Digi 001 Pro Tool Setup. I need help

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I'm researching the Digi 001 to buy for my home studio. Whenever I see pictures of it I see the two inputs on the front, but I know that there are many more inputs on the back even though they never show them. How mant inputs are there on the back. I want to be able to input at least 4 XLR jack microphones but I think that all the inputs on the back are 1/4. Can anyone who knows about the Digi 001 tell me how these inputs work and how many tracks I can record at the same time. How can I input many XLR Jacks into the system. Do I need a mic preamp with XLR jacks. What kind of mic preamp do I need. How would that work so I could record at least 4 XLR jack microphones onto different tracks at the same time. If any of my questions need clarification please tell me and I will try to rephrase. Thanks,
Eric
 
try this one here.

there are 2 microphone pre-amps included with the Digi001, the rest is balanced jack and ADAT optical. So to answer your question: you can record up to 16 channels, but 2 mikes, 6 line-devices and 8 through ADAT.
If you would buy a small mixing board (Mackie, Behringer,...) or (more expensive) some stand-alone preamps (Art, FMRAudio, Avalon :cool: ,...) you could add microphone inputs.

BTW: a microphone connection is called XLR, a 1/4 connection is a jack, so no XLR jacks, that makes things complicated.


Herwig
 
Thanks DeadPoet. Two more questions

Thank you for clearing up my questions. You've been a huge help. Two questions: Mixing boards are less expensive than stand alone pre-amps? where can I find a small mixing board?
Again, thank you,
Eric
 
mixing boards cheaper then pre-amps ??

Yes and no, a mixing board always contains multiple microphone preamps, so you get more pre-amps for your dollar when compared to a stand-alone pre.
On the other side is the quality of a dedicated pre mostly better, because it's built just for that.

My opinion is to buy a small mixer, which you can use for mixing more than 8 sources (when needed) and for eg. live applications.
Small boards (8 channels) shouldn't cost you more than $250 for starters. As for where specifically you could find one, search the net, your local store... depends on where you live.


Herwig
 
actually with the digi 001 you can get 18 channels of i/o....

8 channels of analog
8 channels of adat
2 channels of spdif

yes the adat and spdif work at the same time (some sound cards don't)

as for the preamps, it depends on you budget. with the digi 001 I'd kinda avoid the mixer. the reason why is because most inexpensive mixers (worth buying) don't have direct outs, or enough routing options to keep the channels seperate when sending to "tape", so you have to sub mix stuff and that just sucks.

the mackie 1604 or the 1640 are cool but the cheaper of the 2 is like 899. if those are the prices you're looking at, go with the digimax. it's an 8 channel mic preamp with seperate limiters on each channel into a nice a/d converter to adat light pipe. the converters on it are better than digis and in my opinion the preamps are much better than the mackie vlzs. they also sell the digimax lt which doesn't have the limiters and it's like 799. musician's friend has a refurb one for 599. that is a STEAL.

so yeah if you get a digimax and digi 001, that alone gives you 10 channels of mic preamps (what you need for the xlr interfaces), and than another 6 channels of analog inputs w/ line level and 2 channels of spdif if you need them. you can avoid cable routing problems with the mixer also.
 
Executivos said:
the reason why is because most inexpensive mixers (worth buying) don't have direct outs, or enough routing options to keep the channels seperate when sending to "tape", so you have to sub mix stuff and that just sucks.

That's not really true. The mackie 1202 and spirit M4 allow you to send out individual channels on the inserts.
 
cable halfway in? thats always another way around it but then you don't get the q
 
cable halfway in? thats always another way around it. it bypasses the eq right?
 
behringer mx2642a will give you 8 mic pres with faders,eq,inserts and direct outs amongst other options.

also gives you the option of returning the mains output to a group in the mixer,, and being able to real time monitor other musicians who may be playing along or whatever by runnin them into the spare mixer channels and routing directly to your new output bus

granted the b word is "cheap and nasty" but it served me well for a brave while.
 
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