MOTU 16A on a Win7 x64 Machine?

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2016/10/01 18:59:30 (permalink)

MOTU 16A on a Win7 x64 Machine?

MOTU 16A on a Win7 x64 Machine?
 
Can I do Thunderblt in Q4 2016?
 
Can I do USB at 44.1kHz with a 64 sample round trip latency under 5ms?
 
 
post edited by Caa2 - 2016/10/01 19:22:31


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    Re: MOTU 16A on a Win7 x64 Machine? 2016/10/02 05:12:09 (permalink)
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    MOTU 16A on a Win7 x64 Machine?

    yes. should be no problem. last official driver applies to win 7,8, and 10
     
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    Can I do Thunderblt in Q4 2016?

    AFAIK thunderbolt support is win10 only
     
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    Can I do USB at 44.1kHz with a 64 sample round trip latency under 5ms?

    yes. the interface can do that. i can run mine as low as 3.2ms, and buffer settings are really flexible so you can hike it up in ~0.3ms steps. i mostly run mine in the 5-6 ms RTL range

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    Re: MOTU 16A on a Win7 x64 Machine? 2016/10/02 18:22:45 (permalink)
    Thank you.


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    Re: MOTU 16A on a Win7 x64 Machine? 2016/10/03 07:06:36 (permalink)
    A follow up question: Have you been using all 16 of the analog inputs simultaneously with the USB? How about with the additional ADAT inputs? How does the USB work with 32 inputs engaged and converting analog to the digital into your DAW?
     
    My old pair of 896HD firewire devices will run with full 16 channel throughput at 64 samples with no problems. If I buy the 16A I will need it to do the same.
     
    I am paranoid that USB throughput will be compromised by a USB mouse movement or something like that.
     


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    Re: MOTU 16A on a Win7 x64 Machine? 2016/10/03 08:25:15 (permalink)
    USB provides sufficient bandwidth for the inputs you need. I yet need to run a 20+ input recording session on the MOTU AVB, but I have done that repeatedly using other similar hardware (Roland USB interfaces, Behringer X32 connected via USB).
     
    As regards the MOTU AVB series, it does not care whether input is via device preamps, ADAT, or other MOTU devices on the AVB network. It provides up 32 USB input channels which you can freely route in the routing matrix (latency via LAN is about 0.6 ms plus about 0.85 ms for the for a full roundtrip conversion (AD-DA) i.e. on par with what other current digi mixers offer)  ... I believe it also provides up to 32 output channels from USB, which you will not really need simultaneously as the AVB MOTUs come with a very flexible direct mixer (once you have invested enough time to understand it) so the output channels you can deactivate have more spare bandwidth
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    Re: MOTU 16A on a Win7 x64 Machine? 2016/10/03 09:07:01 (permalink)
    Hi,
     As you explain, the bandwidth of the bus is not a practical concern. My concern is whether the driver can actually *stream* all of the signals without interrupts to the writing at such a low buffer size.
     
     I am wondering if people are actually having successful experiences with the MOTU 16A using all 16 analog inputs simultaneously at 44.1kHz with a 64bit sample buffer while using the USB Windows driver.
     
     Thank you.
    post edited by Caa2 - 2016/10/03 09:47:50


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