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+1 for acoustic treatment

+1 for better monitors

+1 for better DA converters

Josh

+1 for Logic Express 8.

Great DAW, lots of great plug-ins and the ability to upgrade to Logic Studio for $300 at a later date...

Josh

Jewish Guitar Hero wrote:i've not got an iLok. don't fancy buying one just for the demo

In that case, I'll try and download the demo tonight or tomorrow and see how it sounds against the Logic eq's... I'll try and post my findings this weekend.

Josh

Jewish Guitar Hero wrote:...do these plugins sound that much different from the eq in Logic?

You can do a free demo for the plug-ins, that should tell you exactly how they sound.

http://www.abbeyroadplugins.com/product_demos.aspx

Josh

As far as AD or DA being better. I think they are equally important, especially when you start mixing OTB or summing.

Josh

8 Channels of DA... I haven't heard them, but for $400.00...

http://www.aphex.com/141.htm

Josh

If the Chameleon fits in your budget, buy it... sounds great for the money.

Josh

My wife and I are moving to Nashville in August, we were just in town this past week while we looked for a home and my wife interviewed at 2 of the hospitals (nurse)... we're going to be living either in Green Hills or Germantown, we haven't decided which, but like both places... I'm looking for a s...

I've used one of the ISA "channel strips" for doing VO work. It was clean and didn't really color the source at all (U87 from what I remember). The ISA One looks pretty cool since it has the digital out and the balanced insert... so if you really wanted to color the recording you could use a comp or...

+2 on the RNC

I'm going to agree with Chris and Jay here... I've had my Ghost for a few months now and found out pretty quickly that slamming it into the red gives me the worst possible sound. I've never really had it work for me, I usually mix right around 0db on the main meters as well...

Josh

After I posted this I noticed the other 2 pieces of gear... I'd love if the EQ was like a 550, but I doubt it is... the site for Arsenal says that their designers had some ideas that didn't fit with the current API stuff...

Josh

I was just dreaming around the internet and saw this EQ... the linked page has sounds and what not, sounded pretty great while I was listening last night...

Cool looking too!

http://vintageking.com/New-Brands/Arsen ... -Equalizer

Josh

I would suggest broadening the search... look at the API channel strip (pre, eq, comp) and the new Rupert Neve box (pre, filter, comp)... not that I think the other pieces of gear listed aren't what you need, but (I feel) if you're going to be buying one channel strip (or several pieces of gear to a...

I can't compare the difference between the new Presonus and MOTU stuff, but I can tell you this: A good friend of mine was running a session when his Presonus interface started clicking/popping ( nothing major as it turned out later) in the middle of a session. He gave me a call and I ran my MOTU 89...