So here's my tale.
I've been grappling with trying to decide on a solution for upgrading from a firepod. do i want just another 8 pre firewire interface? if so, which brand? how bout a PCI system? maybe a lightpipe interface and start a preamp collection?? do i want to eff around with protools??
all questions that would bounce around my skull unanswered for weeks at a time.
until i crossed paths with a buddy of mine who went to school for engineering, graduated in '07, and then never mixed again. he said i could keep his digi002 board in my studio, indefinitely. awesome.
so this pretty much answers all my questions/decisions for me.
4 mic pre's isn't enough, so right off the bat i'll need more.
QUESTION #1:
should i start collecting a pile of tube pre's and channel strips, or just pick up a strip of 8 and ADAT into the digi?
QUESTION #2:
i'm leaning towards the strip of 8, but which ones?? digimax? octopre? onyx?? other?? does it REALLY matter? whichever i find cheapest on eBay first??
QUESTION #3: Reaper, ProTools, and life.
i've heard (from ryan@catharsis) that the digiboards controls can MIDI map to reaper. this sounds epic. but i've also heard (i believe it was one of marcus' posts, could be wrong) that the digi hardware is ALMOST unusable in anything other than PT. i consider myself to be a master of PC hardware/drivers, so if anyone can get it to work, i can, unless ofcourse it simply cannot be done.
the workflow i had envisioned would be tracking/beat detective/editing in Protools, bouncing each track, and resuming mixing/tweaking/whatever else in Reaper. realistically, i'll probably end up fulltime PT. i don't even know why I want to do it this way, i think it's because of my increasingly obsurd VST plugin collection, and also because i feel some sort of strong allegiance to reaper, and have always held a grudge against PT. but alas, eventually reality sets in.
thoughts, advice, anything?
I've been grappling with trying to decide on a solution for upgrading from a firepod. do i want just another 8 pre firewire interface? if so, which brand? how bout a PCI system? maybe a lightpipe interface and start a preamp collection?? do i want to eff around with protools??
all questions that would bounce around my skull unanswered for weeks at a time.
until i crossed paths with a buddy of mine who went to school for engineering, graduated in '07, and then never mixed again. he said i could keep his digi002 board in my studio, indefinitely. awesome.
so this pretty much answers all my questions/decisions for me.
4 mic pre's isn't enough, so right off the bat i'll need more.
QUESTION #1:
should i start collecting a pile of tube pre's and channel strips, or just pick up a strip of 8 and ADAT into the digi?
QUESTION #2:
i'm leaning towards the strip of 8, but which ones?? digimax? octopre? onyx?? other?? does it REALLY matter? whichever i find cheapest on eBay first??
QUESTION #3: Reaper, ProTools, and life.
i've heard (from ryan@catharsis) that the digiboards controls can MIDI map to reaper. this sounds epic. but i've also heard (i believe it was one of marcus' posts, could be wrong) that the digi hardware is ALMOST unusable in anything other than PT. i consider myself to be a master of PC hardware/drivers, so if anyone can get it to work, i can, unless ofcourse it simply cannot be done.
the workflow i had envisioned would be tracking/beat detective/editing in Protools, bouncing each track, and resuming mixing/tweaking/whatever else in Reaper. realistically, i'll probably end up fulltime PT. i don't even know why I want to do it this way, i think it's because of my increasingly obsurd VST plugin collection, and also because i feel some sort of strong allegiance to reaper, and have always held a grudge against PT. but alas, eventually reality sets in.
thoughts, advice, anything?
) You're in quite a dilemma I must say, as the offer of a free interface is pretty damn enticing; come to think of it, my only qualm with the ASIO drivers on my MBOX2 was horrid latency, but if you're not going to be tracking in Reaper (just mixing), then I wouldn't think that'd be too much of a problem! (granted, it's annoying having to move the fader/eq control/other FX parameter really slowly so you don't overshoot the mark, but that's little enough to get used to I'd say!)
I think i'll go with the octopre ._. I doubt my rokit 5's could detect a difference =]
