Re: choosing between these soundcards for laptop

["L.Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

Jeff ive also been checking out the Apogee duet.
what are your thoughts on that one?i would be using it in the aux send of 
my mackie mixer because i need various inputs for other instruments.
It looks very slick, howeever there is something about that breakout cable 
that bothers me...maybe getting used to it;-)
anybody using it? pros cons?

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--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Jeffrey Larson <jeff@zonemobius.com> wrote:

> From: Jeffrey Larson <jeff@zonemobius.com>
> Subject: Re: choosing between these soundcards for laptop
> To: labaloops@yahoo.com
> Cc: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 8:22 PM
> > On Mar 10, 2009, at 6:11 PM, L.Angulo wrote:
> > ive been checkin out reviews on the Motu ultralite
> > and stuble across some unreliable videos of the card
> on youtube,
> > i hope they are exceptions!
> 
> I'm also a fan of the Ultralite.  I have the original
> one (not the
> Mark whatever).  The thing I like most about it is the
> flexible
> routing. Since there so many channels with zero latency
> monitoring,
> you can set up monitor mixes and stereo effects loops and
> still have
> channels left over for computer IO.
> 
> You can also use it without a computer.  It takes a lot of
> twisting
> tiny multi-mode knobs, but it can be done.  The Cuemix
> software is
> easy to use.  Functionally it is very similar to the
> RME-400.  I'm
> told the mic preamps aren't as good as the RME but
> it's almost 1/2 the
> cost.
> 
> Jeff