Re: MOTU 828mkII

[Luca Formentini <luca@unguitar.com>]

Hi Mark,
Italian Motu distributor asked me to check its stand alone mixing 
capability.
It's a very good box !
Imagine you have a matrix where you can assign each stereo ins (max 3 
stereo couples)  a buss send.
Then you can assign an output stereo couple as buss "receive".
The set up I used to test it was:

Analog ins:

    * 1-dry input (from preamp)
    * 2-
    * 3-Orville A L.
    * 4-Orville A R.
    * 5-Orville B L.
    * 6-Orville B R.
    * 8-Echoplex


Digital In:
Spdif -  Fireworx (44,1 kHz)

Analog Out :

    * 1-
    * 2-
    * 3-Orville A L.
    * 4-Orville A R.
    * 5-Orville B L.
    * 6-Orville B R.
    * 7-
    * 8-Echoplex


Digital Out:
Spdif -  Fireworx (44,1 kHz)

Master Analog Output  to desk

Busses were set this way:

   1. Buss 1 ( Analog Out 3-4 to Orville A ins): Analog In 1
   2. Buss 2 ( Analog Out 5-6 to Orville B ins): Analog In 1
   3. Buss 3 ( Analog Out 8* to Edp in ): Analog In 3-4-5-6
   4. Buss 4 (Master Out to desk ins): Analog In 3-4-5-6-8 Spdif In


Audio quality is excellent and signal monitoring very good.
Currently its limits for a deeper use are:
-it doesn't consider mono Busses
-it doesn't allow to change mix "scenes" via midi
-it doesn't allow to assign more outputs to the same buss
All these things could be part of its next software release as they 
aren't hardware limitations, if Motu wants to load it of standalone 
mixing flexibility.

As I remember it's no more than 25 cm. deep.

Good luck,
luca
www.unguitar.com




Mark Hamburg wrote:

>Has anyone here used this as a standalone line mixer? One of the things on
>my list of equipment needing upgrading is my Passac Unity8. It's a bit 
>noisy
>(though not bad given that I paid $50), but it's one of the few things 
>I've
>found that not only has two effects sends per channel it has stereo 
>effects
>sends. Would the 828mkII work as a replacement (and also give me a 
>computer
>interface for those times when my computer was at hand)?
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>Mark
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