Is anyone using the MOTU 2408?

[MM]

If so, please tell me how, what type computer you are using (describe it in detail), software, and how it works for you. I am using it with a pentium 3 450 with 128mb ram, ABIT BE-6 motherboard with Ultra 66 hard drive support, 2 IMB 66 13.5 gig hard drives, A Tascam CD-R, a 48x CD reader, Windows 98 2nd edition, SoundForge 4.5, CD Architec, Noise Remaoval 2.0, VegasPro, Waves NPP 1 & 2, and Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.x (which I haven't used). That is it! No other programs including the internet, which makes it hard when I must update software via the net. I use a Zip drive for transfer of updates from another computer. Let's hear from you! MM.

[Fishmed]

I have the MOTU 2408 and I have not had any problems with it. It seems to be user friendly and it works great with Win 98, Cakewalk and Sonic Foundry products. Your PC should not have any problems supporting it.

[JimK]

I'm using a 2408 in the following system:

hardware:
500MHz PIII, 512MB RAM, 18GB IDE HD,
MOTU PCI-324 (to which the 2408 is connected,
Midiman USB 2x2 Midisport, MicroVideo DV200 IEEE-1394 adaptor, Toshiba DVD Rom, ATI Rage video adaptor, Soundblaster All-In-Wonder 128 soundcard, 3Com Fast Etherlink 10/100.

Software:
Win 98, Cakewalk 9, Adobe Premier 5.1, VideoWave II.

This is a custom built system (rather than a recognized brand name). I don't remember the name of the motherboard. My initial use for this system was for video editing (thus, the 512MB RAM). It is connected to 4 other computers via Ethernet, and to the Internet via DSL (through the Ethernet).

For audio recording, I have a Yamaha 01V mixer which is connected to the MOTU 2408 via an optical ADAT link. I typically bring microphones into the mixer and then feed directly into the computer through the 2408 (rather than record on an ADAT). This has been working just fine, but I am relatively new to this stuff. I don't think I am pushing things very hard, typically only recording 3 or 4 voice tracks while playing back 6 or 8 tracks.

Jim

[JimK]

Ooops, mixed my soundcard and video card.
There's a Soundblaster soundcard, and the All-In-Wonder 128 is by ATI.

[S_Michael_Hart]

Wer'e using the MOTU 2408 with an O1V via the ADAT conection so we can get 8track simultanious digital imput. We are about to add 1 more O1V so we can up that to 16 (24bit) digital tracks in real time recording. The system is a custom built P3 650 1/2 gig ram with a WD 9 gig 10.000rpm drive with an 8 meg buffer on a SCSI3 bus. Lots of other stuff but thats the basic setup. Monster Fusion 16mg AGP video and several CDR's on a separate SCSI buss.
Using Pro Audio 9.2 or Cool Edit for tracking then out thru the O1V for mixing and out to DAT via the SPDIF for pre mastering and back into the MOTU via the SPDIF for mastering with S.F. 4.5 and Wavelab and various plug inns.
Any body have any bugs with the Fusion Video card? Any suggestions on which Vid card works best with computer DAW's?

[Elpdude]

I'm thinking about checking out the 2408 system. Does anyone know anyplace where I can get a good price on it?

[ssd]

Having lots of lockup problems using the MOTU 2408 with the pci 324 card. I have a custom built P3 800 mhz 512mb ram, asus MB with ati rage pro 16 mb, 9 gb barracuda for the c drive and 36 barracuda for the d file drive. Yamaha cwr 8424 cd burner and some generic cd reader. Using Vegas Pro and all the other Sonic Foundry software which has been great until I hooked up the MOTU. Tech support is pretty much non existent. I have followed all the info hub suggestions and still get the lockups. Had heard great things about MOTU but am very frusterated with the lack of support from them. Any comments or suggestions are very welcome.
Thanks,

ssd

[jwilk]

I have the 2408. I am using a 350 MHz Pentium II, a 10.4 and 25 GB pair of drives, and ADAT LX20, and, unfortunately, steinberg cubase vst 24. I have no problem with the 2408. It seems to do the job well. Cubase and steinberg on the other hand...

[BloodRun]

I have a Motu 2408 and have no lockup issues. But, It was tough to install and I build systems for a living.
I'm concerned that the analog input is 64x oversampling. why would they do that? I dont record much digital yet. Is this the system for me?

