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Pro Tools HD Accel 192 I/O converter quality?
Hi, all. I was hoping those with experience using Pro Tools could answer a few questions for me.I have extensive experience with recording in both analog and digital production environments, but i have little experience with pro tools. A friend of mine is going to invest about 50k to equip a recording studio.The studio is already built with a control room , live room, and vocal booth.He has his mind made up on going all digital and with using pro tools. I used pro tools mix plus a few times, and didnt really like the sound of the converters. We have Avalon and Focusrite preamps. Neumann, Shure, Royer, and Sennheiser mics. Most of the music will be done using Tritons, Karmas, and other keyboards, modules and soft synths. We mainly record mono vocal tracks, but occasionally will need to bring in 8 tracks at a time. I believe we have good gear to capture vocals, but wanted opinions on the sound of HD3 accel's converters. How would you compare the new 192 I/O's sound to the 888? Would it be better to get outboard converters, or would our front end gear make up for any shortcomings that may exist in the 192 I/O? Any tips on gear to add that will enhance the front end we already have? Opinions on the quality of TDM plugins? One thing we dont have is outboard effect units.Will TDM effects approach the level of quality we could get from outboard gear like Lexicon, TC or Eventide? All opinions would be appreciated. Thank you Randall |
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"Randall Shawver" wrote in message
... How would you compare the new 192 I/O's sound to the 888? Vastly better. 500% better. The new ones are pretty decent convertors, IMO - the 888's I didn't like at all the couple times I used them. -- Neil Henderson Saqqara Records http://www.saqqararecords.com |
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The 888's are ****...
The 192's are allot better but still have a long way to go... If you got the snaps get better converters.... -- Steven Sena XS Sound Recording www.xssound.com "Randall Shawver" wrote in message ... Hi, all. I was hoping those with experience using Pro Tools could answer a few questions for me.I have extensive experience with recording in both analog and digital production environments, but i have little experience with pro tools. A friend of mine is going to invest about 50k to equip a recording studio.The studio is already built with a control room , live room, and vocal booth.He has his mind made up on going all digital and with using pro tools. I used pro tools mix plus a few times, and didnt really like the sound of the converters. We have Avalon and Focusrite preamps. Neumann, Shure, Royer, and Sennheiser mics. Most of the music will be done using Tritons, Karmas, and other keyboards, modules and soft synths. We mainly record mono vocal tracks, but occasionally will need to bring in 8 tracks at a time. I believe we have good gear to capture vocals, but wanted opinions on the sound of HD3 accel's converters. How would you compare the new 192 I/O's sound to the 888? Would it be better to get outboard converters, or would our front end gear make up for any shortcomings that may exist in the 192 I/O? Any tips on gear to add that will enhance the front end we already have? Opinions on the quality of TDM plugins? One thing we dont have is outboard effect units.Will TDM effects approach the level of quality we could get from outboard gear like Lexicon, TC or Eventide? All opinions would be appreciated. Thank you Randall |
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The 888's are ****...
The 192's are allot better but still have a long way to go... If you got the snaps get better converters.... If the converters in the 192 are the weakest link in your chain, you already have so much invested in studio gear and buildout that you're either succesful enough or rich enough to afford better. Joe Egan EMP Colchester, VT www.eganmedia.com |
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