Quote:
Originally Posted by
UnderTow
And this is the classic Avid apologist's retort: Attack the messenger or the message instead of dealing with the reality of the content.
I believe I was dealing with the reality of the content. You spat out a bunch of capabilities which, while hypothetically may sound impressive, had nothing to do with the application I had mentioned. (At least as I envision it.)
Quote:
I am being realistic. If you are impressed by 64 I/O at that price you should be even more impressed by what the competition offers for much less money.
All else being equal, yes, of course. That assumes a whole lot of equal, though.
Quote:
You don't need to use the extra features if you don't need them but they are included.
Great, but their inclusion doesn't necessarily have any value to me.
Quote:
And what makes you think that RME can't offer that?
This was referring to the 40-something tracks. Nothing makes me think RME can't offer that, I was just trying to say that going way over 64 tracks has absolutely no value to me. Clarifying my requirements, that's all.
Quote:
RME will offer you that at a fraction of the price of any Avid solution with IMO _more_ stability than anything Avid have to offer.
Quote:
RME is very robust. They are pretty widely recognised as the MOST robust audio interface manufacturer on the market. Much more so than Avid.
This may surprise you, but your subjective opinions about those issues are more meaningful and valuable to me than listing out features that I didn't ask for and don't need.
Quote:
Really?
Ya. Although, to be honest, I couldn't really care less what DAW is used on a location recording. Whatever we already own and/or whatever will be most stable with the computer, OS and interface system. We wouldn't usually record in Pro Tools, but at least in this country, a Cubase user is not someone I can take very seriously to review whether an interface product meets my personal standards for robustness.
In Europe, though, I admit it's kind of a different story. I hear that Cubase, like Hasselhoff, is very big in Germany.
JSL