's Main Out
> and sometimes in the computer's internal speaker. I suspect this has
> something to do with whether or not the 828mkii was on when the
> computer booted up.
>
> 3. Audio recorded on the iBook stuttered, but I figured out that this
> was just due to a slow internal hard drive. The stuttering went away
> when I used an external firewire drive.
>
> 4. The headphone output is not as loud as I would like.
>
> Other than these few problems, the unit is great! I hope MOTU will
> address them ASAP and make the 828mkii an amazing and reliable piece
> of gear.
>
>
>
>
>
> (Splakow) wrote in message >...
> > Well , here comes a weekend wasted on trying to figure out why an
> > expensive piece of hardware isn't doing what it's supposed to!
> >
> > I just received my 828mkII and attempted to run Logic 4.8 on my G3
> > Pismo Powerbook (OS 9.2.2) with it. All I get is a "can't open the
> > input device. Recording is disabled" error message at Logic's startup.
> > And then there's the occasional "A Firewire device has been
> > disabled..." warning before my system crashes.
> > I have both SoundManager and ASIO enabled in the Audio drivers menu.
> >
> > Cubase VST/32 5.0 has also been crash after crash once i try and
> > initialize the 828 audio inputs in 5.0's VST Inputs menu. All
> > settings are correct in the system menu and the ASIO driver is the one
> > that came with the 828 unit. What a drag.
> >
> > MOTU's native AudioDeck software works fine with the mkII, and I was
> > also able to hear a CD through iTunes with it. An mp3 played through
> > iTunes caused a crash.
> >
> > Emailed MOTU with these details but I'm not holding my breath. It'd be
> > a shame to have to return the unit, as I need to move away from using
> > SoundManager for my music. Anyone else sharing similar pain?
Windows 2000. The whole installation went reasonably smoothly.
Although the CD that shipped with the unit was unreadable on all the
PC's I tried it on, so I had to download the drivers from their
website.
The only problem I am having is that when recording into logic using
the 2 mic inputs I am getting very low volume levels. The mic preamps
do not seem to be powerful enough. Anyone else experiencing this
problem.
I have emailed motu support about this, still awaiting a response.
TT
(EvXpisto) wrote in message >...
> I've had a few problems with my 828mkii. I've been trying it on a Dual
> 1GHz G4 and a 600MHz G3 iBook, both running Jaguar and Digital
> Performer 4.01.
>
> 1. In 96KHz mode: The G4 would occasionally crash hard, forcing a
> restart. The G3 would slow to a crawl any time both DP4 and the
> 828mkii were up, and one time crashed just as hard as the G4 did. In
> 44.1KHz mode, these problems went away. I haven't tried 48KHz or
> 88.2KHz yet.
>
> 2. The DP4 metronome would sometimes click in my 828mkii's Main Out
> and sometimes in the computer's internal speaker. I suspect this has
> something to do with whether or not the 828mkii was on when the
> computer booted up.
>
> 3. Audio recorded on the iBook stuttered, but I figured out that this
> was just due to a slow internal hard drive. The stuttering went away
> when I used an external firewire drive.
>
> 4. The headphone output is not as loud as I would like.
>
> Other than these few problems, the unit is great! I hope MOTU will
> address them ASAP and make the 828mkii an amazing and reliable piece
> of gear.
>
>
>
>
>
> (Splakow) wrote in message >...
> > Well , here comes a weekend wasted on trying to figure out why an
> > expensive piece of hardware isn't doing what it's supposed to!
> >
> > I just received my 828mkII and attempted to run Logic 4.8 on my G3
> > Pismo Powerbook (OS 9.2.2) with it. All I get is a "can't open the
> > input device. Recording is disabled" error message at Logic's startup.
> > And then there's the occasional "A Firewire device has been
> > disabled..." warning before my system crashes.
> > I have both SoundManager and ASIO enabled in the Audio drivers menu.
> >
> > Cubase VST/32 5.0 has also been crash after crash once i try and
> > initialize the 828 audio inputs in 5.0's VST Inputs menu. All
> > settings are correct in the system menu and the ASIO driver is the one
> > that came with the 828 unit. What a drag.
> >
> > MOTU's native AudioDeck software works fine with the mkII, and I was
> > also able to hear a CD through iTunes with it. An mp3 played through
> > iTunes caused a crash.
> >
> > Emailed MOTU with these details but I'm not holding my breath. It'd be
> > a shame to have to return the unit, as I need to move away from using
> > SoundManager for my music. Anyone else sharing similar pain?