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Andre Solomko

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MOTU 896 mk3
« on: May 26, 2021, 10:47:25 AM »

Hi everybody. Anyone tried this with OS9?
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Re: MOTU 896 mk3
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2021, 11:45:31 AM »

I guess only mk 1 and maybe mk2, but mk3... Is MODERN/YOUNG.

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Re: MOTU 896 mk3
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2021, 11:58:16 AM »

https://motu.com/products/motuaudio/896mk3/exp-drivers.html

I guess is a good ADD-ON in standalone mode, but you will need another native OS9 interface to handshake ADAT, SPDIF or even Analog Inputs.

I would use it to talk to my DIGI 001 via ADAT.

Or to talk to my M-Box via SPDIF

Or better, use 2 ADAT cables and go beyond 48kHz!
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Re: MOTU 896 mk3
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2021, 12:48:51 PM »

Well yes. its no different from mk2. which has drivers indeed. I thought it might work. otherwise yes I do have 001
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Re: MOTU 896 mk3
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2021, 02:42:51 PM »

I was thinking on using as a mixer or as a analog to ADAT, but it can be used also as DSP with the onboard Reverb+ Classic Compressor in real time...

001+ 896mk3 is a good setup talking each other via ADAT

Undoubtedly use the 896 as master clock.

Also the SPDIF out from the 001 and the second ADAT from the 896+ its SPDIF can act as a cheap extra "Wordclock" or sync clock.

Lots of ways to use that setup, but I would put a Mac Pro 2.1 on the 896 with Protools 10 HD on Snow Leopard or El Capitan. Find a workflow to do Sample Rate Conversion from 44.1/48 kHz to 88.2 or 96 kHz. Only use 001 to track drums.

Also MIDI cables to use 896 as a modern Kontakt server if you prefer keep working with Protools 5 LE, but nowadays I find LE too small for my needs. I can begin a project on OS9, but never finish on it.

A 002 could be a better partner to the 896 as it can work on 96k
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Re: MOTU 896 mk3
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2021, 02:44:21 PM »

Well yes. its no different from mk2. which has drivers indeed. I thought it might work. otherwise yes I do have 001

Try the mk2 drivers via firewire and tell us what happens.

Perhaps it works with a few less specs.
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Re: MOTU 896 mk3
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2021, 02:11:31 AM »

Confirmed, No luck
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Re: MOTU 896 mk3
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2021, 07:37:58 AM »

You still can do the ADAT thing in standalone once you have set it up in a modern OS
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Re: MOTU 896 mk3
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2021, 10:51:20 PM »

Sure. But it was not a question.
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