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
