motu 828mkIII or rme fireface 400

rollingrecords · Post by **rollingrecords** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:47 pm

hi wich one of these, would you use. i will be using out board converters and pres so. that doesent matter. do either of these have issues with live im sure the 828mkIII being so new has bugs. so ive heard . thanks for your help

thefold · Post by **thefold** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:20 pm

Hi,

i have been running the motu with live for the past week with no problems. Its a great card with many inputs and outputs. I use it with my Macbook and record my machinedrum and monomachine. Haven´t had any glitches or problems yet. The built-in dsp i great and the eq and compressor sounds good. The only downside i have experienced is that, for the first time in my life, i had to really read the manual to get up and running! Its a pretty powerful and advanced interface.

I´m very happy with the motu.

morerecords · Post by **morerecords** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:29 pm

I use RME and they are amazing. The fireface drivers/mixer allows for digital re-routing of the ADAT and SP/DIf channels, which means you can multitrack bounce from Live to another app in realtime. THey are not compatible with all macs though...some people have problems with their laptops, though I don't know the specifics. Something about a cheap firewire chipset

rollingrecords · Post by **rollingrecords** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:02 pm

i went with the 828mkIII its cheaper and i am using a api a2d and a benchmark dac-1 for converters so i just saved the few hundred dollars and put it to stylus rmx so thanks to all

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:08 pm

How did you save money with a 828 Mk3, DAC-1 (nice btw), and API a2d? That's a LOT more than a fireface400.