Protools Digi002 or MOTU HD192 Digital performer??

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:51 am

I cannot afford to get ProTools HD, I need at least 24 analog out in order to mix outside the box on analog mixer and using outboard gear

so my question is, is MOTU HD as good or nearly as good as PTHD? or at least is it way better thatn using a Digi002????

Thank u so much!!!

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:15 am

Despite its price and its following, I'm not a fan of the sonic qualities of the DigiDesign HD I/O, and you won't get that number of channels out of a Digi002R!

The MOTU HD192 is probably fine. For myself, when the contract specifies mixdown on an analogue desk and/or use of particular outboard gear, I use one of my Alesis HD24XRs as an ADAT-analogue interface. You could do worse than consider that route. It's very cost-competitive, even factoring in the need for a PC interface card with 3xADAT ports, and matches anything else I have heard in the price range for conversion quality.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:01 pm

thank u very much Boswell, the thing is that as I already use Protools LE with the Digi002, what I plan to do is transfer the session to mix, to DP and use the HD192 as multitrack outputs... is not that xpensive, I think

talking about alesis, would you recomend the Masterlink 9600 as a mixdown recorder?? like if it was a half inch tape of some sort???

thank u

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:41 am

I'm not in a position to recommend the Masterlink 9600 as I've never used one. There could well be a reason for that.

I had assumed you would be re-digitizing your mixer outputs with the PT rig. Doing this would give you more options for generating mix files to send to your mastering house than using a dedicated 2-channel recorder.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:12 am

yup, that's what I've been doing actually, recording the mixdown in a stereo track in the same session, but I don't know, I feel like I'm missing something

thank you for your advise, I apreciate it alot!!!

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