Even though they will have to pry my 4033 from my dead cold fingers in order to get it from me, I think you'd be better served with the 4050 in this case. It is a bit more versatile, although I have yet to find something that the 4033 doesnt sound really good on.......think of the 4050 as its big brother.

I thought as much. However the 4033 seems to be favoured for vocals by a number of people. I'd really value this but I guess if there's not much in it...

Any view on the monitors or other setup? Thanks.

Good choise of DAW builder. Peter's a dude, and extremely knowledgable. I have a very similar setup, though self built and using an Asus P5K MOBO. You'll deffop have no troubles in that regard, as Peter tests components to destruction.

I'm with Dave on the mic, though the 4033 is a superb mic.

Monitors? The HS80s are getting good coverage at the mo, though I haven't used them myself.

Monitors are a difficult choice. Grab your fave reference CDs and go try some out, is my advice. You want something really transparent and clean.

Come on all you people viewing the post - comment on it! By the way...I presume you've all seen the announcment for Pro Tools 8?...

Pro what? Never heard of it. :lol:

Ahh to be a PT newbie and actually be excited about a new release. As someone who is still happily using 6.XX and not looking to upgrade anytime soon, I kind of envy you and pity you in equal measure. I think that PT was the best way for me to start out because of the number of resources available to learn the system. But I'm planning to move to something else when (in the distant future) I go for another DAW. There are a few little features that I like better in other software. And the upgrades and hardware tie are a problem if you don't have a professional commitment to stay on up on the latest releases.

I usually don't have comments on a reasonable system like yours. It could easily serve you very well. It's hard to know without knowing your whole past and future. So when I do have comments I'm never confident they will work out. Good luck.

My only comment would be if your new at this, as I am, spend more on monitors. At the very least research the crap out of them and go listen to them. The best purchase I've made so far was spending more money on monitors. I had some M-Audio BX5a's and thought they would translate but I was wrong. It was like trying to see a mountain with only a flash light. I purchased the JBL LSR 4328 propack and some room treatment and at least I can see an outline of the mountain as if it were being lit by the moon. I think its like learning to hear all over again.

This is about the best reference I can give you with out you having to go though listening to a mix on 5 or more different sound systems only to go back and blindly make adjustments only to have another frequency or sound become glaringly exaggerated in your mix and then repeat this procedure an unimaginable amount of times.

Just my 2 cents which are US currency and only probably worth just over 1 cent now........

Guys these comments are so helpful. I'm seriously considering Logic now on a MacBook Pro.

What's the view on Logic vs Cubase? I get the impression they are both more intuative than Pro Tools, and have been advised by a friend who teachs this stuff that Logic is really on the way up. It's the primary choice for teaching now.

Also, what would I be setting myself at a disadvantage by going with a high powered MacBook Pro rather than a tower? (I presume I should get a friewire external drive in addition for use on the fly? - they have 2 firewiare ports).

If you are likely to do a lot of MIDI editing, Cubase all the way. Otherwise, they're about on par with each other. Cubase still has the best MIDI package of any DAW app, IMO, and logical edit is the single best feature in DAW land. Again, only my opinion.

hackenslash wrote: Good choise of DAW builder. Peter's a dude, and extremely knowledgable.

Hi there

Do PAQ actually build the entire DAW with the list of specs you request - i.e. motherboard, processor, memory, number of PCI/e slots and Hard Disk(s) etc?

Any clarification would be good as the website kinda looks as though they only sell the quiet cases.

Regards

LiD

They make the cases themselves as a specialist product, but also offer a service whereby they spec and build whole DAWs for you. Very quick response, good on the phone. A small company with customer focus because of it. They will build and test your DAW completely etc.

Though I haven't bought, I'm highly likely to if I go the PC route. They discuss every element of it with you. As you can see, I'm still on the fence as to PC vs Mac based on the choice of software.

If Logic then will probably be a MacBook Pro for me. If Pro Tools then the rig I set out above from PAQ.

BobbyJ wrote: They make the cases themselves as a specialist product, but also offer a service whereby they spec and build whole DAWs for you. Very quick response, good on the phone. A small company with customer focus because of it. They will build and test your DAW completely etc.

Though I haven't bought, I'm highly likely to if I go the PC route. They discuss every element of it with you. As you can see, I'm still on the fence as to PC vs Mac based on the choice of software.

If Logic then will probably be a MacBook Pro for me. If Pro Tools then the rig I set out above from PAQ.

Thank you BobbyJ

I'll definitely be looking at PAQ when I have the money in the New Year. :D

Cheers

LiD