Should go with a Motu 828 mkI

gsilbers · 11th September 2008

most posts are old regarding the 828 mkI . any reason not to buy a used one to use in my PC for my gigastudio?

i just need 8 outs analog and or digital.

does the 828 mk1 work well with PC?. cause ill use a firewire card.

Booda · 11th September 2008

HI - mine did work well on a pc.
But I wouldn't use the analog ins or outs cos the converters are too bad!

Regards

Booda

imloggedin · 11th September 2008

yuck

theblue1 · 11th September 2008

Is it pretty cheap and been stored hermetically for the last half decade or more?

'Cause that's a mighty old technology. No doubt it has its merits. Moving forward is sometimes about tradeoffs.

But, while I've been satisfied enough with my MOTU 828mkII since I bought it in mid-2004, I seriously don't think I'd buy one used unless I was getting a good deal. (This is one of those with what I know now things... while the basic digital aspect has been pretty good [aside from having to power down/up the unit from every once in a moderately long while when its little brain wanders off], the preamps [which were a minor consideration when I bought it but I thought were nice to have in the unit] were always a disappointment and developed a nasty ticking noise after a couple years that made even the instrument input mode unusable (the mic mode was dull and unusable outside an emergency from the word go).

I'd shop around. I'm not saying don't do it. But I'd investigate other options.

For sure.

11th September 2008	#1
gsilbers Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2006 Location: El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula Posts: 3,622 Thread Starter	Should go with a Motu 828 mkI most posts are old regarding the 828 mkI . any reason not to buy a used one to use in my PC for my gigastudio? i just need 8 outs analog and or digital. does the 828 mk1 work well with PC?. cause ill use a firewire card.

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Booda Gear Head Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 74	HI - mine did work well on a pc. But I wouldn't use the analog ins or outs cos the converters are too bad! Regards Booda __________________ http://www.myspace.com/Booda71

11th September 2008	#4
theblue1 Gear Guru Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 15,095	Is it pretty cheap and been stored hermetically for the last half decade or more? 'Cause that's a mighty old technology. No doubt it has its merits. Moving forward is sometimes about tradeoffs. But, while I've been satisfied enough with my MOTU 828mkII since I bought it in mid-2004, I seriously don't think I'd buy one used unless I was getting a good deal. (This is one of those with what I know now things... while the basic digital aspect has been pretty good [aside from having to power down/up the unit from every once in a moderately long while when its little brain wanders off], the preamps [which were a minor consideration when I bought it but I thought were nice to have in the unit] were always a disappointment and developed a nasty ticking noise after a couple years that made even the instrument input mode unusable (the mic mode was dull and unusable outside an emergency from the word go). I'd shop around. I'm not saying don't do it. But I'd investigate other options. For sure. __________________ day job \| A Year of Songs \| music and social stuff \| mutant pop on facebook \| roots acoustic on facebook

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imloggedin Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 649	yuck