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dogn4u
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Hello recordists: I'm making some serious changes in my studio and wanted to ask some advice. For years now, I've been running various iterations of Cakewalk SONAR. For the past 4-5 years, I've been using a Tascam FW-1884 as my mixer/breakout box. Sadly, I would not recommend this unit to anyone. It has been klunky, kludgey, and plain old "krappy" - and if any of you have had the poor fortune to attempt to deal with TASCAM's "customer service", you are aware of the new ground they have broken in incompetence and negligence. I honestly feel that their attitude is "take the money and fuck 'em". I certainly feel screwed. But, due to lack of funds to try a different box, the 1884 has had to do. I will never buy another TASCAM item.
Enough bitching, though. It's a brand new day and I'm moving forward. I'm buying a new 17" MacBook Pro and a DigiDesign 003 Rack Factory rack box that includes Pro Tools software and a shite-load of Plug-ins, including some by Bomb Factory and Joe Meek. Here's what I'm wondering: I plan to do some live recording at bars and coffee houses etc. I understand that PT will run on PCs now as well as the standard Macs. I like to record at 24-bit word length/48 KHz sampling. Will I be able to track in the field on my MacBook, then bring the files home and transfer them to my PC desktop for mixing, dsp, and mastering? I have a pci card on my home PC that I use for FX and mixing (a UAD-1). These fx are so good that I would put them up against any hardware FX available, and I want to keep using them. Would this work? I know there's an express (pcie) slot in the 17" Mac, but I'm trying to save the $500, as the damn laptop is costing me almost $3K already. Should I be able to oull this off?
Thanks,
Rudi
ps - one more quickie: Apple offers an option to upgrade from a 2.8 MHz processor to a 3.06 MHz for $270. Is this worth the extra cash?
Enough bitching, though. It's a brand new day and I'm moving forward. I'm buying a new 17" MacBook Pro and a DigiDesign 003 Rack Factory rack box that includes Pro Tools software and a shite-load of Plug-ins, including some by Bomb Factory and Joe Meek. Here's what I'm wondering: I plan to do some live recording at bars and coffee houses etc. I understand that PT will run on PCs now as well as the standard Macs. I like to record at 24-bit word length/48 KHz sampling. Will I be able to track in the field on my MacBook, then bring the files home and transfer them to my PC desktop for mixing, dsp, and mastering? I have a pci card on my home PC that I use for FX and mixing (a UAD-1). These fx are so good that I would put them up against any hardware FX available, and I want to keep using them. Would this work? I know there's an express (pcie) slot in the 17" Mac, but I'm trying to save the $500, as the damn laptop is costing me almost $3K already. Should I be able to oull this off?
Thanks,
Rudi
ps - one more quickie: Apple offers an option to upgrade from a 2.8 MHz processor to a 3.06 MHz for $270. Is this worth the extra cash?
