17 Sep
2004
17 Sep
'04
4:55 p.m.
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:24:11AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
What's happened in the last few days (for me) is
the realization that I
could actually move tracking and mixing to Ardour one of these days and
my Pro Tools investment wouldn't be wasted at all. In fact I'll bet that
VST's running under Win XP Pro/Pro Tools are better supported and more
stable than they will ever be on Plugzilla, but even if they reach
parity then the 002 Rack (at $1700 I think) is a nice price point for
mic preamps, lots of reasonable converters and a platform for native
processing plugins.
Hm... do you already have one? It actually seems a bit high priced to me.
If it's only going to be used for a windows box you could
get one of these for less than half the price ...
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FireWire1814-main.html
Or get a Delta 1010 which has equivalent analog I/O, again for a lot
less, and then get and your choice of external preamps.
(RNP anyone? http://www.fmraudio.com/ )
If the digi has the same preamps as the Control 24, a studio-owning
friend of mine says they're pretty cruddy. I haven't used them
myself.
Granted you need a PC on top of the $1700, so there
is additional money, but you're also not stuck with a specific amount of
processing power like you would be in the Plugzilla.
True.
;-) Crucify me! Please! ;-)
Not my intention at all! Just pointing out that plugzilla vs. the digi 02
is really apples and oranges. I think your plan is completely reasonable.
--
Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com