[MM]

Bloodrun, what did you buy the MOTU 2408 for? Do not get me wrong, you mentioned you do not record digitally. That is the purpose of the 2408...it has analog and digital ins and outs to record the track info into a digital multitracking or editing software! Help me understand what you are asking. MM. http://www.audioforums.com/forums/biggrin.gif

[Carravagio]

This is directed to SSD. I too am having frequent lockups and am just about to go insane. My computer is very stable normally. Using Cakewalk 9.03 with P3 450Mhz, 256MB, abit be6 (latest BIOS, lates HPT 366 drivers), two Maxtor 15GB UDMA 66 drives, so I would think it should be more than capable of hadling a half-dozen tracks of recording.

In my most recent crash I was simply playing back 5 recorded tracks with nothing but EQ, so CPU utilization was pretty low (10%). I wasn't actually even using the MOTU (other than the fact that the converter was connected and powered on) The playback was coming out of the digital outs of my SB card (part of my troubeshooting efforts). I don't think it's an IRQ problem since the disks and the PCI-324 do not share IRQs with any other device my system.

I would turn to tech support, but my past experience with just about any tech support has usually been a total waste of time and phone charges.

When yours locks up do the BUS, 48, 44.1 LEDs on the 2408 converter light up, along with the CLOCK, SOURCE, and BOUNCE LEDs? I am hoping you are having the same symptoms. If so then we can point the finger at MOTU, since we are using different audio software. What kind of mother board do you have?

[pookieboo]

Okie, here's my frustrating experience thus far with MOTU 2408 (which eerily echoes
Bitstreme's reported problems under "Motu 2408 and Vegas Problems")...still have high
hopes for it though and not giving up as yet...just wish that implementing multitrack
input capability to one's computer would be just as simple as the adverts claim!

PC Setup
=======
Intel PIII 933EB, Asus CUSL2 m/b (i815E Solano chipset), 512 Mb PC-133 RAM,
Seagate X15 Ultra-160 SCSI drives running off an Adaptec AHA-39160,
3 Seagate 18XL hds in a RAID 0 configuration from a DPT RAID card (no ATA drives),
LynxOne audio card, Matrox G400 Max AGP (thinking of upgrading to an ATI Radeon).

The above is a recent replacement for an AMD Athlon 850/ABIT KA-7/Hercules Geforce system,
after I've been advised by practically everyone that I should avoid the Athlon platform,
for stability and compatibility considerations...of course a Mac G4 running Pro Tools seems
to be THE setup preferred by the pros, but, I have too much already invested in PC software.

I had purchased the MOTU 2408 cos it offered cool options/expandability for my recording setup
of two Tascam DA-78HRs, tracking live gigs through splitter boxes...had previously tried a
Hammerfall Lite and Sonorus Studi/o, with a Soundscape SS8IO-2 to convert TDIF to Lightpipe,
but didn't want to go through a format/protocol conversion process for the 24-bit audio)...
the MOTU's intended application would be accurate transfer of 16 or more tracks of 24-bit
audio to my computer for subsequent editing, mixdown and mastering to CD.

Well, the PCI-324 console installed without a glitch under Win98SE, and I was able to configure
the routing for inputs on Bank A and B ("DA-88") plus set the word clock to "External"...
the outboard 2408 rack is hooked up to the Tascam DA-78HR decks via 2 TDIFs and an Apogee Word
Clock Sync cable, and to the PCI-324 board via the provided firewire (Audiowire) cable...
hunky dory up to this point... http://www.audioforums.com/forums/smile.gif

However, as soon as I fire up Vegas, arm a new audio track and try to select one of the inputs
for recording, I'm instantly greeted with the infamous WIndows "Blue Screen of Death":

"An exception OE has occured at 0028:C1A2FE46 in VxD MOTKP324(01) + 00000806.
This was called from 0028:C1844EF0 in VxD ---."

At another time:
"An exception OE has occured at 0028:0028CF00 in VxD MOTKP324(01).
This was called from 0028:C18A5240 in VxD ---."

Proceeding further, I get a message in the application telling me:
"The record device 1-2 of DA-88-A on 2408 could not be opened"

The PCI-324 Console is blanked out in the lower half after this, with no input/output options
showing, even if I tried to refresh the routing or plug the Audiowire in a different bank as
instructed in the manual...only a complete reboot restores this functionality...

