Tim Brown
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I wasn't sure where this should go, but I figured this is as good as any.
Why do companies feel the need to try to make "Swiss Army Knife" products?
What am I talking about?
Specifically, Analog to Digital Firewire Interfaces.
The only one on the market that really seems to make much sense to me, is the MOTU 24 I/O.
It's 24-channels in and out on 1/4" Line level Jacks.
THAT'S IT. No AES/EBU, no S/PDIF, No Lightpipe, no TDIF.
My question is - why can't more companies follow this lead? I don't want to use their shitty built in Mic Pre's. I have no use for these other types of "inputs". The worst is Digi/ProTools. the 192io has everything under the sun on it - except 16 channels of 1/4" line input. The 96io does have the 16 channels in and out from analog - but it won't do the full 192 - not that I'm going to go ProTools - I'm most likely going to go with Nuendo. I've thought about Logic - but I know to people using Nuendo and they have both utterly raved about it - plus it does have some comps to PT, so I could record here, and mix in a pro studio if need be.
Or another pet peeve of mine - Presonus makes an 8 channel unit that is CLOSE to what I'm looking for in the Firepod, and what do they do?
They put the Inputs on the FRONT of the unit.
For God's Sakes, this is a studio unit - nobody wants to actually see mic cables routed all over the place in the control room!
Tim
Why do companies feel the need to try to make "Swiss Army Knife" products?
What am I talking about?
Specifically, Analog to Digital Firewire Interfaces.
The only one on the market that really seems to make much sense to me, is the MOTU 24 I/O.
It's 24-channels in and out on 1/4" Line level Jacks.
THAT'S IT. No AES/EBU, no S/PDIF, No Lightpipe, no TDIF.
My question is - why can't more companies follow this lead? I don't want to use their shitty built in Mic Pre's. I have no use for these other types of "inputs". The worst is Digi/ProTools. the 192io has everything under the sun on it - except 16 channels of 1/4" line input. The 96io does have the 16 channels in and out from analog - but it won't do the full 192 - not that I'm going to go ProTools - I'm most likely going to go with Nuendo. I've thought about Logic - but I know to people using Nuendo and they have both utterly raved about it - plus it does have some comps to PT, so I could record here, and mix in a pro studio if need be.
Or another pet peeve of mine - Presonus makes an 8 channel unit that is CLOSE to what I'm looking for in the Firepod, and what do they do?
They put the Inputs on the FRONT of the unit.
For God's Sakes, this is a studio unit - nobody wants to actually see mic cables routed all over the place in the control room!
Tim