Digidesign Interfaces - Which Has What?!

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A short while back, the band bought a used 24 channel mixer of Allen & Heath's latest line. We thought we needed more preamps for recording, but we don't. We thought we'd do gigs that used our gear, but we haven't. The good news is I bought it at a price at or under what I could get selling it.

We need new software, and I'd been ogling Cakewalk, but the studio where I'll be going to school uses Pro Tools, and I'll be taking such wonderful classes as Pro Tools I and Pro Tools II, so maybe it'd be a good idea to use the same software to avoid compatibility and work-flow issues.

But which Digidesign interface do I get? They all look the same! I'm having a hard time finding a basic understanding of why some are so much more expensive than others.

I gathered the Mbox 2 Mini has one preamp, while the Mbox 2 and Mbox 2 Pro have two preamps, but why is one better? And apart from a couple more preamps, what does the 003 rack have that the Mbox doesn't? And what does the term "factory" mean? Is the software identical for every single interface I've mentioned so far?

And why is it so hard to find this information?!?
 
moosensquirrel said:
I gathered the Mbox 2 Mini has one preamp, while the Mbox 2 and Mbox 2 Pro have two preamps, but why is one better? And apart from a couple more preamps, what does the 003 rack have that the Mbox doesn't? And what does the term "factory" mean? Is the software identical for every single interface I've mentioned so far?
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The difference betweend MB2 and MB3 pro is the Pro can work at higher sample rates and has more digital I/O as well as phono ins. It also runs off firewire.

the 003r now has 8 preamps but is actually a 18i/o bos with line and digital inputs.

"factory" refers to it coming with a few more plugins.

Their website really is quite clear....
 
Mos affordable interface is the MBox2 with the bomb factory plugins. If you want more preamps maybe you should pick up the 003 (WHich is expensive, byt the way)
 
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