Original MOTU 828 Firewire input issue on Windows 7 64 bit

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volki9000
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Original MOTU 828 Firewire input issue on Windows 7 64 bit

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Hello,

I just got a Motu 828 interface and I was looking forward to use it as I heard so many good things about their stuff... well right now it seems I will stay with my E-MU 1820;)

I downloaded their win7-64 driver package, and I switched the 1394 drivers to legacy... well playback works, in ASIO and windows applications, but when I try to get an analog input into the computer, I just get noise that's exactly at peak, and when I speak into a mic I hear myself like I'm speaking through a fuzz pedal or something. However, the direct monitoring works fine, so the pres are ok.

Did anyone have similar experiences? Am I missing something or do you habe a clue? I hope there's some way to fix this!

Cheers, Volki

PS: It's exactly the same with Asio4all and Wave input stuff!
torrentg
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Re: Original MOTU 828 Firewire input issue on Windows 7 64 b

Post by torrentg »

Which mic exactly?

You might have to play with the trim and/or pad, and if it's a condenser mic, apply 48v phantom power.

Check Cuemix so that you aren't doubling (or more) your signal through multiple mix buses.
volki9000
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Re: Original MOTU 828 Firewire input issue on Windows 7 64 b

Post by volki9000 »

Thanks for the answer!
It's an AKG D-5, I just used the first I found;) But also with no mic connected I get the noise, on all the analog channels. Well I can't open the cuemix, it tells me that no compatible devices are connected, but the control panel works. Maybe the AD-converter is broken or something? As I already mentioned my voice was extremely overdriven, maybe some hardware fault causes the gain to be extremely high? The noise could be noisefloor then...
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