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I must agree with RZ- starting with a search will get you far- not 7 hours of sifting IMO - the first full page of results on Google are all direct Nuendo links- and to say searching the archives is pointless is certainly not true in my experience. There is nothing wrong with asking questions- and I can understand the advice given esp. when someone mentions X product and is immediately followed by a post "where do I find out about X product" my $0.02 :) c ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Meyers" <evanmeyers@yahoo.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:29 PM Subject: last search engine comment (i swear) > i know i just ranted a bit about the search engine > comment, but right here, you just proved why i prefer > to ask the list as opposed to sifting through > thousands of useless and out of date web pages... > > a clear conscise answer that provided more useful > information to me than 7 hours digging through > searched sites...thank you! > > > --- Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com> wrote: > > At 10:22 AM -0700 4/11/02, Evan Meyers wrote: > > > > >what would a setup like that go for these days? > > > > If you mean how much it would cost to buy an older > > G4/500 and a Digi > > 001 I suggest you check out used computer brokers > > such as Shreve > > Systems for the Mac, and on-line music vendors such > > as audioMIDI.com > > for the Digi stuff. > > > > >what did it cost you when you initially set it up? > > > > About the same as it would cost for a new system > > today, only the > > computer would be faster. > > > > >and if you were setting something up now (knowing > > what you know > > >now), what would you go with as far as computer > > processing speed and > > >stuff like that? > > > > If I had the money I'd buy a dual 1.0GHz PowerMac. > > > > >where would you look to get it? > > > > Prices on new Macs don't vary that much. I usually > > buy from MacZone. > > You can do comparison shopping at > > <http://www.pricewatch.com> > > > > They list dual 1.GHz at $2899, MSRP is $2,999. > > > > >and would you try to get a system custom built for > > just these needs > > >or just get a regular G4? > > > > With Macs the idea of "custom built" is less > > prevalent than for PCs. > > You can order a custom Mac configuration from the > > Apple store, but a > > stock system is fine. PCI card installation and RAM > > upgrades are > > almost trivial and most software installation is > > totally > > straightforward. However, if you DO want a > > pre-configured system you > > can go to someone such as Wave Digital. > > > > > > The Digi 001 hardware is fine, as long as you > > don't > > >> need to record at > > >> a higher rate than 48kHz. > > > > > >why would one need to do this? > > > > You probably wouldn't, but a lot of people are > > moving up to 96kHz to > > achieve more high frequency reproduction. And even > > if they can't hear > > it, many clients will insist on working in 96kHz > > because it's > > state-of-the-art. > > > > > > >i read somewhere that the 2 front inputs are a bit > > hotter than the > > >ones on the back or at least different in sampling > > rate or something > > >like that. > > > > Same sampling rate, but because they double as mic > > and line inputs > > they do have adjustable gain. > > > > >do you run an ADAT out of your setup or just work > > with the > > >harddrives that you have? > > > > I do all my work in the computer. I did one piece > > where I needed to > > output to ADAT at the end, so I rented one for a > > day. > > > > > > >why don't you work with just the digi001 software? > > > > The MIDI features are rudimentary. Digital Performer > > started as a > > MIDI sequencer, so its MIDI functions are more > > highly developed. > > > > > > >i was under the impression that the digi001 has > > built in midi > > >applications as well as some fx plugins > > > > I haven't used the MIDI features. The plug-ins are > > OK, I guess. I > > tend to use Waves and other plug-ins instead. > > > > > > -- > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Richard Zvonar, PhD > > (818) 788-2202 > > http://www.zvonar.com > > http://RZCybernetics.com > > http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone > > > http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > >