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.
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> 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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