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Originally Posted by zer0ne  Good advice, thanks. Def looking at the AT and the K2.
Would love you to expand on your "8 chn summing is a gimmick" comment. They really sold me hard on what this device does and I def don't want to make a bad purchase. |
Probably 50-80% of pros will say that digital (in the box) summing is just as good as analoge summing. It is a matter of opinion. Those who are sold on the analoge summing usually do it for the coloration of a particular device (the d box is reputated a very uncolored unit), the headroom, and liking a analoge stereo compressor on the stereo out 1-2.
I say the d box is a gimmick because summing less than 16 channels won't do that much for you. Most pros who go that route do 24, 32 or more on a big console. Then there's the DA conversion (the tracks are 0's and 1's - digital - in your computer. To sum in analoge you have to convert them back to analoge, then convert that back to digital. The Rosetta's very good but you will hear a slight degradation of the sound in doing so.
That's alright for a mixing engineer to go that route (and they usually spend at least 10K - in the summer, the better convertors and the compressor - to do it) but for a composer that's far from what you need and where your energy should be.
Don't buy into it.
The Mackie big knob OTOH is too cheap and will degrade your sound. The Central Station is a good compromise.
As a writer, you should spend more on virtual instruments than on eq's, compressors, and other gimmicks. Majestic is great for Bass. You may also want the Sound Toys stuff if that does what you need. Get a nice verb also. Look at CSR from IK multimedia or better yet a Lexi outboard verb. You can get a Lexi pcm 91 for around $1200 and That will set your stuff apart. You'll also want Melodyne for sure and I'd suggest getting the symphony system for your Rosetta, its money well spent.
If you do acoutic guitars a pair of Peluso CM6's would be great for when you want to record in stereo. And the more you can spend on speakers the better.
I'd also suggest getting a large (32 inch) screen like a Samsung. Plus room treatment..... It's never ending but lots of fun.
