pisces7378
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My main concern is music for post production (i.e. 5.1 surround). Admittedly I do about 90% normal audio, recording bands's (Singles, LPs, EPs, and the ocassional Demo), and only about 10% music for post. But I am really trying to get my studio up for being a real post production house. This is why I was/am THRILLED about eMagic's new version 6 of Logic Audio Platinum with the new attention to Post Productions features.
Now, Yamaha advertises the 02R96 heavily in the "Great for post" sense. Mackie has begun to talk about surround sound etc. with this new version of the software, but I just get the feeling that the d8b is on it's way out or being Mackie's flagship digital mixer. I know that the d8b is only 3 or 4 years old... but at the rate digital audio is moving it is like being 30 or 40 years old.
The industry seems to be stabilizing itself finally at a 24-bit 96kHz resolution. Software Samplers are pretty much taking over hardware and the only out board hardware still out there are these wonderful Pre-amps (i.e. Avalon and Focusrite), EQs compressor/limiters, and reverb units.
Now a digital mixer seems to me to be in the grey area. Since the software (i.e. Logic Audio) already has software plug ins, and there are VERY cheap controllers (i.e. Logic Control), and the software can handlee 5.1 surround sound capabilities, I don't know why anyone would go for a d8b or a Yamaha 02R96 instead of getting some REALLY SWEET pre-amps (Focusrite)... just use them along with something like the MOTU 24I/O to record 24 simultanious channels of analog I/O, and then buy a Logic Controller plus two XT units so you can mix inside the software, and save yourself around $3,000. (Hell you could get a pair of AKG drum overheads, a D112 kick drum mic, a good high hat mic and all the tom mics you would need.)
Why would anyone use a digital mixer with software doing all the things software does these days?
Now, Yamaha advertises the 02R96 heavily in the "Great for post" sense. Mackie has begun to talk about surround sound etc. with this new version of the software, but I just get the feeling that the d8b is on it's way out or being Mackie's flagship digital mixer. I know that the d8b is only 3 or 4 years old... but at the rate digital audio is moving it is like being 30 or 40 years old.
The industry seems to be stabilizing itself finally at a 24-bit 96kHz resolution. Software Samplers are pretty much taking over hardware and the only out board hardware still out there are these wonderful Pre-amps (i.e. Avalon and Focusrite), EQs compressor/limiters, and reverb units.
Now a digital mixer seems to me to be in the grey area. Since the software (i.e. Logic Audio) already has software plug ins, and there are VERY cheap controllers (i.e. Logic Control), and the software can handlee 5.1 surround sound capabilities, I don't know why anyone would go for a d8b or a Yamaha 02R96 instead of getting some REALLY SWEET pre-amps (Focusrite)... just use them along with something like the MOTU 24I/O to record 24 simultanious channels of analog I/O, and then buy a Logic Controller plus two XT units so you can mix inside the software, and save yourself around $3,000. (Hell you could get a pair of AKG drum overheads, a D112 kick drum mic, a good high hat mic and all the tom mics you would need.)
Why would anyone use a digital mixer with software doing all the things software does these days?