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Would the members of the group please guide me away from my cassette 
multitrack?  It's time for me to shop for a real system and I'd 
appreciate input from the group.  I don't do a lot of post-production 
work and I've got a lot of "front-end" gear like pre-amps, EQ's, 
etc.  

Got any ideas, thoughts, and experiences to share?  Would a package 
like the Event or MOTU stuff be appropriate?  Please HELP!

Chub

In a message dated 4/3/02 1:59:43 PM Central Standard Time, 
osthelder@... writes:

> Would the members of the group please guide me away from my cassette 
>  multitrack?  It's time for me to shop for a real system and I'd 
>  appreciate input from the group.  I don't do a lot of post-production 
>  work and I've got a lot of "front-end" gear like pre-amps, EQ's, 
>  etc.  
>  
>  Got any ideas, thoughts, and experiences to share?  Would a package 
>  like the Event or MOTU stuff be appropriate?  Please HELP!


 As someone who recently (finally!) made the jump to using a computer for 
recording, I have to say it's really amazing. I bought a Korg Oasys at a 
blowout price, got a cheap recording package (Cubasis VST) and WOW, it sounds 
great. Lots of tracks, great sound quality.  I really hate having everything 
reduced to the size of a mouse, but there are hardware interfaces now to help 
get around that. 

 Just for the record (no pun!) I went from a Fostex 8 track reel to reel to 
this and am very happy so far...
 Andrew

On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 13:57, osthelder wrote:
> Would the members of the group please guide me away from my cassette 
> multitrack?  It's time for me to shop for a real system and I'd 
> appreciate input from the group.  I don't do a lot of post-production 
> work and I've got a lot of "front-end" gear like pre-amps, EQ's, 
> etc.  
> 
> Got any ideas, thoughts, and experiences to share?  Would a package 
> like the Event or MOTU stuff be appropriate?  Please HELP!
> 
> Chub 
> 
> 
I just purchased a Delta 1010 8 analog in and out, stereo S/PDIF i/o 
96kHz, 24bit. I mainly bought it because it is the only thing supported
in Mac OS X. I also have a Digidesign Digi001 w/ ProTools LE, which
I'm getting ready to put on eBay. Nice system for windows or mac, just
doesn't work on OS X.

Depends a lot on how much you want to spent, how many input and outputs
you want, etc. Some people say they can't tell a difference between
the various high end sample rates and bit depths, but to me there is
more spaciousness in the sound when I use high rates and depths. 

tomy

I moved from a 1/2" 8-track system to a PC based system about 1 year 
ago. It took a while to get the hardware tweaked and I'm still 
wrapping my head around the software but I'd say it's been pretty 
positive. There are certainly mainy upsides eg. plugins, cost, 
upgrade ability. Downsides are there too eg. spending even MORE time 
staring into an X-ray gun...

My main word of advice is do your homework and research 
software/hardware compatibility before you commit. Certainly with PCs 
there are BIG issues regarding processors and chipsets.

Good Luck.

Richard.

--- In motm@y..., "osthelder" <osthelder@n...> wrote:
> Would the members of the group please guide me away from my 
cassette 
> multitrack?  It's time for me to shop for a real system and I'd 
> appreciate input from the group.  I don't do a lot of post-
production 

> work and I've got a lot of "front-end" gear like pre-amps, EQ's, 
> etc.  
> 
> Got any ideas, thoughts, and experiences to share?  Would a package 
> like the Event or MOTU stuff be appropriate?  Please HELP!
> 
> Chub

I will be going with a computer based mixing/recording system when I
upgrade here shortly. I'll be replacing traditional analog components.
With the current computing power available, it can be done without the
traditional mixing/recording hardware. MOTU's 828 is a FireWire digital
audio hard disk recording system that provides ADC/DAC. The MIDI
Timepiece AV (USB) handles Midi synchronization and is also a Midi
patchbay and merger. Digital performer (MOTU) running on a new Mac G4
with the Midi Timepiece and the 828 will set you back about $4-5K. The
only major question is if you can handle the interface to the mixing
component being through the computer interface. No more mixing desk,
unless you pop extra $ for a control surface.

See it all at:  www.motu.com/index.html

Nope, don't work for 'em, just like their stuff.

Good luck,

Scott


osthelder wrote:

> 
> Would the members of the group please guide me away from my cassette
> multitrack?  It's time for me to shop for a real system and I'd
> appreciate input from the group.  I don't do a lot of post-production
> work and I've got a lot of "front-end" gear like pre-amps, EQ's,
> etc.
> 
> Got any ideas, thoughts, and experiences to share?  Would a package
> like the Event or MOTU stuff be appropriate?  Please HELP!
> 
> Chub
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

> and i should also add i use MOTU's digital performer 3.1 on the mac with
> the 24i and it handles everything very smoothly, has some nice built in
> effects and is great for MIDI too. -nate

Agreed :-) Within the last year I've also worked with Logic Audio, Cubase
and Pro Tools, in both Windows and Mac, and DP (3.01) is by far my favorite
of these. Pro Tools comes in second, but it's MIDI implementation is weak.

Of course, if you can afford it I'd recommend going with 2" tape ;-)