I am looking for opinions here. I am going to give up my complex Pro-Tools
system (wayyy to powerful and COMPLICATED for my needs) and go to an
all-in-one Digital Audio Workstation. I have narrowed it to the Yamaha
AW16G, the Yamaha AW4416, or the Roland VS-2400CD. Which of these do you
think is best and why if price is no option.

I want durability, ease of use - simplicity, and capability. I want simple,
yet powerful and effective. By the time I boot up Pro Tools, get everything
set, deal with the damn latency issues, upgrade the constantly changing
software, and overcome all the little glitches here and there, I am no
longer inspired to play!!!! And I am a degreed engineer. When I am an
engineer, I want to be an engineer. But when I want to play - damn it I want
to play!

The Yamahas seem to have effects that are assignable to each individual
channel. Nice. I cannot tell if the Roland does that or not. The Yamahas,
though, only have two XLR inputs with phantom, the Roland has 8. Big plus
when playing/miking a grand piano and recording two singers at once.

Opinions, please. Via email or posted here.

Thanks,

Jimmy Lee
www.cdbaby.com/jimmylee

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I am looking for opinions here. I am going to give up my complex Pro-Tools
system (wayyy to powerful and COMPLICATED for my needs) and go to an
all-in-one Digital Audio Workstation. I have narrowed it to the Yamaha
AW16G, the Yamaha AW4416, or the Roland VS-2400CD. Which of these do you
think is best and why if price is no option.

Have you spent a little time working on either of those? I doubt that
you'll find them any less complicated than ProTools.

Have you considered an analog system, or at least an analog console
combined with a digital recorder? How many tracks to you need? Do you
want to use "plug-in" processing on an essentially unlimited number of
tracks? How many mics do you work with simultaneously?

There are many considerations, and the best way to get what you really
need is to buy the functions you need as pieces and connect them
together in a way that works for what you need to do. If you can live
with 16 tracks going into a mix, I'd suggest that you look at a
stand-alone digital multitrack recorder that has analog I/O and a
modest analog console. If you use your present ProTools system as a
mixdown recorder, you have the simplest setup for tracking, a setup
that's easy to understand when you're mixing, and a system that allows
you to edit and assemble a completed two-track project.

There are some good deals on Mackie hard disk recorders these days
(they're 24 track, but you don't HAVE to use them all), Alesis has
one, and there's a Fostex 24-track that has a couple of boosters here.
You might find that for about the price of a Yamaha or Roland
intgrated system, you can get something that's much easier for you to
use, to build on to, and get good sounds. It's not a no-brainer
decision by any means, but something to think about. Hopefully you
have a good dealer who can offer you some alternatives.


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However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

windows or mac?
If windows, you should give cool edit pro 2 a try. Much simpler and
straightforward.
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I am looking for opinions here. I am going to give up my complex Pro-Tools
system (wayyy to powerful and COMPLICATED for my needs) and go to an
all-in-one Digital Audio Workstation. I have narrowed it to the Yamaha
AW16G, the Yamaha AW4416, or the Roland VS-2400CD. Which of these do you
think is best and why if price is no option.

I want durability, ease of use - simplicity, and capability. I want
simple,
yet powerful and effective. By the time I boot up Pro Tools, get
everything
set, deal with the damn latency issues, upgrade the constantly changing
software, and overcome all the little glitches here and there, I am no
longer inspired to play!!!! And I am a degreed engineer. When I am an
engineer, I want to be an engineer. But when I want to play - damn it I
want
to play!

The Yamahas seem to have effects that are assignable to each individual
channel. Nice. I cannot tell if the Roland does that or not. The Yamahas,
though, only have two XLR inputs with phantom, the Roland has 8. Big plus
when playing/miking a grand piano and recording two singers at once.

Opinions, please. Via email or posted here.

Thanks,

Jimmy Lee
www.cdbaby.com/jimmylee