All of the analog and digital connectors on the 1224 interface provide 24-bit input and output. All analog connectors are balanced and operate at +4 dB. The 8 analog input and output connectors are balanced tipringsleeve quarter-inch jacks. The main analog outputs are balanced XLR connectors. The 1224 can record 10 channels of 24-bit audio while simultaneously playing back 12 channels.
The 1224 core system includes a 1224 single-rack space I/O, a crossplatform PCI-324 audio card, ASIO software drivers for Mac and PC, a multi-channel Wave driver for Windows 95/98, a Sound Manager driver for Mac OS, and MOTU’s AudioDesk™ workstation software for Mac OS, which includes sample-accurate editing, sample-accurate sync, 24-bit recording, 32-bit native effects processing, a wide range of 3rd party plug-in support, editing, mixing, processing and mastering.
...the master output as well as some hardware on individual channels. Usually I mix right back into my MOTU 1224 black audio upgraded converters running the projects at 48k 24 bit. This is the highest sample-rate I can live with given the plugin CPU stress. Maybe I am off my rockers but...
Acustica is not a normal plugin and the demos are known to not be like a regular plugin. It would be better if they were, but I believe it's due to AA authorization system that demos become quirky. Also not all demos have all sample rates. As far as a shill AA does advertise specials here...
I have same issue. I used the 1224, 2408mk3 and 2408 for years with a pc running Windows 98, they were great.