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[dinodrew]

Hi...my name is Drew, new to forums. how are ya?

I am wrapping up construction of my basement studio, and ready to buy equipment. I am going back and forth between two solutions (below). Here are any conditions that will help in your giving of advice:
1) I have an AW4416 that I am selling to cover costs of a PC-based DAW.
2) I already have quality mics, only one good two channel pre-amp.
3) I have used Cool-edit in the past for mastering after recording with my MD8 (since given to little brother)
4) I have a P4 3.0, 1 GB RAM, 30GB EIDE, 120 GB SATA, w/ an Audigy.

Here are my choices:
1) Digi 002 w/Control Surface
2) Mackie Uni., some kind of Firewire interface (8 ch) and Adobe Audition

I may eventually bring in other bands, will the Adobe limit where the recordings can be edited as Digi owns the market?
Can I add input channels through a firewire-interface with the Digi 002?

Thanks for your help!
drew

 

[manning1]

here would be my recommendation for high quality audio.
if you already have cool edit multitracking ie the PRO version your good to go on a p4. i would look at rme or delta or lynx sound solutions. good quality convertors. if you need multitrack software i use powertracks. pgmusic.com.
its superb. talk to forum users at pg if you think i'm lying.
i dont use control surfaces. i dont like proprietary technology for two reasons. one of which is getting future service as ive been burnt in the past.
the other being how quickly tech becomes obsolete.