Musikmesse 2016 is in the books. This major European trade show in Frankfurt, Germany featured a completely new layout in Halls 8 through 11, lots of walking for show-goers and open doors to the public all four days. The MOTU booth buzzed with in-depth demos, live music performances recorded on-the-fly into Digital Performer and a significant product announcement for MOTU hardware users.

Windows 8 is shipping, and MOTU hardware and software products are ready for your Windows 8 system. In most cases, the current shipping software installers for Windows 7 are forward-compatible with Windows 8. Final compatibility testing still on-going, so keep an eye on motu.com/download for any updates in the near future that may address Windows 8 specific issues.

Wave RT (Wave Real Time) is Microsoft's new audio driver model for the Windows family of operating systems, including Windows Vista and Windows 7 (now in beta). Windows Wave RT support is now shipping for all MOTU FireWire and USB2 audio interface products, including the UltraLite-mk3, 828mk3, 896mk3, Traveler-mk3, 8pre and 828mkII-USB2 models.

Windows Vista, Microsoft's highly anticipated next-generation operating system for the PC, is due to ship worldwide at the end of January 2007. In advance of Vista's formal release, MOTU is now shipping Vista-compatible drivers for all MOTU Firewire, PCI and USB hardware interface products. Are you running Windows Vista already? If so, you can download Vista drivers to run MOTU audio and MIDI hardware with your favorite Vista-compatible audio and MIDI software. All current MOTU hardware products are supported, including FireWire and UltraFast USB2 audio/MIDI interfaces such as the UltraLite and 828mkII, PCI core systems such as the 2408mk3 and …

Are you running an XP Pro x64 system? 64-bit Windows drivers for all current MOTU audio and MIDI interfaces are now shipping and available for download here. The updated 64-bit drivers include 32-bit emulation, allowing you to freely use 64-bit and 32-bit audio software applications simultaneously.