How bad can using an ATA 100 harddrive on a motherboard that only support ATA66 be? Will it cause the machine to just shutdown, when trying to play back audio tracks?
Can I fix this problem with a PCI IDE card controller that is ATA100 compatible?

I know I need to get another mobo, but right now, it aint an option, Maybe in a couple of months?

Back in '94 I owned a pretty good analog 8 track studio. I left the industry for a while and am now going to be building a new studio that I want to be as professional as possible, something to really build upon. By September, I will have about $10,000 to work with.

Is there amyone who did the comparison between monitors of the same sepcs/degree that from PMC and ADAM repectively ?

I have been searching for a "nicer" Mic Pre and compressor to use as a front end to the Digi 001. I would like to have a discrete solid state mic preamp with very little coloration to be used on a variety of source material. I have been very impressed by the FMR Audio RNC compressor and have heard a Mic Pre is in the works but I have no idea when that might be available.

I'm going to be buying 2 distressors and a FATSO in the next week or two. The dealer I normally buy stuff from doesnt carry empirical labs but told me he could sell me a pair of trakkers for $3400. I've never heard the trakkers, so that worries me a little (even though I've heard they're amazing). Either way, anyone know of any place selling this stuff for cheap...

OK - how do you do it? As this is my game here are my rules: 8 tracks of analog; rock band; DAT machine; decent mixing board with, say 16 channels; a handful of decent mics & pres and such (though I care less about specific gear and more about dealing with only 8 tracks).

I've gleaned from Greg and Nika that if the Digi interfaces are really top notch the sample rates for getting audio into PT should not make any difference.

As running sessions at 96kHz is best
for the plugin quality, it makes sense to record at 96kHz then, even though the audio sampled should sound the same at 48kHz - it saves upsampling.

Effects etc. Your opinions?

Hi folks. I'd previously looked at Fairlight stuff and thought it was pretty much too expensive for me. As it turns out possibly not.
A couple of comments on other posts here mentioned the quality of their EQ. Mostly positive. Anybody able to shed more light on this?
Also.

well gotta say thanks to all the people talking about their setups. i didnt know a god damn thing about daw's before i jumped in here and one month later i'm putting a machine up on my own.

works great so far, now all i have to do is spend the rest of my life learning about every nook and cranny of these monster programs and hardware, in other words i'll die knowing a fraction.