Oh, and this is with a new PCI-324 replacement card after MOTU's technical support had
diagnosed that my original card may have been faulty...*after* I had tried extreme and costly
measures such as buying the P3/Asus/Matrox system to replace the Athlon/Abit/Hercules setup,
and made sure that the MOTU had its own unique IRQ...I even went out and bought Cubase just
in case there was an imcompatibility problem with Vegas and MOTU, but alas, the same errors.
Being out of budget by this point, I can't really afford to rush out blindly and buy yet
another piece of software (Cakewalk?) or hardware (G4?!) to see if they'll work... http://www.audioforums.com/forums/frown.gif

So, I'm at my wit's end, having taken out a substantial loan to invest in what should have
been a killer rig, and with artists wondering why their projects are not yet done...
waiting to hear back from MOTU's technical support (they seem to take their time),
but meanwhile, if others here have any sort of suggestions, I'd be eternally grateful -
and thank you all for listening this far! http://www.audioforums.com/forums/smile.gif

P.S. If anyone is interested in a barely-used Sonorus Studi/o card with the optional
breakout bracket, or a Soundscape SSIO8-2 ADAT-to-TDIF converter, please feel
welcome to email me at pookieboo@hotmail.com.

[bobmc]

Oh man, pookieboo. . . I feel your pain. Sorry to hear. And yes, your rig sounds like an absolute screamin' mimi (or at least it should be)!

I'm not a real geek type, so I can't tell you what your problem is or even what component may be at fault. What I would do however is try to isolate the offending party. The driver for the PCI-324 card seems to be triggering the exception, but in my experience this does not always mean that it is at fault. Sometimes, memory can be corrupted by another app and then when the suspect (in this case the MOTU vxd driver) comes along and tries to access that memory. . . crash!

This does not exonerate the MOTU driver, but can you install another app, like a trial version of Cakewalk or CoolEdit, to see how they perform with the 2408 or install a different sound card to see if Vegas is okay with it? Maybe it's just Vegas and the 2408 who don't like to play together?

Wish I could be of more help. Let us know what the outcome of all this is. . . it's too good a rig to give up on.

[MM]

Pookieboo, Likewise I hat to hear your troubles...I originally started this thread way back when and still my rig (see the first post at the top of this thread)is giving me flawless recording with MOTU2408, Vegas and DA-88's! I have a question though, When you fire up Vegas, do you go to the options/audio/routing page and configure it for the DA-78's? If you omit this step, it could be your problem. Try it and let us know. Good Luck,MM.

[pookieboo]

Thanks for all the advice, bobmc and MM http://www.audioforums.com/forums/smile.gif Really appreciate everyone's helpfulness here, especially since I haven't been flamed (yet!)
for having built such an "overkill" system which doesn't quite work... http://www.audioforums.com/forums/redface.gif Anyway, I've tried removing all my other cards from
the PCI slots (LynxOne, DPT Raid, Ethernet), except for the Adaptec SCSI since I've a SCSI boot drive...same problems with Vegas http://www.audioforums.com/forums/frown.gif
Will experiment next with installing the MOTU PCI-324 card in different slots...interestingly enough, borrowed my friend's copy
of Soundforge and it records fine...but 2 tracks of 16-bit stereo isn't exactly what I was looking for... *sigh*

Here's the email response I got back from MOTU tech support, hopefully their pessimism will be proven unfounded...

"Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

This blue screen of death is not a great sign. It almost seems like
your motherboard may be incompatible, as we can rule out a bad card
since you've swapped that.

Try removing all other PCI cards that you can, and try the PCi324 in
other PCI slots. Let me know what happens."

[bobmc]

I'm in the process of speccing out a new system myself and I'm kind of shying away from the Abit mobos since I've heard of some compatibility problems with them, at least alot more than Asus (kind of like Athlons vs Pentiums). I'm also considering the Iwill mobo, but no nothing about them.

Good luck.

[AfterDark]

I've got a home built PIII 550MHz, Asus mother board, Cool Edit Pro, Cakewalk 8 and 2408.

It works OK except for one anoying problem. I can't use the analog outputs 1 and 2. Sometimes the audio starts and then disappears. Power cycling the system sometimes helps, but not for long. I'm using analog outs 3 and 4, and that seems to work fine.

[Squirrel22]

Excuse me all you sad 2408 users. I'm like a fan of 2408. Is my first digital studio and have make me no problems at all. Probably you have problems with two things: The mainboard brand and the Intel chipset 820. Try a good one, I have a Tyan MB and avoid the 820 chipset, it has multimedia problems and have been retired from the market 'cause of that. I work with Cubase 5 and Gigasampler most of the time. Many of my recordings has more than 20 tracks, everyone played back trough 2408 + some plugins. Never put your 2408's PCI card near the AGP or the ISAs slots, choose one of the middle and always use AGP video to avoid IRQ sharing problems.

