Hi Alecio, Bill, my regards,
I can wholeheartedly agree with everyone using a DM series with either analogue or digital inputs. Compared to Digi in-the-box MIX, it's like night and day. As I can read here, with a HD mix itb, the difference might not be so apparent. There may be none at all.
So coming back to "HD vs 02R96" - I/we/studio decided to skip the pains of upgrading to HD, OSX, et al. by getting a 02R96.
Our MIX TDM system is rock solid. Logic Pro and VST synths blaze away with minimal latency. ESB works fine, PT 5.1.3/OS9 never let us down.
So why meddle with that ? With our studio's schedule, any downtime would be CATASTROPHIC.
And sure, we could have bought like maybe 16 channels of Millenia pres for the money, or we could have done a HD upgrade( sans MasterX5- not an option)
But, if my clients ask me how many inputs I can record at once - I say 24 minimum. The they ask if I have PT, sure...hahahahaha (HD or MIX; never makes any difference to them).
And then there are the monitor mixes - easy to do on a 02, a PITA in PT.
And I feel for the poor sods who bought their procontrols or other junk "controllers". I paid my dues with a Mackie HUI and "...quoth the Raven; NEVERMORE"
A proper mixing desk is a liberating experience after years of itb routing/mixing.
And I'm not even touching surround mixing issues here.
Will the yammie desks face obsolesence before their time ?
Yes, because their processing power will be a fraction of new generation CPUs.
No, because of its 96k, 5.1, 24 pre/AD, infinite routing, moving faders and PT remote layer .
PS I'm not a "serious pro", I fancy myself as bit of a clown, really.
Piotr K
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