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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but right here, you just proved why i prefer to ask the list as opposed to sifting through thousands of useless and out of date web pages...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/