[William Oxner]

Originally posted by pookieboo:
Okie, here's my frustrating experience thus far with MOTU 2408 (which eerily echoes
Bitstreme's reported problems under "Motu 2408 and Vegas Problems")...still have high
hopes for it though and not giving up as yet...just wish that implementing multitrack
input capability to one's computer would be just as simple as the adverts claim!

PC Setup
=======
Intel PIII 933EB, Asus CUSL2 m/b (i815E Solano chipset), 512 Mb PC-133 RAM,
Seagate X15 Ultra-160 SCSI drives running off an Adaptec AHA-39160,
3 Seagate 18XL hds in a RAID 0 configuration from a DPT RAID card (no ATA drives),
LynxOne audio card, Matrox G400 Max AGP (thinking of upgrading to an ATI Radeon).

The above is a recent replacement for an AMD Athlon 850/ABIT KA-7/Hercules Geforce system,
after I've been advised by practically everyone that I should avoid the Athlon platform,
for stability and compatibility considerations...of course a Mac G4 running Pro Tools seems
to be THE setup preferred by the pros, but, I have too much already invested in PC software.

I had purchased the MOTU 2408 cos it offered cool options/expandability for my recording setup
of two Tascam DA-78HRs, tracking live gigs through splitter boxes...had previously tried a
Hammerfall Lite and Sonorus Studi/o, with a Soundscape SS8IO-2 to convert TDIF to Lightpipe,
but didn't want to go through a format/protocol conversion process for the 24-bit audio)...
the MOTU's intended application would be accurate transfer of 16 or more tracks of 24-bit
audio to my computer for subsequent editing, mixdown and mastering to CD.

Well, the PCI-324 console installed without a glitch under Win98SE, and I was able to configure
the routing for inputs on Bank A and B ("DA-88") plus set the word clock to "External"...
the outboard 2408 rack is hooked up to the Tascam DA-78HR decks via 2 TDIFs and an Apogee Word
Clock Sync cable, and to the PCI-324 board via the provided firewire (Audiowire) cable...
hunky dory up to this point... http://www.audioforums.com/forums/smile.gif

However, as soon as I fire up Vegas, arm a new audio track and try to select one of the inputs
for recording, I'm instantly greeted with the infamous WIndows "Blue Screen of Death":

"An exception OE has occured at 0028:C1A2FE46 in VxD MOTKP324(01) + 00000806.
This was called from 0028:C1844EF0 in VxD ---."

At another time:
"An exception OE has occured at 0028:0028CF00 in VxD MOTKP324(01).
This was called from 0028:C18A5240 in VxD ---."

Proceeding further, I get a message in the application telling me:
"The record device 1-2 of DA-88-A on 2408 could not be opened"

The PCI-324 Console is blanked out in the lower half after this, with no input/output options
showing, even if I tried to refresh the routing or plug the Audiowire in a different bank as
instructed in the manual...only a complete reboot restores this functionality...

Oh, and this is with a new PCI-324 replacement card after MOTU's technical support had
diagnosed that my original card may have been faulty...*after* I had tried extreme and costly
measures such as buying the P3/Asus/Matrox system to replace the Athlon/Abit/Hercules setup,
and made sure that the MOTU had its own unique IRQ...I even went out and bought Cubase just
in case there was an imcompatibility problem with Vegas and MOTU, but alas, the same errors.
Being out of budget by this point, I can't really afford to rush out blindly and buy yet
another piece of software (Cakewalk?) or hardware (G4?!) to see if they'll work... http://www.audioforums.com/forums/frown.gif

So, I'm at my wit's end, having taken out a substantial loan to invest in what should have
been a killer rig, and with artists wondering why their projects are not yet done...
waiting to hear back from MOTU's technical support (they seem to take their time),
but meanwhile, if others here have any sort of suggestions, I'd be eternally grateful -
and thank you all for listening this far! http://www.audioforums.com/forums/smile.gif

P.S. If anyone is interested in a barely-used Sonorus Studi/o card with the optional
breakout bracket, or a Soundscape SSIO8-2 ADAT-to-TDIF converter, please feel
welcome to email me at pookieboo@hotmail.com.

