1. "Investing" in a product that will be worth less next year than it is now, and is unlikely to make one any money is an oxymoron. At least with the Digi001, most of the depreciation has already come. A new M-Audio interface, or even one a year or two old, will continue to depreciate for a while- the Digi001 is probably as cheap as it will ever get.
For $100 (less if he gets lucky or is very persistant and smart), a noob can get a interface that will support at least eight channels of input, and when he tires of it, can get most of his money back. Cheapest M-Audio product I see is the Audiophile 2496cost $75, which only processes four channels. A year later- hell, a week later, it will be worth half that.
So there you go with your "investment."
(Mental note to self: do not hire Messianic Dreams as financial advisor, even if he does claim to know the word of God...)
wow.
ok Mr. Sandy Vagina. Here's another mental note: don't take things so seriously. And however said anything about the word of God?? I wasn't rude to you, I disagreed with what you said and offered an alternative.
What I was pointing out is that the 001 is no longer supported by anything above 6.8 (I believe, or was it 6.4?). So, no PT 7, no PT 8, no nothing.
Sure, by all means, if you want to use a programme that was released in the 2nd quarter of 2004...that's what...well over 3 years old, then go for it. However, forget using any features that have come out in the past 3 years....and that's a LOT of new features. If you know anything about Pro Tools (and before you get all in a twist, I'm not, even for a second, suggesting that you don't!), then you'll know it is a VERY different beast today than it was 3 and a bit years ago.
And I think you're holding me a bit too strongly to the term "investment". Whilst I'm not expecting anything purchased to accrue in value, I certainly don't think that spending money on something which isn't supported anymore is such a brilliant idea. Much better would be to get a 2nd hand M-Audio interface surely?
Regardless of our disagreements, I think that there was no need for the tone that you used. Normally I would ignore this type of reply, but I've had a shite day.
Oh, and don't start numbering points if you're only going to use it once
like, if they work for recording, than you'd have teh front 2 inputs and back 8, so... 10. as long as you didn't mind using 14" jacks to record. or is a monitor input something els?
