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11th June 2006, 08:18 PM
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| Gear Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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 | best all-in-one interface I'm looking for an interface, preferably firewire, can be PCI, but I need something with great convereters A/D/A, great mic pre's, ADAT options, and high sampling rates. what would you recommend? I want to be able to have the option to go protools, but no big deal if it doesnt support it. I Currently use Cubase 3 SX. I will be working on a PC but the MAC will be here in about 2 months Budget: $3,000 |
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11th June 2006, 10:27 PM
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| Gear Head Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London, England
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| Gonna suggets the apogee ensemble because from what i've heard it sounds right up your alley  however, don't know much about it myself and nor do many people as it's not released yet. hope that helps |
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11th June 2006, 10:44 PM
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| Gear nut Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Hollywood
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| A few suggestions: Apogee Ensemble might be good, particularly on the Mac end of things. I think it meets all your criteria, plus Apogee is well known for their converters. M-Audio's Firewire 1814 has pretty good converters and is less expensive, plus you could run Pro Tools M-Powered on it (and it would run with your PC). Or if you want a control surface on top of that, their Project Mix I/O might be a way to go. I keep hearing mixed reviews about the Pres and converters in the Project Mix (mainly here.) Several people who use it say their fine, though I have read some naysayers indicating that they are pretty poor. Don't know if that's experience and technical knowledge talking or just gearslutz elitism  Haven't used the Project Mix myself yet (it's in the budget right now, so I'll let you know once I get to try it out), but I do use a Delta 1010 on an old PC, and frankly I think it sounds great. I'd take their converters over those of Digidesign's LE hardware any day of the week. The HD stuff, on the other hand... My 2 cents. -Zen |
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11th June 2006, 11:06 PM
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| Jai guru deva om  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: South Carolina
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| All in one (with control surface) that Projectmix IO by M-Audio is indeed worth a look. Really a very powerful tool for little $$$. War
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12th June 2006, 12:13 AM
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| Gear Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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| I have looked at the I/O from M-Audio, but I want something with GREAT pre-amps. |
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12th June 2006, 01:48 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland UK
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| RME FF800 + ISA428 (with AD card)
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12th June 2006, 05:01 AM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Diego, CA
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| Metric Halo Mobile I/O 2882. It is Mac only but you said you were fixing that problem shortly. Check this box out. There are plenty of us on here that are using it with great success and joy.
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12th June 2006, 07:05 AM
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| Gear Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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| If i got the Metric Halo, would I be able to use some cheap m-audio card/interface to use Pro Tools. I imagine the halo isnt compatible with pro-tools on its own. right? |
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12th June 2006, 07:33 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Los Angeles
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12th June 2006, 10:23 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Columbus County, North Carolina
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  | if you want the BEST all in one, look no further than the Stagetec gear. www.stagetec.com TOP of the line. edit..didnt see your budget. nevermind.
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12th June 2006, 11:22 AM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NyC/Nj
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The 2882 and you will have enough cash for a ProjectMix and PT Mpowered so you can have a controller and use ProTools. 2882: $1500 ProjectMix: $1200 PT MPowered: $250 $50 under your $3000 budget and you have everything you need and then some. | |
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12th June 2006, 11:55 AM
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| More cowbell!  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Austin, Texas
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| YOu do not say how many channels you need????? So far, I will pass on all the suggestions. For 2 channels, my current thinking is: Tonelux 2 channel Pre/AD box thingy and Lavry Black If I didnt need more channels, I swear...!!!! :-)
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