Hi You:
I guess it's not going so good. So I wouldn't say how's it going? You have quite an investment . This should work with no flaws.. But for what it's worth, I have heard where all this high data transfer rates has to be slowed down I'm not sure where it is done though. Somewhere in the config. of your system . Mabey in the devise manager or something like that.. Audio don't like to be pushed around or compressed. If you take the audio data apart a certain way, then it has to be stiched together exactly the same way, or it gets the jitters.. or even locks up. I have chosen to go the ATA UDMA road. It's cheaper and mabey I'll pay for it down the road somewhere.. I have heard about these SCCI and A/V drive setups that had to be "slowed" down to wait for the audio data that streams along in it's own good time.. At times it seems like I am going down the "Bata" Road. I'll be watching for your reports to start sounding more positive then they are right now..

[petimar]

I have the 2408mkII, using Cool Edit Pro and Cakewalk Pro Audio. I've had very few problems thank goodness, but would never buy anything from MOTU again, based on their non existent support

[smartmonkeystudio]

Hey,

Just wanted to let you know that I have been having real similar problems but not with a 2408 with three 2412's using the PCI 324 card in my computer. I have gone through everything that I can think of and have come up with this... and this doesn't totally solve the problem...

1. Make sure that the PCI 324 board is NOT anywhere near he AGP slot in the buss. Put the PCi 324 board in the middle of the PCI slots or somewhere near there.

2. Have everything possible (except your playback for recording/etc..) play through the system sound board if possible - like if you like to play mp3's/wav's/movies whatever - make sure that those applications are using the system sound board - NOT THE PCI 324!! Also, disable all system sound events from taking place at all.

3. Make sure you have downloaded release 9 of the Motu drivers for the PCI 324 board.

4. I haven't done this yet - but tommorrow I am going to try - get off of Windows ME if you are running it. It isn't that much faster than 98 and I think that the MOTU products have 'issues' with ME.

5. Under Device Manager/System Devices/PCI Bus you may want to tell the system to let the BIOS handle doling out IRQ's rather than let the hardware make thier own decisions about IRQ's that are assigned. This is just a guess - so be careful with this one - your system may really be FUBAR if you set this and the hardware can't handle it.

Good luck - keep us posted.


Originally posted by Carravagio:
This is directed to SSD. I too am having frequent lockups and am just about to go insane. My computer is very stable normally. Using Cakewalk 9.03 with P3 450Mhz, 256MB, abit be6 (latest BIOS, lates HPT 366 drivers), two Maxtor 15GB UDMA 66 drives, so I would think it should be more than capable of hadling a half-dozen tracks of recording.

In my most recent crash I was simply playing back 5 recorded tracks with nothing but EQ, so CPU utilization was pretty low (10%). I wasn't actually even using the MOTU (other than the fact that the converter was connected and powered on) The playback was coming out of the digital outs of my SB card (part of my troubeshooting efforts). I don't think it's an IRQ problem since the disks and the PCI-324 do not share IRQs with any other device my system.

I would turn to tech support, but my past experience with just about any tech support has usually been a total waste of time and phone charges.

When yours locks up do the BUS, 48, 44.1 LEDs on the 2408 converter light up, along with the CLOCK, SOURCE, and BOUNCE LEDs? I am hoping you are having the same symptoms. If so then we can point the finger at MOTU, since we are using different audio software. What kind of mother board do you have?

[zddz]

I have the MOTU 2408 1,5year
work great
setup:
MSIbxmaster
PIII700/133
RAM256
ADAPTEC2940UW
only scsi HD
IBM4.5 system
IBM9.0 audio
ENSONICPCI{MIDI}
MATROXG200
WIN ME
in 98se 2bluescrean/hour
in me 2..3/year
w2000 driver coming
us only BX motherboard+INTEL proc

w2000 driver in motu site: www.motu.com/downloads/pci324/w2kasio.zip (http://www.motu.com/downloads/pci324/w2kasio.zip)
save as
i dont us this,??


[This message has been edited by zddz (edited 01-23-2001).]

[Jim Beam]

anybody have any luck installing this beta driver? I get an error message... : (

Jim

[jsquare]

We have the 2408 with our Pentium II 450 in conjunction with Sonic Foundry Vegas Pro, Sound Forge and CD Architect. It pretty much rocks. It's versatile, expandable, and sounds decent( respectable converters and balanced analog ins and outs are cool). I find the manual to be iffy and have lots of questions it doesn't address. The MOTU website is good and has some answers in the FAQ section. Their phone tech support is non- existant and the e-mail support slow, but the products are top of the line. I'd seriously consider it as the front end to a pro setup.

[roachspray]

Well, it's an old thread, now, but since everyone else that responded are PC users, I'm going to throw in my system description and problem status as well, for future reference.

