> USB complaints are about audio throughput for >4 channels at high bit > rates. MIDI should never be a problem.
I have heard people complaining about the midiman 8x8 USB version, now granted, I don't have that one, but as you say, it shouldn't be a problem. The MOTU ExpressXT works like a champ :) Now here is an interesting question I heard at the studio the other day. The guy running it has the midiman USB, and tech support told him you CANNOT run more than one midiman at a time on the USB bus. Does anyone know if this is true? He said it was true of the XT Express, but I don't believe it. I need to find someone who has 2 running USB to see. The driver for the XT has setting for multiple units. Finally, as a reference to anyone using mac hardware. The midiman claims it can be used with older devices using its serial interface. A friend of mine bought one to use this way (legacy) and the drivers do not work. He spent an hour on the phone with one of the actual engineers of the card and he got from the guy that the serial port won't work (design flaw maybe). I am only repeating what I heard, I cannot vouch for the accuracy, but just a point in case anyone was looking at this hardware. Rick > --p +------------------------+-----------------------+ | T a l i t y | +------+ | +------------------------+ +----+-+ | | | Richard Burnett | +-+ | | | Senior Design Engineer +---+ +----+ | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | | | | | Phone: 919.380.3014 | | | Fax: 919.380.3903 | | | +------------------------------------------------+
