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| Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 5
| Motu ultralite mk3 - is it worth it? My presonus firepod died,2 days ago.And yes,I saw many post about same problem,so,no more presonus gear for me,in my life. I am deiciding right now,and narrowed my choice between Fireface 400,and Motu ultralite mk3. I have both,pc and mac,so platform is not a problem. Read forum all night,many users reported some strange pop clicks with motu.Other bunch is telling that motu is cloudy.Third are saying that drivers are no okay. However,I have good deal for motu,and ff400 is maybe out of my league right now,it is too expensive. I would mainly record synths,voice,and sometimes make some field recording.I will make much editing,and some part of production at home.At studio,I have rme ff800,and must say,I am not impressed.It sounds...sterile for me.However,never had a problem with drivers,NEVER single glitch. Please give me some input on those.Is new steinberg interface worth looking? I need something that have 2 preamp,and 6 inputs for example. Thanks |
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| Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 5
| no one? |
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| | #3 |
| Gear maniac Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 169
| i've had an original UltraLite since they were released, never had a problem (running XP sp2). plenty happy with it. of course sound quality is subjective, so i don't know what to tell you regarding that. never any driver or functionality issues, though i'll see what happens when trying to use it with Windows7. |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sleeping
Posts: 3,571
| The mark III stuff from MOTU sounds decent IMO. MKii, not so much That said, I just bought the Steinberg MR816, it sounds better than the MOTU stuff I could have bought the MOTU units, chose not to this time |
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| | #5 |
| Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 5
| at the moment,I took maudio 1814,to finish some projects (my presonus died in midlle of work). I am considering maybe even yamaha N series?What do you think MOTU ultralite, Yamaha N 8 FF 400 Steinberg (yamaha) card,I don't know exact name? thanks |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sleeping
Posts: 3,571
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You can get into the MR816 rather cheaply now with 300 off rebate and you can find 15% online coupon as well. So thats 1000 150 coupon =15% 850 300 rebate 550 cant beat that | |
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| | #7 |
| Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 5
| oh,but I am not in states....I live in Serbia :) And where is that rebate? Thanks |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York City
Posts: 1,798
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Talk to your local distributor or you can even buy it from Thomann and be eligible anyway. | |
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| | #9 |
| Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 361
| Very happy motu ultralite mk3 user here... I got it for three things: -Tons of ins and outs (I have external pres I wanted to utilize easily, and a spdif for a stereo converter) -Great price/features... seriously, great ratio here -Drivers (I'm on a mac) - several guys I know and respect tell of long track records with MOTU driver development. I have found this to be the case, as well - rock solid for me. If I had a bit more cash, or no external pres, either one of those things would have pushed me somewhere else. I also highly recommend an Apogee Duet - a studio friend of mine has one for his home recordings, and it sounds and works AMAZING. But, a few inputs wouldn't cut it for my needs. That steinberg interface mentioned above was a serious contender for me, but it's pricier. Is it worth it? Probably. But when/if I spend more, I'm going all pro (probably Lynx aurora or apogee rosetta w/card). This was a FABULOUS stop-gap purchase for me. I'm not itching to swap it out at all. -Matt |
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| | #10 |
| Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Posts: 214
| Running a UltraLite mk3 with my macbook. Absolutely solid performance. I used to have a 896HD and the mk3 is much better sonically, at least to my ears. I think the mk3:s sound just fine. |
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| | #11 |
| Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,041
| You can't go wrong with I either. In my opinion get the one you can afford and best meets your studio needs.
__________________ On Stage: MacBook Pro - 2.16ghz C2D, 3gb RAM, 500GB HD, Presonus FP10, Ableton Live 8 At Home: 27' iMac 2.8ghz i7, 8gb RAM, 1TB HD, Apogee Duet, 500GB FW800 Drive + 2TB external. Ableton Live 8, Logic 9, Harrison Mixbus. |
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| | #12 |
| Gear nut Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 81
| The Motu MK3 has a new hybrid option with one firewire and one USB2 connector ...I m running the UL MK3 firewire on windows 7 and its great... It sounds really good..(Its different then the MK2) I love it, the interface is really solid and the DSP is very good. The only thing is no company run forum..Latest drivers are amazing compared to what I have owned..(maudio firewire 2496 and emu 1212m). |
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| | #13 |
| Gear interested Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 9
| how much dsp fx can you use simultaneously? |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: Haifa,Israel
Posts: 1,218
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__________________ http://www.myspace.com/tomervalve | |
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