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peeder · 5th December 2007, 10:05 PM

If your ADC + DAC costs less than $2000 stay in the box. Even if you have one great ADC + DAC, you'll need another DA to monitor with. See:

DAW -> DAC -> OTB comps etc. -> ADC -> DAW -> DAC #2 -> Monitors.

If you monitor without going back through the ADC/DAW/DAC loop you will not be monitoring what you will be delivering as you mix, and you will be unsatisfied with the result. If your converters are poor you will just lose imaging, depth and detail.

I use the SSL bus compressor in the Duende which is actually quite an inexpensive solution overall and I just monitor out a Lavry DA10.

I will run individual parts through outboard, print them back into the DAW, nudge them back to where they were for phase/timing accuracy, and mix from there ITB.

5th December 2007, 10:05 PM	#2
peeder Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Working on my skills more =) Posts: 6,090	If your ADC + DAC costs less than $2000 stay in the box. Even if you have one great ADC + DAC, you'll need another DA to monitor with. See: DAW -> DAC -> OTB comps etc. -> ADC -> DAW -> DAC #2 -> Monitors. If you monitor without going back through the ADC/DAW/DAC loop you will not be monitoring what you will be delivering as you mix, and you will be unsatisfied with the result. If your converters are poor you will just lose imaging, depth and detail. I use the SSL bus compressor in the Duende which is actually quite an inexpensive solution overall and I just monitor out a Lavry DA10. I will run individual parts through outboard, print them back into the DAW, nudge them back to where they were for phase/timing accuracy, and mix from there ITB.