ok i am the anonomus coward above (just got a/. uN)(olp647@excite.com)
I agree that a REAL protools system, shit doesnet even START at $10K however, (i know i work on one daily) In real life however the Digidesign 001 is good, simply becasue of the fact that you can work with it just about anywehre, in almost any computer. with few exceptions (within reason and *nix too), and once you have worekd as far as you can, you can take it to a REAL studio, without losing any sonic quality,
and abot the pre-amps, if you spend 500$ on a preamp, unless you are a REAL studio you are wasting your money, rarely is every channel going thorugh a 500$ preamp, it just doesnt make sense. and i have heard the ones in the 001 and they sound good, but rember you are only spending $1000 on what amounts to a "crippled" DAW worstation.
one thing to consider in all of this with HDR's and DAW's is that you are starting to use ALLOT of Hd space, and if you are serious about it Glyph Tech makes a great one that matches the 001 called the Project X but thats another 500$, (or you could just buy "generic" scsi/firewire external hard drive)
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ok i am the anonomus coward above (just got a /. uN)(olp647@excite.com)
I agree that a REAL protools system, shit doesnet even START at $10K however, (i know i work on one daily) In real life however the Digidesign 001 is good, simply becasue of the fact that you can work with it just about anywehre, in almost any computer. with few exceptions (within reason and *nix too), and once you have worekd as far as you can, you can take it to a REAL studio, without losing any sonic quality,
and abot the pre-amps, if you spend 500$ on a preamp, unless you are a REAL studio you are wasting your money, rarely is every channel going thorugh a 500$ preamp, it just doesnt make sense. and i have heard the ones in the 001 and they sound good, but rember you are only spending $1000 on what amounts to a "crippled" DAW worstation.
one thing to consider in all of this with HDR's and DAW's is that you are starting to use ALLOT of Hd space, and if you are serious about it Glyph Tech makes a great one that matches the 001 called the Project X but thats another 500$, (or you could just buy "generic" scsi/firewire external hard drive)