Finally! The missing piece to my studio rig
MOTU has answered my prayers. For months now, I’ve been thinking about expanding my recording rig from a 16-channel setup to a 24-channel setup. I absolutely love my MOTU 896, so I’ve been leaning heavily toward some sort of MOTU product. Especially since they make all of their units expandable through FireWire with other MOTU units. To this point, I’ve been looking at the MOTU 828mkII - a simple 8-channel unit with a couple of mic preamps on board. The only issue with this unit is that I wouldn’t have gain controls for the individual channels. If I’m running a TRS snake off a soundboard, I’d be stuck with whatever signal the board was feeding me. I’d be up a creek if I had a hot signal, or a signal that was too quiet - no way to adjust the recording level for that channel.
They’ve just released the MOTU 8pre - a nifty 8-channel unit with mic preamps on every channel and gain controls. Fortunately for me, I’m in the middle a “website season” (I have several web projects on the table right now). After I get paid for a website or two, I’ll have the cash to add this to my rig. Sweet!
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