Randall Shawver
September 12th 04, 06:27 AM
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
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