New MOTU line of sound cards

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2014/07/30 18:07:40 (permalink)

New MOTU line of sound cards

What do you think about the new cards?
http://www.motu.com/products/avb/1248
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    TomHelvey
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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/07/30 20:15:15 (permalink)
    Useless to me, not supported on Windows 7.

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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/07/30 23:58:24 (permalink)
    Windows drivers coming soon. What kind of price are they aiming at?  The IO options look  good. I'm sure it'll be low latency - Muto makes good quality gear. I hope they're aiming at a mid market on pricing.

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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/07/31 06:39:45 (permalink)
    Any "new" hardware should already have Win7/Win8 compatibility. 

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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/07/31 07:22:52 (permalink)
    I think the network thing is cool. To connect up more cards by network cable. But are there a significant sound difference between the cheaper cards like my UltraLite MK3 and the top cads?
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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/07/31 14:01:51 (permalink)
    The difference between any cards depends upon:
     
    your monitoring system (including room)
     
    your ears, and not just their physical state but their training.
     
    The answer is there is a difference, but not significant.  I would expect even motu's newest and bestest interfaces would sound slightly better than older, mid-level interfaces.  And the boutique converters even better.  Whether that makes a difference in the quality of your music is a different question.  If you can't hear a difference because of your monitors/room you won't be able to use that small gain in quality.  If you can't tell the difference because your ears aren't trained in the subtleties or you, as an engineer, haven't learned how to use the difference to improve your sound, then you obviously can't make use it.
     
    It is a matter of degree, not kind.  The more you use higher end equipment the quicker you'll learn the small differences in quality.  That is part of what made the old studio system good training - you started off on pretty good equipment instead of your old home stereo and a noisy 4 track cassette (or reel-to-reel if you were lucky).  Even bottom feeder interfaces today are pretty good and are usually not the reason home studio stuff doesn't sound professional.  Recording technique, arrangement and room are more likely the weak spots in production, not to mention just plain bad songwriting.  Each of those take a lot of practice to get competent at, except for the room, and it isn't that hard to make many rooms acceptable if your better half will let you arrange the room for sound, not looks.
     
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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/07/31 16:46:28 (permalink)
    I totally agree. Well spoken. Its easy to get bitten by the bug when you see new stuff and think that will fix everything. And you end up with days trying to figure it out. And no production.
    On the other hand I'm a tech geek and love new stuff. I am planning on getting a new PC with the new ddr4 coming this fall. Just because...
    So I guess that you don't need all your tech and stuff, but if it is a hobby and you love it then it is a need, but in a different way. As important as your product? No. But for your own smile and your own happiness it is.
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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/07/31 22:05:51 (permalink)
    Not to dissuade you at all.  I love new hardware.  I have the new Tascam unit here now.  Better than I thought it would be.  It is only stereo in/out but a definite step up from my old TC unit, which is pretty darn good itself.  And the preamps are first class.  It brings a smile to my face.  That would be my suggestion if you can make do w/ a stereo unit, or can use it for AES or S/Pdif expansion.
     
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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/08/03 14:11:56 (permalink)
    If the specs bear out in the actual new MOTU hardware, the biggest benefit would be lower noise-floor.
    The best (previous) MOTU units have an average noise-floor of ~-107 to -110dB.
    I'd expect the new MOTU units to best that by 7+dB.
    You won't hear a significant difference with a single audio track...
    But that 7dB adds up when summing 48 tracks of audio.
    It's like lifting a veil of noise off the final mix.
     
    Of course, the rest of your front end gear has to be commensurate (equally quiet) or you won't reap the benefit of lower noise-floor.
     
     

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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/08/04 18:15:41 (permalink)
    It's going in the right direction, Thunderbolt/USB, as FW support is fading from PC Mfr's.

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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/08/09 10:48:40 (permalink)
    I find the linking future interesting. I don't have a studio anymore. but connecting many cards from lots of room and such is cool.
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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/08/09 13:53:17 (permalink)
    I don't do MOTU since they dropped support for a midi device that I only had for a year.  That said, it looks like a feature laden unit.
     

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    Re: New MOTU line of sound cards 2014/08/17 00:06:44 (permalink)
    There's an informative thread and some exciting discussion about these new audio interfaces at gearslutz. The link is below for anyone interested:   
     
    http://www.gearslutz.com/...derbolt-interface.html
    post edited by thomasabarnes - 2014/08/24 03:19:42


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