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Originally Posted by
slaughtrhaus
New question for old thread-
How are the old radar setups compared to a comp/daw setup with something new like a Symphony or Apollo, etc.
I'm wondering about power, performance, sound quality, etc.
I did an album on the original Radar (pretty sure it was the first one) back in 1996 and remember how much the engineers loved it. We dumped our tracks off 24-track and mixed on an SSL. I would be working similar to this, tracking analog and dumping to digital for mixing.
Now those old Radars pop up on eBay for less than you'd spend on a Symphony OR a computer. I love the idea of losing the mouse and ignoring the monitor.
Fletcher do you still use a radar, or have you moved on? Anyone else using them currently? What are the pros and cons? The new ones look amazing but are too spendy for my budget. Would an old one cut it?
Thx slutz.
Hi mate
You can PM here for any Radar question.
I use the Radar 6, but still have a classic 24 machine too.
Cons....get out of the scsi drives, older drives with moving parts.
Pros...
The converters sound great.
There is a lot of head room.
Dumping from tape, even saturated tracks bounce in great.
If you are getting an older used machine.
Try to budget in having IZ technologies updating the unit for you.
Get the newer software, get into a solid state hard drive and the same for its internal "back up" drive.
The A/D sounds great in the modern world.
If you fancy going to higher than 48k/24 bit sampling rates, you'll be moving into some new cards...which may make the used unit start going up in price.
I'm digging their newest system....
I'd much rather suggest going into the radar 6 vs. fortifying an older machine.
You can read more about the newest perks on Radar 6 on the IZ website.
A few outstanding perks are the LCD screen on the face plate, face plate has transport controls, the unit is much lighter, smaller, quieter....
I'm digging quick bounces to and from daw via USB 3...
I've taken the radar with me to 2 different countries for productions and other US studios when not tracking at my co-owned studio.
I believe in it.,,,
Tracking feels way more performance oriented vs using great mix/editing features as a substitute for quality production on the front end.
Hope this helps