MOTM

I have to concur, i feel the Emagic interfaces are at the top of the mountain.
If you do not need a allot of machine sync and timecode option the AMT-8 is a
less expensive option.  I have one of each and they are rock solid~!
Jim

Dave Hylander wrote:
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> I have to agree with Paul.  The unitor 8 MkII is a very good interface, I use
> two.  Stay away from MOTU unless you have a MAC.  Their support for Windows is
> terrible and their windows drivers are worse.
> 
> dave
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> At 04:43 PM 8/4/01 -0500, Paul Schreiber wrote:
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> > Emagic Unitor 8 MkII us what I use. USB. Great support and great timing!
> >
> > Paul S.
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> >
> >      ----- Original Message -----
> >      From: Tkacs, Ken
> >      To: 'motm@yahoogroups.com'
> >      Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:10 AM
> >      Subject: [motm] Way OT: MIDI Interfaces
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> >      Pardon a MIDI question here in analog world, but throwing this question
> >      out to this group is my best chance of getting a reliable answer.
> >      Over the past 15 years I have, sadly, had to buy a lot of MIDI
> >      interfaces, from an old Roland MPU-401 to my old Voyetra OP 4-port and
> >      on up through my last one, a Midi Quest 8Port SE 8x8 patchbay type. I
> >      bought that last one not quite four years ago, and it was fine... until
> >      I upgraded my PC to Windows 98. At that time I discovered that Opcode
> >      had bought out Midi Quest, but had no real intention of supporting this
> >      I/F. No drivers ever came out beyond the original Win 3.1 drivers! They
> >      worked under Win95 at least.
> >      I limped along keeping an old PC handy just for the sole purpose of
> >      supporting this expensive interface. But now my old Win95 machine has
> >      died, and while I can rebuild it, and even put that ancient OS back on,
> >      I can't find drivers anywhere for this otherwise good-as-new interface.
> >      Opcode's site doesn't even list the old drivers. (It's one thing to
> >      stop writing new drivers for old software, but would it really kill
> >      them to keep an archive of older drivers up there...?)
> >      So anyway, I need a MIDI Interface, fast. It needs to be at least 8x8.
> >      USB or FireWire are preferable interfaces to parallel or something
> >      proprietary. I would REALLY LIKE IT if the new one would support
> >      Windows 2000! My biggest concern is buying another $500-800 box and
> >      then having the support pulled out from under me in six months when
> >      Windows XP comes out.
> >      I was looking at two MOTU boxes, but I'm fishing here from
> >      recommendations from you savvy folks. I've been reading some mildly
> >      confusing stuff about "WDM" drivers and other, unwelcome complexities
> >      with trying to get audio hardware to work under Win2000...
> >      Can anyone recommend a good, big, MIDI interface that stands a chance
> >      of being supported two or more years from now? As always, thanks in
> >      advance!
> >      Mr. T
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