"To be clear, I was talking about the old sound craft consoles, like a 200-B or one of the old studio consoles. The pre's in those can sound very very good for the money.. The EQ's can sound REALLY REALLY Great too.Your idea about the ART units is good. The VLA's do sound nice and you can use em'' in the computer rig..."
Actually, *before* I even considered the Digimax and anything else, I was looking at grabbing a bunch of MCI channel strips. Didnt work out... and the Motu/Digimax/Furman all came racked together for a nice price, so I grabbed it.
Regarding the Cue Mix.... for windows, that doesnt work correctly with the 896, only the 896HD... so I do need a low end console for monitoring. You can only do latency free monitoring with a single stereo pair with the 896 non HD.
Wow, I'm really glad guys like the UAD so much. Cant wait to try it. After hearing the fairchild guitar demo on UA's website, I knew I had to have it. I havent heard any software compressors that can shape instrument attacks as nicely as that.
Regarding the control surface... I plan to get one eventually. I actually think it's kind of essential because I've noticed mixes come out better when people interact physically with the levels. I'll probably get one once I have everything running smooth and I start letting people rent the studio.
I'm considering dropping the Prochannels in favor of a second UAD card or some type of harmonizer/auto tuner.
Regarding the LDC... I'm picking up an AKG SolidTube I found for a nice price (450). If I dont like it, I can sell it at no loss, so whatever. I'll look into the 4047.
By the way, I have a Digimax for sale now if anyone wants it
I'm grabbing and LT for the Inserts, so I'll be dropping the 48k which I currently have.
Thanks for your guys's help so far.
- kelly