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Hi, I use a 001 system with a 9600 g3 400 mhz card with 512 ram. To get my material to sound the way I would like. I find myself mixing on a tdm system. This usually costs me a few hundred dollars. I would like to upgrade to a mix plus. What I need is at least 32 tracks with a decent amount of plugins. What exactly do I need? Do I have to use an 882 even if I have a rosetta.? How many tracks can I expect to get? I have an ibm 10,000 rpm drive for audio. Is there an alternative?

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Greg Malcangi Sun, 03/31/2002 - 06:57

Hi Keysmia,

Your IBM drive should easily provide you with more than 32 tracks, provided of course that it is dedicated for audio and is not used also as a system drive.

Whatever you are doing you will need decent EQ. As it stands at the moment for Mix+ systems that means the Sony Oxford EQ plug although it is a bit DSP hungry. Second choice would be McDSP's filterbank. Compression is another must have and I would take a close look at the Bomb Factory plugs, the 1176 is my personal favorite. Although Sony is soon to bring out a compressor plug that looks set to raise the standards much higher. If you want a good reverb your best bet is to go for a high quality outboard unit, although Digi's Reverb One plug is excellent and comes closest to providing high quality reverb from a plug. As far as other plugs are concerned that will depend largely on the type of music you are working with. I know it's pricy but if you've got to do any mastering or even pre-mastering, Waves L2 plug is wicked.

You don't have to use an 888 or 882, you could directly interface an Apogee converter or better still a Prism ADA8, depending on your budget of course. I don't believe though you can go direct in with a Rosetta to a TDM system. You could even use one of the numerous third party converters with an ADAT Bridge. Using say an RME or Cranesong converter is a method favoured by a lot of PT TDM users that don't have the budget for a really high end converter.

Lastly the number of mix farm cards you will need depends largely on the number and DSP usage of the plugs you will be using. Using a lot of Sony EQ, Reverb One and say 1176 instances will soon max out a Mix+ setup.

Greg