Dual 500 PowerMac
896M of Ram, 30GB Application/OS drive, 75GB media drive (both drives 7200RPM)
Motu 2408mkII (with PCI-324 board, of course)
dbx 386 digital dual tube mic preamp
AudioDesk & Digital Performer

Periodically (a couple times a week, at most) I will lose all audio until arbitrarily changing my bitrate settings to something other than what I'm using (usually 44K when I have the problem - don't believe it ever happens at 48K, and I don't do 96K yet), then switching the rate back again. A barely audible click in the speakers or headphones lets me know all will be back to normal next time I roll.

My suspicion is that this has something to do with dragging in soundbites from a different rate (I use a large fx collection which is predominantly 44K Stereo, but a few are at different rates) but I haven't nailed that down as the culprit yet.

The system is used for multimedia & dvd production work, including a variety of capture, editing and authoring tasks. I've been very pleased with DP's stability and handling on this system, and with the 2408's very high quality and expandability.


[This message has been edited by roachspray (edited 01-27-2001).]

[ChrisAMilne]

I can't install their damn beta driver either

realling pissing me off

[SoothingBenadryl]

MOTU's reply to Pookiboo that his motherboard may be incompatible makes me wonder. First, ASUS is a top motherboard manufacturor. The Asus CUSL2 is a very highly rated motherboard, known to be very stable (if you read the reviews www.anandtech.com (http://www.anandtech.com) did).

So I have one suggestion: update your BIOS. ASUS posts new BIOS updates frequently.

Secondly, among people who built their own PC's and are using or trying to use MOTU's, what motherboards have you used?

I have a system that's been very stable:
Asus P2B-F motherboard
Celeron 400
128 Meg SDRAM
IBM Deskstar GXP75 drives
Promise UltraDMA/66 driver controller card
Windows 98SE patched with 98lite
ATI Xpert98 AGP video card

The 98lite patch is shareware that takes out some of the background processing that slows down Windows 98 some. Available at www.98lite.net. (http://www.98lite.net.)

[jaq]

Originally posted by pookieboo:
<snip>
However, as soon as I fire up Vegas, arm a new audio track and try to select one of the inputs
for recording, I'm instantly greeted with the infamous WIndows "Blue Screen of Death":

<snip>

Pookieboo-
Probably a little late, but what version of Vegas was that. I encountered the same exact problems, and I think it went away with an upgrade to vegas pro 1b.

jaq

[pistolpro]

after "running a 2408 with samplitude"on a p3 450 I finally could not take anymore windows bull**** and bought a mac g4 466 and that mutha smokes!I'm running digital performer with 128mb and getting track counts in the 20's with about 15 plugins and automation.

[cerealchamp2000]

Well this certainly appears to be the world's oldest thread! Is there a lesson in here somewhere? Use Moto with Mac and Digital Performer? The PC guys don't sound too happy.

[ace20019]

I haven't any problems with my MOTU. I have a hand built P3 800eb with 256mb of ram. I also use Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.03 with an Apogee Rosetta, various sound modules, and a Yamaha 01v. I use the Rosetta for word clock because it just sounds so much better than the MOTU. I am using Win98 for my OS. I use to have a problem with dropout but after following some advice on hard disk optimization my problem was resolved. Check out the article on http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/9DC930FCE2658C6F862565ED0078AEF1

[ace20019]

I wouldn't say that MOTU doesn't work well on the PC side. However it is true that MOTU is manufactured with the Mac in mind, however I think that if you're interested in the options that the MOTU gives you, which I think is more than anything manufactured with the PC in mind then by all means go with it. I think that there are enough of us MOTU/PC heads around with success to help others out. It's about spreading the knowledge around that's all.

[kilgoretrout]

I have a ton of MOTU products. An older 2408 for handling my spdif and adat transfers, a 1224 and a newly purchased 1296. I am also using a MTP AV Parallel port and a USB. All of this is on a Pentium 4 1.4 GHz with 2 60 Gb drives and 128 M of ram (to be expanded when that 800 MHz Rambus stuff gets a little cheaper).

I have Sound forge, Cakewalk 9, Cubase VST 32 and Wavelab running on the machine.

My main problems have been with Cubase and Wavelab vs the computer - not the 324 interfaces. I have owned the 3408 since it first came out and it has been rock solid since day one.

Good luck
My only problem

[Cableguy]

Ok go look under 2408 and problems!....I won't copy and paste this problem again, but there is a major one same as ssb's. System hangs etc etc..