EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi Bill,

We've just had to replace the (broken) Hammerfall DSP in some university
studio temporarily and the local shop gave us a MOTU 896HD (firewire) for
two weeks. It just worked nicely along with the G5 (2x2gHz) and Logic (under
OSX 10.3), latencies were just as low as with the Hammerfall - so, playing
the EXS and other virtual instruments just was flawless.
Now, not that it would be a 828mkII, but AFAICS, MOTU allways uses the same
(or pretty similar) drivers for all their actual interfaces, plus, their
driver support has been getting WAY better than it was until, say, 1-2 years
ago. So I can't see a reason why it won't work properly.

I am however wondering - do you really need all those I/Os? I mean, you were
just talking about getting your MBox to work properly, which only features
stereo I/Os.
That's why I recommended having a look at products such as M-Audio's newer
USB/Firewire cards (sure, there's no Focusrite preamps on them, but after
all
that's just a name as well... and the 828 doesn't feature any pre's at all).

Regards,
Sascha