Which has better preamps?

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Which has the better preamps?

Mackie Onyx Mixers

or

Digidesign 003 interface?


And why?
 
Those product's main features are really different. Since the reality is that one inexpensive mic pre is about the same as any other, I'd use other features to make a decision between these two.
 
yeah, i know that their main features are way different and I understand that these are not necessarily comparable products.

My question still stands though:

Which has better preamps (for recording in ProTools)?


And yes, I do realize that an Onyx with firewire cannot interface with ProTools. I swear I know what I'm doing, at least in this respect.



And if the above question is really that off-base, then here is my backup question:

Are the preamps on the Digi 003 (circle one)...

Crap / Mostly Crap / OK / Better than Average / Great


Thanks
 
They're OK. Now stop quibbling and go make some noise.
 
i'm guessing not too many people have a 003, but i'm also guessing the preamps are the same as the 002. this one just has some extra features.

i've used 002 preamps, and not been impressed. my 400f's are quite clear though.
 
The 002's pres are different from the 003's so...go listen to them.

Shurely there is a GC or something close to A/B them.
 
joe mama said:
And yes, I do realize that an Onyx with firewire cannot interface with ProTools. I swear I know what I'm doing, at least in this respect.
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Really?

I always assumed that since the 002(and now the 003) have 2 firewire in's/outs, that you could use external firewire based a/d's and d/a's with them.

does anyone know for sure if you can or can't use the extra firewire in/out for an external firewire a/d convertor?
 
i *think* the extra firewire ports are for daisy-chaining 002/003's together rather than hooking up external units
 
interesting. oh well, I've always intended to get an extra 8 tracks of a/d and use the lightpipe input anyway.
 
Ironklad Audio said:
i *think* the extra firewire ports are for daisy-chaining 002/003's together rather than hooking up external units
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you CAN'T daisychain 002s or 003s... its Digidesigns way of making you upgrade to an HD rig. or else a lot of people would probably buy a few 002s for cheaper than an HD rig and have just as many inputs
 
eh...glad i put the *'s around think on that one

cause i know the onyx mixers CAN be daisychained...
 
Foo-bu said:
you CAN'T daisychain 002s or 003s... its Digidesigns way of making you upgrade to an HD rig. or else a lot of people would probably buy a few 002s for cheaper than an HD rig and have just as many inputs
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oh hey consumer...you can afford $2000 of our equipment...why not make it $10,000 instead??
 
joe mama said:
Which has the better preamps?

Mackie Onyx Mixers

or

Digidesign 003 interface?


And why?
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You do realise that at this point there are probably only a handful of people on the planet that have heard and used both extensively enough to give an accurate opinion. If I had to guess though, I'd say the end result would probably be pretty close to the same either way.
 
No I did not realize that, and thank you for your insight. Really, I don't mean that sarcastically; thank you.
 
Foo-bu said:
you CAN'T daisychain 002s or 003s... its Digidesigns way of making you upgrade to an HD rig. or else a lot of people would probably buy a few 002s for cheaper than an HD rig and have just as many inputs
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what's the second firewire in/out for then?
 
perhaps other firewire hardware.

like if you want to transfer files off of your ext hard drive that uses firewire, or some other device.

easy access, and you don't have to unplug the 003 and plug another cable in..yada yada.

the 003 would probably be the most stationary firewire device, so they assume you want it always plugged in
 
I realised that was probably what it was for right after I posted.
 
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