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firepod

i have the firepod and im really happy with it, although it wont work with protools, and i dont know anything about the motu

Re: firepod

phantompower wrote: i have the firepod and im really happy with it, although it wont work with protools, and i dont know anything about the motu

I'm in the oposite position, I don't know anything about Firepod, but LOVE my 896HD!!! Had it for about 5 months and never a problem. Just finished a piece that used 15 stereo tracks, 4 mono tracks and 12 midi tracks, along with a ton of plug-ins, and it never even thought of giving me latency!! And I have an old G4 with only 768 SD RAM, running Logic Pro 7, didn't tax the CPU at all. The DSP feature of the MOTU is a GODSEND!!

I would think the 828 because I like the ADAT ins and outs but there is quite a price difference.

What are others opinions on the preamps in comparision??

in my opinion, i would go with the 896...i have the 828 mkII and absoloutly, love it...never had a problem, although, i would think, that the presonus, pres, are better.......i dont quite know....the motu , uses, class a pres, but, i am thinkin, that the presonus, has better pres....can any one, clear this up???????

but, that being said, motu, and rme, are about the only 2 companies, i would consider.....

Chris

oh, btw, what ever you do, dont get tricked into buying any emu cards. they really stink , and there tech support is almost non existant.

Chrs

So it sounds like the overall is for the motu..Which of the 2 has the better pre's? Anyone here ever compare?
PLease let me know
Thanks
Younger

Have you looked into the RME Fireface?

I have never looked at the the Rme . Whats the word on that unit?

RME is known for nice preamps and converters. I almost went with the FireFace instead of the MiniMe but I wanted to do field recording.