There have been several threads going on around here forever about the virtues (or lack-thereof) of passing the signal through a compressor on the way into a software-based DAW (hard drive). I am not here to once again debate whether or not this is good idea, let's just say for the sake of argument in this thread, that it *is* a good idea.

Hi folks!

I have a dbx DDP rack compressor/limiter and the Waves NPP compressor. I'm interested in finding out from another point of view, if one had a choice of the 2, which one would be better? I'm setting up to lay a few backup & adlib vocal tracks as well as main vocals too. :confused:

Hello all. I am planning on buying the MOTU 828mkII to use in conjucntion w/my Power Mac G4. I've been researching what platform to run it on. What do all of you veterans think of emagic's Logic 5 Platinum? I was considering going with the Pro Tools LE 002. After doing some research on this I found you could get the same Pro Tools software with lesser Pro Tools hardware for dirt cheap.

I know the hardware has some sort of governing factor in this senario. Does the software play any part in this? :confused:

Hello everyone, this is my first post to the forum.

Just curious what verbs RO members prefer as their favorites.

Apple builds G4s with very little that's supposed to need to be upgraded. But what if you want a little more out of it? More power with stability.

Hi,

What are the benefits of using a hardware mixer
*(analog or digital) today?
As we all know, computers are getting faster and more powerful every month and can easily be used for virtual mixing, processing, mastering, etc...

With good mic preamps, good AD/DA converters, do we still need a hardware mixer?

The Hardware costs 5 times more. What does the hardwarer's got more than the input features etc.