http://www.macnn.com/articles/02/10/22/24i/o:.rack-space/
24i/o: rack-space 96 kHz audio interface
updated 03:30 pm EDT, Tue October 22, 2002
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MOTU has announced 24i/o, a single rack-space 96 kHz audio interface for Mac OS X. "[It] provides 24 balanced quarter-inch (TRS) 96 kHz analog inputs and outputs in a single rack-space enclosure. A 24i/o core system ($1,495) includes MOTU's next generation PCI-424 card, which provides expansion up to 96 inputs/outputs, DSP–driven mixing and monitoring, legacy I/O support, and on-board SMPTE synchronization. The 24i/o rack interface, which will also be sold separately as an expansion I/O ($1,195) for any MOTU PCI-424 system (such as MOTU's new 2408mk3), provides 5-segment front-panel meters for every input and output and software-switchable (-10/+4) analog input levels." Shipping is expected in the fourth quarter of 2002.
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Jul 2001
Not for OS X Yet...
According to MOTU's FAQ , this thing will ship with OS 9 and Windows drivers. OS X stuff will be released later.
Myself, I use their 828 Firewire audio interface and love it, but I look forward to not needing to reboot into OS 9 everytime I want to record.