828Mk3 USB on Windows 8
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Discussion related to installation, configuration and use of MOTU hardware such as MIDI interfaces, audio interfaces, etc. with Windows
Discussion related to installation, configuration and use of MOTU hardware such as MIDI interfaces, audio interfaces, etc. with Windows
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BoatAshoreMinistry
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828Mk3 USB on Windows 8
Considering upgrading my system from Windows 7 x64 to Windows 8. I was wondering if anyone here was having success with the current Motu drivers running on Windows 8 x64 via USB. Thanks!
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UltimateOutsider
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Re: 828Mk3 USB on Windows 8
I've used the UltraLite-mk3 (firewire-only) and PCIe-424/24I/O on Windows 8, and DAW benchmark performance results for those interfaces were 21-42% worse on Windows 8 than Windows 7 (versus two non-MOTU interfaces I tested, which performed a fair amount better than the MOTUs- but not better than they did on Win 7).
At least for the two MOTU devices I tested, the drivers are not fully Windows 8 ready yet. They work, but cannot handle as much of a load as they can under Win 7. I bet things will improve once MOTU officially supports Win 8 with new drivers.
I'll not comment on the relationship of Win 8's various performance tweaks to actual DAW performance, due to
but if you're interested in what Win 8 might bring you outside of music production, I'd strongly recommend either doing a full, validated backup of your Win 7 image before upgrading, or installing Win 8 to a separate drive or partition.
At least for the two MOTU devices I tested, the drivers are not fully Windows 8 ready yet. They work, but cannot handle as much of a load as they can under Win 7. I bet things will improve once MOTU officially supports Win 8 with new drivers.
I'll not comment on the relationship of Win 8's various performance tweaks to actual DAW performance, due to
but if you're interested in what Win 8 might bring you outside of music production, I'd strongly recommend either doing a full, validated backup of your Win 7 image before upgrading, or installing Win 8 to a separate drive or partition.-
billruys
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Re: 828Mk3 USB on Windows 8
Further to what UltimateOutsider says, also the PCI-424 gear also often crashes at Windows start-up and the channel pairs are out of order in DAW applications - not sure if this is also true of the USB interfaces.
At any rate, the MOTU drivers are far from Windows 8 ready. If you don't want to be dissapointed, I would wait for new drivers.
At any rate, the MOTU drivers are far from Windows 8 ready. If you don't want to be dissapointed, I would wait for new drivers.