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DMB_fan_87 · Unread post by **DMB_fan_87** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:19 pm

wut about the digi001?....i dunno if any of u know this....but wuts the differences between that and the mbox?

DMB_fan_87 · Unread post by **DMB_fan_87** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:21 pm

oh yeah....and with a mixer...would i just use the outputs of that and plug that into the mbox for recording everything in the mixer as one track?

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:23 pm

DMB_fan_87 wrote:wut about the digi001?....i dunno if any of u know this....but wuts the differences between that and the mbox?

The digi001 is pci-based (and thus requires a desktop and is not very portable), though is very cool. It has 6 inputs, including 2 with Focusrite mic preamps. Same software. Also very cool, but I myself don't need it and therefore don't want to spend the extra money.

DMB_fan_87 wrote:oh yeah....and with a mixer...would i just use the outputs of that and plug that into the mbox for recording everything in the mixer as one track?

Yes.

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:24 pm

Don't use it, but I know some about it. It gives you way more features, and it could easily handle the 5 mic input you're talking about for your drums. I think it can do up to 8 standard analog tracks at a time...

Also the quality will be even better than with the mbox as the hardware is better, speeds are faster, and it includes a PCI card for your computer.

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:25 pm

If you've got the cash to spend and want a top of the line portable system, go with the digi002.

DMB_fan_87 · Unread post by **DMB_fan_87** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:25 pm

i think for the money....the mbox is the way to go....portable....good quality...i can still use a mixer to get the amount of inputs i need.....is the mbox the way to go?

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:27 pm

All I can say is that as soon as I get the cash, I'm getting one of the new Mac 12'' titanium notebooks along with an mbox...

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:28 pm

ticohans wrote:Also the quality will be even better than with the mbox as the hardware is better, speeds are faster, and it includes a PCI card for your computer.

Ummm... I'm not sure about that. Hardware better (I think it's the same hardware, just more of it), speeds are faster (since the mbox is only transmitting two tracks at a time, the bandwidth limits of usb do not slow it down).

The digi001 will probably work for your application. I agree that the digi002 is the shit (firewire baby!).

DMB_fan_87 · Unread post by **DMB_fan_87** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:28 pm

thats the next thing to do...convince parents that mac is not wack....haha....i want a titanium power book soooo bad

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:29 pm

ticohans wrote:All I can say is that as soon as I get the cash, I'm getting one of the new Mac 12'' titanium notebooks along with an mbox...

I'm getting the 17" very soon.

/me drools thinking about it...

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:29 pm

DMB_fan_87 wrote:thats the next thing to do...convince parents that mac is not wack....haha....i want a titanium power book soooo bad

That's your easiest job

... let them use a mac for 5 minutes, they'll be hooked.

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:29 pm

I guess what I mean by saying that the hardware is better is that you can do more stuff at the same time. I do think that transfer rates will be better and the degradation of sound less though, as you have that dedicated pci card installed, manufactured by the digidesign folks...

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:30 pm

Wish I had the cash for one of the 17". Those things are ABSURD!

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:31 pm

ticohans wrote:I guess what I mean by saying that the hardware is better is that you can do more stuff at the same time. I do think that transfer rates will be better and the degradation of sound less though, as you have that dedicated pci card installed, manufactured by the digidesign folks...

Well, the transfer rates are the same for both the mbox and the digi001, since they're both realtime (and the usb does not slow the mbox down). There should be no (at least VERY little) degradation with either, even with USB as it is a completely digital transportation medium.

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:32 pm

I got ya' covered... TASCAM 788 DIGITAL PORTASTUDIO; like the BR-8, but you can record (as the ad says), "6 simultaneous tracks of great sounding 24-bit uncompressed digital audioonto an internal hard disk"!!!

here is one link i found

http://www.musiciansbuy.com/tascam_788_portastudio.htm

It has what you are looking for doesn't it?

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