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Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: A recommended MIDI interface?

2009-01-10 by Tim McLane

Just to chime in here: I too have been using an AMT/8 (by emagic) and  
it is the one piece of equipment in my studio that you just plug in  
and it just goes on and on for years without any break or attention  
being spent on it at all.  Totally dependable.
On Jan 10, 2009, at 1:32 PM, lindensong wrote:

> If you can pick up a second-hand Unitor 8 MkII, that you would find  
> absolutely perfect -
> as long as it will still run with subsequent Mac OSs - it works just  
> fine here with OS 10.5.6
> and Logic 8.
>
> The only possible hitch - the Unitor uses USB 1, so any port you run  
> it off will be slowed
> down to 12Mb/s - but I have a dedicated hub for all my slow devices  
> and everything
> works well.
>
> I have found, since moving to Logic 8, that I use my MIDI gear less  
> and less. And for all
> the film projects I have worked in the last 3 or so years I haven't  
> needed to synch to video
> with SMPTE.
>
> Any questions, please come back to me . . .
>
> cheers,
> anthony linden jones
> Kurrajong NSW Australia
> http://www.myspace.com/anthonylindenjones
>
> --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, "mrorangebear" <shndyln@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've been using Logic with an AMT8 for about 1,000,000 years  
> without any trouble at all.
> > My MIDI setup has recently outgrown the AMT8 and I need to add  
> another 8-port
> interface
> > to my system. Since Apple doesn't seem to be interested in  
> releasing MIDI interfaces,
> does
> > anyone know what they recommend for modern versions of Logic?
> >
> > Does anyone have any favorites, besides the old Emagic boxes? Or  
> any horror stories,
> > anything to avoid at all costs? My first instinct was to just get  
> another AMT8, but I
> thought
> > perhaps there are other options.
> >
> > Thanks for your time, and I enjoy the advice here very much! =)
> >
> > Best,
> > Dylan
> >
>
>
> 

Tim McLane
www.timmclanemusic.com






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