Should I buy a Motu M4?

[Mello]

Or is Motu still hostile towards Linux/Ardour? Cheers!

[seablade]

They are not anywhere close to what they used to be in terms of ouright hostility, but I am not sure I would say they are friendly. At least I have spoken to a few devs however that were willing to work with the open source community though, but I also haven’t heard from them in years so not sure what to make there.

Can’t speak to how well they work on Linux, though class compliant should work fine supposedly.

    Seablade

[Mello]

It’s okay not support the open source community but insults aimed to Linux/Ardour is a dealbreaker to me:

MOTU Fastlane output B not working

MOTU on OS X? In general, I prefer not to promote the use of MOTU products. The company has been extremely negative about the possibility of Linux support for their devices, including specific insults aimed at me personally. On OS X, all CoreAudio devices should work just fine. On Linux, attempting to use a MOTU device is a crapshoot, and supports a company that has actively opposed the platform as an audio-capable environment.

Paul’s posing is from 2013. Hopefully, things got better.

[paul (Paul Davis)]

Things got a lot better. Better enough that I use a MOTU device myself now

[Mello]

Great to hear this, I’ve just ordered a M4