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Subject: Is it worth investing on digidesign and seqen
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Original Message 1/2 07-Apr-97 @ 07:30 PM - Is it worth investing on digidesign and seqen
Is it worth using hard disk recording and seqencers to record and then
master onto dat to find that your HD is full and cost is high ,
whils 8 track is still relatively cheap?.
What are the main guild lines on smpte and midi time codes anyway
master onto dat to find that your HD is full and cost is high ,
whils 8 track is still relatively cheap?.
What are the main guild lines on smpte and midi time codes anyway
Message 2/2 08-Apr-97 @ 12:56 PM - RE: Is it worth investing on digidesign and seqen
Hard disks now cost the same or less than removable
storage devices, such as the Jaz drive....
I have 6 Gb's of eide in my machine...total cost= (I#(J470....
I back up when necessary to ordinary dat,
via a S/PDIF card....after all,
for most dance tracks, there is very little audio....
All the audio parts will be short sample loops etc...
maybe a full vocal for RAP, R'n'B or Garage...
but these vocal parts can simply be archived to DAT via
S/PDIF...then, in a programme such as cubase,
or cakewalk, if you decide in the future to re-mix it,
simply reload the midifile, and paste in the
vocal, after copying it over from DAT...
this is a sensible and very cheap solution,
and utilises your standard DAT machine !.....
So by purchasing a n S/PDIF card, you get digital
transfer, as well as archiving, for less than the cost
of a 1 GB storage device...!!
I would urge strongly to hold off purchase descisions
until further into this year, as there will be many PC
multi-out cards released this year, after which,
pro-tools, whilst still a viable pro quality hardware,
will seem very overpriced....also, really and truthfully,
the term "Pro" quality is irrelevent,
may times, I have had home masters accepted
over "pro" studio versions by record companies....
it's about using the tools to get the best sound
....pro-tools is NOT going to make a better dance track
...end of story !!
As far as smpte & midi time code is concerned,
when using the software recommended here, these units are
superfluous.....however, should you absolutely require
mtc, all of the softwares listed here read & send it
anyway, so no need for a unit to do it....
If you are using a hardware machine, here's a story....
There's a studio where we rehearse, and they have recently
fitted it out with 3 Fostex hard disk units....the other
day,
the master unit mysteriously deleted a load of tracks,
and copied parts over to the other machine....
this fucked up the whole multi-track...so
there may be unreliablity with these units...remember, with units
such as the Fostex & Roland's, you are forced to prat about with piddling little LCD screens,
whereas with H/D on a PC, it's all on screen in glorious technicolour !!
As for tape based stuff.....cool....there's nothing wrong with it...
all you need, is a cheap smpte to mtc unit such as J L Cooper, or XRI Systems...
simply stripe the tape, then sync it up to the sequencer...
it's a good system, but hard disk is faster, and more creative....
For dance music, it's the best option....
try reading into this site more,...all the info is here
if you look.!!
storage devices, such as the Jaz drive....
I have 6 Gb's of eide in my machine...total cost= (I#(J470....
I back up when necessary to ordinary dat,
via a S/PDIF card....after all,
for most dance tracks, there is very little audio....
All the audio parts will be short sample loops etc...
maybe a full vocal for RAP, R'n'B or Garage...
but these vocal parts can simply be archived to DAT via
S/PDIF...then, in a programme such as cubase,
or cakewalk, if you decide in the future to re-mix it,
simply reload the midifile, and paste in the
vocal, after copying it over from DAT...
this is a sensible and very cheap solution,
and utilises your standard DAT machine !.....
So by purchasing a n S/PDIF card, you get digital
transfer, as well as archiving, for less than the cost
of a 1 GB storage device...!!
I would urge strongly to hold off purchase descisions
until further into this year, as there will be many PC
multi-out cards released this year, after which,
pro-tools, whilst still a viable pro quality hardware,
will seem very overpriced....also, really and truthfully,
the term "Pro" quality is irrelevent,
may times, I have had home masters accepted
over "pro" studio versions by record companies....
it's about using the tools to get the best sound
....pro-tools is NOT going to make a better dance track
...end of story !!
As far as smpte & midi time code is concerned,
when using the software recommended here, these units are
superfluous.....however, should you absolutely require
mtc, all of the softwares listed here read & send it
anyway, so no need for a unit to do it....
If you are using a hardware machine, here's a story....
There's a studio where we rehearse, and they have recently
fitted it out with 3 Fostex hard disk units....the other
day,
the master unit mysteriously deleted a load of tracks,
and copied parts over to the other machine....
this fucked up the whole multi-track...so
there may be unreliablity with these units...remember, with units
such as the Fostex & Roland's, you are forced to prat about with piddling little LCD screens,
whereas with H/D on a PC, it's all on screen in glorious technicolour !!
As for tape based stuff.....cool....there's nothing wrong with it...
all you need, is a cheap smpte to mtc unit such as J L Cooper, or XRI Systems...
simply stripe the tape, then sync it up to the sequencer...
it's a good system, but hard disk is faster, and more creative....
For dance music, it's the best option....
try reading into this site more,...all the info is here
if you look.!!
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