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got mine for $125 and for that price it's amazing. I bought it to get 4 more channels @ 96KHz for my UAD Apollo twin and it does excellently (only 1 ADAT in on the Apollo). No problems, sound is quite good. I don't think you'll find anything cheaper and honestly, unless you were to drop at least $750 you probably wouldn't hear any discernible sonic differences.
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I give a good review only because I know Motu products. I have not been able to use my purchase . My complaint is the item description. The manufacture on this purchase says the item is USB 2.0 compliant. ( The MOTU 8pre Digital Recording Interface is a USB 2.0 audio interface with eight microphone preamplifiers and two eight-channel ADAT optical ins with two, eight-channel ADAT optical outs. The MOTU 8pre Digital Recording USB Interface delivers full 24-bit/96kHz audio resolution and will work for either Mac or PC computers. ) This USB 2.0 compliance is the reason I purchased this item. I am not very computer literate so maybe I misunderstood its compliance. What it has is firewire attachments and now I have to find some way to crossover to USB 2.0 without reducing sound quality. Like I said Motu equipment is a quality high end interface but I think the information on the item is confusing and if other attachments are needed the advertising should show this.... KentRead full review
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The preamps sound good---although I like my RME interface's preamps and my FMR audio RNP better sonically. I like their cuemix a lot. This is a very simple interface, with only one stereo pair of analog out, and a headphone out. The ADAT connections are great (it has two pairs). The only complaint I had was that the toggle switches for 20db pad and for phantom power felt a bit loose as you toggle them or push on them. I really like having meters on the front for each channel, and that it works well as a standalone preamp or converter. This could easily work as a headphone monitoring solution, and different mixes can even be setup between the outputs and the headphones (by hooking to a computer and using the cuemix).
The MOTU 8Pre provides eight analog microphone / line inputs to your computer via firewire. For each channel there is 48v phantom power for condenser microphones and a 20db pad for high level sources. It sounds very good and interfaces perfectly with MOTU Digital Performer recording / sequencing application. The 8Pre does not function as a stand-alone mixer. It must be connected to a computer in order to monitor the input signals by headphone or main-outs.
I actually have several of these and have been using the 8pre for a number of years. Its proven to be a good sounding, flexible and solid piece of gear. I've recently added a second unit and am running them for a total of 16 channels. On board preamps mean I don't need a separate mixer to record well. CueMix software works great for zero latency monitoring and multple mixes. I've been using this with a Macbook Pro (Intel) without fail, I did use it with my PC (XP) and it worked without difficulty as well, but I've heard stories.
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