[Geoff]

philper wrote:
I would strongly recommend that you try out the Traveler Mk3 w/ a Mac
before drawing any conclusions. The use of MOTU hardware with PCs has
always been problematic,


No. Their drivers were problematic for PCs maybe 8 years ago. Then they got
over it and have been fine and stable for well over half a decade.

geoff

[Sean Conolly]

"geoff" wrote in message
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philper wrote:
I would strongly recommend that you try out the Traveler Mk3 w/ a Mac
before drawing any conclusions. The use of MOTU hardware with PCs has
always been problematic,


No. Their drivers were problematic for PCs maybe 8 years ago. Then they
got over it and have been fine and stable for well over half a decade.

When was the last update for your 324 card?

Sean

[Geoff]

Sean Conolly wrote:
"geoff" wrote in message
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philper wrote:
I would strongly recommend that you try out the Traveler Mk3 w/ a
Mac before drawing any conclusions. The use of MOTU hardware with
PCs has always been problematic,


No. Their drivers were problematic for PCs maybe 8 years ago. Then
they got over it and have been fine and stable for well over half a
decade.

When was the last update for your 324 card?

Dunno - quite a few years ago. but it hasn't NEEDED an update as what I
have is fully featured, functional, and stable. Both ASIO and WDM.

As I suggested earlier, after sorting that generation of drivers maybe their
Windows dude left . I thought they had got over their Mac-centric view of
life and joined the 'larger-world'.


geoff

[Bill Ruys[_2_]]

"geoff" wrote in message
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Sean Conolly wrote:
"geoff" wrote in message
...
philper wrote:
I would strongly recommend that you try out the Traveler Mk3 w/ a
Mac before drawing any conclusions. The use of MOTU hardware with
PCs has always been problematic,


No. Their drivers were problematic for PCs maybe 8 years ago. Then
they got over it and have been fine and stable for well over half a
decade.

When was the last update for your 324 card?

Dunno - quite a few years ago. but it hasn't NEEDED an update as what I
have is fully featured, functional, and stable. Both ASIO and WDM.

As I suggested earlier, after sorting that generation of drivers maybe
their Windows dude left . I thought they had got over their Mac-centric
view of life and joined the 'larger-world'.


geoff

Geoff, you are right in regards to the PCI based stuff. It now works quite
well on the PC.

The F/Wire stuff has *never* worked well on the PC and probably never will.

Bill.

[Big Tim]

As I suggested earlier, after sorting that generation of drivers maybe
their Windows dude left . *I thought they had got over their Mac-centric
view of life and joined the 'larger-world'.

geoff

Geoff, you are right in regards to the PCI based stuff. *It now works quite
well on the PC.

The F/Wire stuff has *never* worked well on the PC and probably never will.

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I've been running an 828MkII over FW to my Windows PC quite happily
for several years, including an 8Pre daisy-chained over ADAT into the
828. I don't put this down to luck, it's more to do with the PC being
specced as a proper DAW machine with appropriate HW choices (mainly in
the MOBO). TI or VIA chipsets are important, as they adhere very
closely to the official FW standards, wheras many built-in or no-brand
cards and interfaces don't adhere rigidly at all. Unfortunately it's
increasingly rare to see notebooks or laptops with VIA- or TI-based
chipsets. Most come with generic FW cards which are not sufficiently
accurate in their implementation of the IEEE1394 standard. This is not
MOTU's fault, although it could be said that they should design a
driver which is more robust towards these (increasing) issues. I am
not a Mac user, but I have heard reports that even some Mac units are
now coming with more generic FW interfaces, which is causing issues
with many FW-based interfaces.

PCI is generally far more stable than FW or USB, and it has far higher
throughput capability. If you have troubles with a PCI-based
interface, chances are you need to look at your MOBO or computer
rather than blame the card.

Tim