Digidesign OO2 - thoughts

[J. Fees]

just wondered what people thought about it.


jf

[Deff Gordon]

what are your goals as a studio?

there are some dope gear heads here.

Originally Posted by J. Feez

just wondered what people thought about it.


jf

awesome. Ask Merritt specifics. He knows the shit.

[J. Fees]

i just figured it was an was the best possible mid/upgrade sound card, that you could get. Merritt its actually for Parker, i thought it would be the perfect centerpiece for a smallish studio to use with protools, or could he get by wtih just an MBox?

[Deff Gordon]

get by with a mbox. spend the money on other things. i'm not sure of his setup.. but if it's minimal- or starting out, i'd start out with something else. is he wanting pro tools? if so, then go with one of their cheaper entry level things.

[J. Fees]

Well, wouldn't the plugs be better with the digi oo2

[J. Fees]

i basically want to be able to have the djs that come in to be able to do some work when they come through.

[Deff Gordon]

i'd go with an m-audio or emagic piece and spend the money on a pimp computer (*mac ) and something like DP or Logic. you can do everything inside the computer just as nice and *for me* i dig doing my plugs-ins and eq'ing visually.

also... chances are that (and i'm totally assuming, correct me if i'm wrong) Parker really doesn't know all the in's and out's of the recording & sequencing programs. he'll need to focus on that and not some big complicated (only complicated in that it's *another* piece of gear you gotta learn) mixing/digital station. these day's it's just not needed. if he get's to tag along as dj am's new producer and is making bank.. then yea- go for it down the road. but spending $100-$300 on some other I/O vs $2K, i'd go to vegas with the saved $$$.

hope that helps. and this is my advice. the thing with studios is everybody has a hard on for a set up one way or another. just do what really makes sense. if you need a shitload of outboard inputs... just buy an analog mixer and plug into the cheaper breakaway I/O box.

[J. Fees]

word, im the one having to learn this and i have the m audio and logic on my pc, so i guess i better keep it simple.

[Deff Gordon]

that's quite an old version of logic if it's on the PC.

[J. Fees]

5.5 but it does the job, Malente still uses it and when you hear his shit youll understand. pm me your aim and i'll send you some stuff, really electro club shite would be right up your alley.

[DJ Cubano]

I love Logic to death. But I'm on 7.1.1. I remember getting some screwed up crack of 5.5 and wanting to cry. I scoot by on an M-Audio firewire 410. But when I'm in the big studio I play with the Motu MKII 828. Logic has everything you'll ever need.

[Deff Gordon]

yea- i got the 828.

[molecule]

J.Feez, mbox and Digi002 are both Le and will run the same plugs, the 002 also comes in a rack mont version for less. The new mbox is great as well, nice focusrite pre's and built in midi. ProTools 7.1.1 is unreal, instrument channels, recycle/rex file compatibility and any vst can be converted to rtas. I work on all platforms often and IMHO, PT tops all.