I've had my Traveler for about a month now with two outings in the can.
I'm a Windoze user so the documentation was minimal, 1/4 PC - 3/4 MAC.
Following the instructions, all drivers and configuration programs loaded nicely.
Preliminary trials with Vegas worked well. Looking at other s/w for increased flexibility.
The first outing proved to be just a test of the mic pre inputs as no board feeds were allowed. As such, I chose to run 24/96. Each set ran 84+ minutes:( as if they new it would overrun a CDR... First listen is great, but no DVDA burned yet.
The second outing,3/30, I had expected to get my choice of board signals and ended up with only the PA mix due to the nature of the channel assignments with multiple artists in rotation. I ran the board together with a 24/48 digi out of the V3 from my mics. This box allows for 8 analog, 8 ADAT light pipe(or 2 toslink), 2 SPDIF & 2 AES/EBU concurrent inputs. Very Schweet! Though I haven't tested it yet, the SPDIF, Toslink, & AES/EBU outputs can be configured to output 44.1/48K independantly, as a multiple of the input settings. I made the mistake of assigning my inputs to a stereo channel. The show ended up being a 3.5hr. non-stop rotation of artists with no set breaks, and then an encore. I was not running WL and made the mistake of assigning my inputs to stereo channels instead of individual mono channels. As such, I picked a point at about 1:45 and stopped the recording, saved, and restarted. This will yield a gap in my mixdown, but since I ran another lappy as backup, the audience will remain continuous. I restarted again before the encore and added in another 6 analog channels just to get more info pumping through the firewire input. On my 1.8Ghz PM box with a 60G 7200rpm drive I only ran @ 2% CPU/1% HD load.
Awesome powering options with this box as well. Least usable for me is firewire from a 6pin interface, my laptop only has the 4pin style. The other two are great, both are 9-24VDC. One is a polarity independant pin & sleeve socket, the other a 4-pin XLR. The box is rated 1A @ 12V. I suspect this is running all channels with phantom on the 4 mic inputs. I ran my 10.8V 6.8Ahr LI-Ion pack for over 4 hours before changing cells, just for good measure. No low voltage/shutdown signals are provided that I have found.
Overall I am extremely pleased with the MOTU box. I haven't even started to explore the capabilities but lust for even more channels already.... My goal is to be able to capture concurrent independant channels for live surround projects. I think this is just the right box.
Havin' a good time...
Jim