Hello! which motu's will work with Yosemite please!

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Hello! which motu's will work with Yosemite please!

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Hello! newbie to the forum here!
I have a macbook running yosemite and an older iMac.
One has thunderbolt/usb and the other firewire/usb
Which of the older Motu's will/won't work/should I avoid?
Or will they all be ok?!
Bearing in mind I really want it to work with BOTH so a thunderbolt/firewire adapter will be needed.
Is there anything I should know??
Any help much appreciated

Thanks!!
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Re: Hello! which motu's will work with Yosemite please!

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I *think* that the oldest one (assuming you might be looking on eBay) with Thunderbolt is the 828x.

http://motu.com/products/motuaudio/828x

Hope that helps!

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Re: Hello! which motu's will work with Yosemite please!

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What is it you want the interface to do? That would help us suggest models. I have an old 828mkII, and it worked fine under Yosemite with either FireWire or Thunderbolt (using an adapter and a hard drive that had FW800 and FW400 ports as a second adapter). Good for MIDI and ten channels of audio.
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Re: Hello! which motu's will work with Yosemite please!

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All Intel Macs are fine with USB.
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Re: Hello! which motu's will work with Yosemite please!

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Ok thank you!
So I want an interface with up to four audio inputs/line or mic.
The smaller the better for on location work.
MIDI is a bonus.
I have found an ultralite Mk1 which is a good solution?
Any help appreciated
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Post by artfarm1 »

I still use an original 'Traveller' (mk I) and it's been fine through all the years up to my current El Capitan OSX. It's about 12 years old I guess.

It's got 4 audio/mic channels, and a myriad of other choices. Check out the specs, as it might serve you fine as it does me.

Works fine with a Firewire 400/800 adaptor. Never a problem.
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