How good is Digidesign's Digi 001

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I have the opportunity to get a digidesign Digi 001 for a very reasonable price, but I don't know a whole lot about them. Are they any good? What kinds of quirks do they have or is it total trash, really great?
 
It all depends. If you're going to use Pro Tools then it's a good choice, but if you're going with other software, then I suggest take a look at RME or Motu stuff. The 001 converters aren't that good and the next step up in the Digidesign product line is about 10K. But you can always buy external converters and just use 001 to transfer it to your system? Are you on Mac or PC? If PC then I would look at something else.
 
Next step up can be had for about $2000 if you try hard enough. Its a nice system for a small recording setup. Order the video off the site, it'll make you want it.... supposedly the digi001 can have up to 16 inputs.
 
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The Digi001 has/is served/serving my small studio needs very well. 8 channels of analog IO are great, and you can get another 8 channels of Digital IO with an external A/D/A converter.

I would also say that ProTools is the simplest, most intuitive, and most powerful DAW SW I have used. (Also tried Cubase VST and Cakewalk ProAudio) Download the free evaluation version of PT and see if you like it. (It will limit you to 2 channels of IO and 8 tracks of audio, but it works with any sound card. If you like PTFree, By all means get the Digio001.
 
I have to agree with tdowning; ProTools software is defenatly eaiser to learn and use. The editing functions are great, you get a lot of useful tools. I say get the free copy of the Digi 001 video, because you will learn A Lot of what this stuff can do. Download the ProTools FREE from their site while your at it. The only thing I don't like about PT is that it uses a lot of RAM memory. More then any of software that I know of.


Digidesign's Site: Find the Video, get the trial version.
 
IMHO, the A/D converters are as good or better than anything else in that price range. The on-board mic preamps seem to be the downside, most say that they are somewhat sterile and cold. That seems to be the case with most of the digital stuff in this range. If your using stand alone mic preamps it's not an issue. As for ProTools, I love the ease of use and editing functionality. The downside is how much the RTAS plugins will run you should you want to expand beyond the effects that come with LE.
 
Yes the plug-ins. ProTools LE software doesn't even come with reverb. You can buy "D-Verb", ProTools own reverb, for $50. I wish ProTools would come with at least 4 more plug-ins, (reverb, chorus, tape emulator, and flanger), because they can be very, very expensive if you buy them.
 
white_noise said:
The on-board mic preamps seem to be the downside, most say that they are somewhat sterile and cold.
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Please help me out here, can you define "Sterile and Cold"

I am not a golden ears type, so can you please help me out here and give me a more scientific definition?
 
What I ment by that was the digi 001 has two onboard mic preamps. These preamps to some ears lack warmth.

Warmth, IMO is a very full sound, slightly compressed with more emphasis on the lower mid-range with a smoother less edgy highs.
 
A "warm" sounding preamp will sound "full"/ "smooth" . A "cold" sounding preamp sounds "brittle" , "thin", "irritating".
 
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