MOTU has been weird about their manuals from the beginning. I bought an old old MIDI Timepiece interface of theirs at least 10 years ago (the unit itself was over 5 years old even then) from a guy in New York, off of Ebay. He was not the original owner, and he had no idea who the original owner even was. The unit was in fairly poor shape (looked like someone stomped it and whizzed on it a few times) There was no manual, so I contacted MOTU, and I was told that since I was not the original owner, and I did not even know the original owner, that I could not even get a manual. Not even for a price. This, I thought , was absurd! I had to end up figuring out how to use it by trial and error.
Of course MOTU has done a little re-thinking on the subject now, allowing you to at least purchase manuals for their products.
Even though almost all other audio interface companies let anyone download their product manuals for free, I think MOTU has the right to charge for this. It is a genuine business expense for them, and they, being in business, are entitled to have every expense covered. Of course, I think they would enhance their image if they rolled that expense into the product cost, but, for some reason that is less than obvious, they choose not to.
Whatever...
