TotalSonic wrote on Thu, 22 September 2005 21:03 |
Zak - I don't know whether your ultimate goal is mastering - but if it is one thing to think about is that you'll end up needing one DAC to send to your analog process chain, and a second DAC to monitor your digital source so that you can do quick a/b's between them.
The Mytek is definitely a really fine unit and will definitely be a big step up from a MOTU HD192 to me. If just monitoring your workstation is the goal I think this might be your best bet in terms of price point and features.
Best regards, Steve Berson
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Steve,
At this point, monitoring my workstation is my immediate need. I don't run a "real" mastering house, just a small, but busy commercial studio. Most of my more serious projects get sent to dedicated mastering facilities but at least half of my work (demos, vanity records etc) get mastered in-house using wavelab and a decent selection of plugins. I also do a fair amount of mastering for other local producers/studios and this type of work seems to be coming more and more lately.
I really enjoy mastering and I want to be properly equipped to take on the work that I do get. Having said that, I don't have any illusions about my gear or experience, but I'm constantly learning and my clients seem to like my work.
I have just completed a major acoustic renovation to my CR and now I'm trying to get my monitor chain up to snuff. It's amazing how an accurate room brings out the shortcomings in the rest of your gear....
Good point about the second set of D/A for the analog chain. I don't doubt that at some point that will become necessary too, but as long as I'm all "in the box", two decent channels will take care of my needs.
thanks for the input, I really appreciate it...
-Z-