Comments on: MOTU Traveler Mk3: More I/O, Features Hit Mobile FireWire Audio Interface

By: rmgamez

rmgamez — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:55:07 +0000

Hi, any news about the motu ultralite and snow leopard?
same problem here.

By: Kiwisteve

Kiwisteve — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:20:36 +0000

I have a Motu Traveler Mk3 and although they state on their website that support Apples new Snow Leopard about 3 days after installing it the Motu suddenly went off the air (can no longer be seen my the iMAC). Now nothing I do will get it back. I have tried virtually everything I can.

Not only that but When the Motu is plugged in and turned on (connected to the firewire400 port on the iMAC) the WD 1Tb External hard drive connected to the firewire800 port gets temperamental and does not always behave. Turning the Motu off fixed the issue. So either a driver or the Motu is screwed.

I have tried the external dive in both the firewire 800 and 400 ports on the imac with appropriate cables and it runs fine so the iMAC port seems great.

So as far as I can see the Motu port is ether screwed or the drivers are playing hell with teh system.

I logged a Tech report with Motu via t\he internet but they are really slow in getting back.. And from what I hear I can expect to wait a looong while. Looks like I am gonna have to fork out and get something else while I wait as I simply cannot survive without my audio interface.
I love teh Motu when it is working and in teh past it has been rock solid and fabulous but the chnage has F&^*&^ed me up good.

By: Trancer

Trancer — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:23:18 +0000

im really really confused between the ultralike Mk3 and traveler Mk 3…..im currently using windows but soon ill be switching to a mac(in about 6 months time)….on the website it says its compatible with both????is it true????after reading all the comments it doesnt seem like its compatible….since it’ll be my first soundcard, i want it to work perfectly fine on both…..

By: robin

robin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:12:06 +0000

RME for me too. Once you use their rock-solid hardware-based recording software and mixer you realise there is no alternative.

By: John

John — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:40:07 +0000

Either I can’t find it or it’s not there… Does anyone know if there’s a features/comparison option anywhere on the motu website? I want to see the differences between the Ultralite MK3 and the Traveler MK3 features side by side.

Looking at them both independently is fine, i’m just trying to see them side by side.

By: Traveler Mk3 announced by MOTU | trainspottr

Traveler Mk3 announced by MOTU | trainspottr — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:55:50 +0000

[...] more detail than we can cover in this space â€“ and Createdigitalmusic.com has an outstanding Mk3 overview and commentary as [...]

By: dnparadice

dnparadice — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:47:48 +0000

I have the “old” traveler and it has worked great for years. Motu stuff works great, mac updates mess things up but motu is good about getting things corrected. Too bad apple has decided to remove fire wire form mac books. Leave it to mac to throw motu another curve ball. Personally I dont like that with Apple you only have 5 choices of hardware.

By: Seba

Seba — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:50:26 +0000

It’s software based on the new Masterworks Leveler in Digital Performer 6.

By: Daniel Browne

Daniel Browne — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:38:44 +0000

” * New software: CueMix FX software, which turns the Traveler into a mixer with compression, a modeled version of the Teletronix optical leveling amp, and real-time signal analysis
* â€¦ and you can access these features from the front panel just to name a few improvements”

Is this compressor a software thing or is it in the traveler hardware?

By: Seba

Seba — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:16:56 +0000

MOTU have always been a Mac company since the ’80s w/ their Mac-only software like Performer (which I use). Frankly, they should just drop any supposed Windows support for their hardware since it’s well known that they don’t work well on that platform.

If you are a Mac user, MOTU is a great company, but don’t expect them to respect any other platform. They don’t publicly announce this fact, but they really are “Mac only” for all intents and purposes.