Anyone have the new "8pre" yet??

zara_drummer · Post by **zara_drummer** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:23 am

I ordered mine and it will be here on 10/18.

I cant wait to see how it sounds. If it works out, I might buy another to round out my setup.

zara_drummer · Post by **zara_drummer** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:39 pm

Got my MOTU 8pre the other day...

I havent had a chance to record anything with it yet, but I figured I would just post an update.

I got it all hooked up with no issues. Cuemix works perfectly with it. Sonar has no problems seeing it and all the adat channel since they are turned on by default.

I'd say my only complaing so far is that the main outs have no LED monitoring on the front but thats not a big deal.

Anyone else purchase this device??

BradLyons · Post by **BradLyons** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:07 pm

OH we've purchased A LOT!! LOL I think this product is going to do well, I'm sure there are quite a few here that have bought them but may not have been able to post due to the site being down lately. We'll see.

robcollins · Post by **robcollins** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:49 am

Please someone post a mini review !

i'VE just ordered a couple of nice mics (a Gefell M300 and a Crowley & Tripp Naked eye) and am looking for a resonably priced mic pre.

Although I can hook up a 8pre to my 2408 via ADAT , I would have loved if it could of plugged into the 424 card via audiowire.

Still, for the price it looks good

zara_drummer · Post by **zara_drummer** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:05 am

I will be recording some stuff next week with it...So I will definately post my results.

Either way, I think its gonna sound great. I've used an 896HD and it was awesome...I didnt use it in 192, or even 96khz and it still performed very well and the tracks were clean!

hope the 8pre is the same way!

zara_drummer · Post by **zara_drummer** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:41 am

SO I got to record some with my new 8PRE last nite...

the Pre's are NICE! they are just as expected, every bit as good as my experience with the 896HD I used for a while.

The 20db pad comes in handy for me as I was recording my drums. I didnt have any huge clipping issues once the pad was engaged.

I used relatively crappy mics to mic to the toms and the snare and was very very suprised at how clean the sound was.

So far I'm impressed with this box. I will add more as I get it.