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by mjarecki
Sat May 03, 2008 3:07 am
Forum: MOTU Hardware & MacOS
Topic: Smoking 828 mkII!!
Replies: 10
Views: 1126

I must add, MOTU did get in contact with me and offered a fix/replacement of the faulty/smoking unit. So all hats off to them for their customer service. Didn't end up taking their offer, as shipping estimates were too high in the time frame I needed it. I put the money towards getting a Metric Halo...
by mjarecki
Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:00 pm
Forum: MOTU Hardware & MacOS
Topic: Smoking 828 mkII!!
Replies: 10
Views: 1126

Boom boom. :) Fire wire is such an unfortunate name - in this case especially. Or maybe the marketing people know something we don't. I've always thought firewire was flaky as a connection. Since my problem I've learned of other people having similar issues with other firewire devices. One suggestio...
by mjarecki
Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:45 pm
Forum: MOTU Hardware & MacOS
Topic: Smoking 828 mkII!!
Replies: 10
Views: 1126

Smoking 828 mkII!!

Hi I've had my 828 mkII for about a year now, it having worked flawlessly. Until today that it is, when it started literally smoking! Obviously, this has never happened before. I had the unit connected to my Titanium Powerbook through the firewire port. The voltage switch was set to 230V (which is c...
by mjarecki
Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:56 pm
Forum: General Recording
Topic: Field recording with an 828mkII
Replies: 0
Views: 218

Field recording with an 828mkII

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone here is doing any field recording with their 828mkII? What are your experiences? Do you find it too heavy carrying around a laptop, mixer, lead-acid battery, etc? Is the equipment unduly fragile? I noticed on the MOTU website, a brief article on someone using an 8...