Difference b/w Mackie Universal Control and Digi002

[on point 305]

I would like to set up a protools environment and would like to know what the difference b/w these two are.

Thanks for all your help!

 

[vestast]

The mackie control is a DAW controller only.

http://www.mackie.com/products/mackiecontrol/index.html

The digi002 is a DAW controller as well as an audio interface, with preamps etc.

http://www.digidesign.com/

 

[bennychico11]

002 also comes with software....there is also about a $1000 difference between the two.

 

[minofifa]

do the faders on the digi002 controll the signal going into the A/D converters when you are recording like a normal analog mixer or do they control the protools software when you are mixing?

 

[on point 305]

Thats what I figured, I just couldnt understand why they would place the price so high. I guess it is leaned towards other software such as sonar and cubase.

Thanks for the replies!

 

[bennychico11]

do the faders on the digi002 controll the signal going into the A/D converters when you are recording like a normal analog mixer or do they control the protools software when you are mixing?

the 002 surface unit is just the rack unit but with a control surface. so all the faders and everything are just controlling PT. the signal going to PT is controled by the gain of the preamp or the level set in the preferences inside PT.