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Holmzini said:
anyone use this machine? i hear it a very good machine a really crisp sound... feel free to drop your thoughts on the machine .. im considering getting one and i want to know whats really good
When you're buyin that kind of machine, it becomes the centerpiece of the studio.
It ain't cheap so you gotta do your shopping good before investing.
There is pros and cons to those machines :
Pros: It's stable and you'll never get stuck with viruses (unless you don't connect your pc to tha net).
The sound is clean and is realy low on noise for the machine itself ( cuz you can have noise comin from mic, pre-amps,etc...).
Converters are almost always really good so for recording, hardware is nice and reliable.
You got those automated faders so it's an hands-on working way, if it's something you like it's an advantage.
It's really lookin gorgeous in a studio!!
Cons : You almost cannot upgrade those machines.
It's really a job to edit and work with those little screens and become very frustrating from time to time, especially when you're in a rush.
You probably know that High-quality effects are very important if you wanna do a pristine clear and punchy mix. Trust me for wut is effects i know my way around, and i just bought a tc powercore firewire (2400$ can for only 12 effects but they r bangin). you know why i doesn't care to pay this? Cuz my money will be well invest. This is so important to have good effect and TRUST me, there is no machines Akai, korg, or even roland that have really good effect in em. They will be ok, but not great.
And those kind of machines are rarely followin evolutions as fast as software and pc's related product, though it's not a big problem cuz a machine like that can work well for years!!
NOW lemme give you my advice: for the price you will pay for that, you could buy a Digi 002, a tascam US-2400 an a rackmountable in and outs extra for your 002 if you need a lot of em. With the tascam you get 24 faders 100mm automated with the master and transport section, pan EVERYTHING this is tha bomb for mixing. Trust me this thing ain't a toy and it's bigger than your akai dsp : THAT would look monster in YOUR studio.
For tha Pro Tool : MAN you get THA standard of the industry software with HI-quality effects (man digidesign aren't joking when they do a product). PLUS pro-tool is great if you wanna incorporate sampling with MIDI. And shit pro tool is so powerful on edition, and you can upgrade it with so much plug-ins!!! It even take VST's!!! Pro tool really worth every penny it cost. About the noise generated by pc's, you get none cuz pro tool is an hardware box (only data is transfered to the pc by a pci card).
PLUS you stay around computers where we are all so familiar wo work with.
AGAIN that's my humble advice you take it or you leave it !!
Good shoppin!!