Should I buy... (Page 62 of 87)

I would be tempted to go this route as you could use the 8 outs on the MOTU for CV/Gate with something like Volta or SilentWay and still have another 16 inputs via ADAT. 

As far as recommendations, I have an RME Fireface 800 and it kicks ass.  Plenty of inputs.  2 Firewire 800 ports.  I've had mine for 4 years now without a single issue on either my iMac or MBP.

any opinions of quasimidi polymorph. I hear its good for tangerine dream style music, but im a little confused of its specs. its got 4 parts? whats the most yall would pay for one?

-A

SH-2 .... Is one oscillator of the sh-2 the same as a sh-09??? Would sell my sh-09 and go for a sh-2?

There is one up for sale in the area for 530€ but i can sell my sh-09 at around 500€

Has anyone of you got any opinions on Soundcraft Spirit Studio 8 bus? I am being offered one with 24 ch. for something less than 1000eur (maybe 850), comes with a desk and patchbay and snake multicore cable?

@mekonin

I used that mixer for a couple of years in a squat/occupied place in Florence, I can tell you that it withstanded impossible
situations... like an illegal rave with live performance under a huge tent, that with the sweat of the people started to make
condense water that dripped on the mixer... and nothing happened... )))

Seems a bit on the high range of prices, though, if it has been used in a "public" situation...
Maybe try to squeeze 100/200 euros less?

As for the sound of it... it is not bad (still Soundcraft anyways), but don't expect wonders
Could be a good choice if you want to start with something that is already out of the "amateur" range but not too expensive..

I have a Tascam 1600/24, which could be considered in the same league as that one, although I think that mine has a better EQ section - maybe a little less "warm" than the Soundcraft, but more precise. IMHO, eh? Your mileage may vary

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I have a MOTU 896HD here on loan now, I just need a cable and I'll try it out.  I'll give Silentway and this http://users.telenet.be/darffader/rv0/ a try.

How's your latency with the Fireface?, I use external effects and the "pre-delay" always bugs me a little, It'd be nice if I could get that lower.

Latency has never been issue for me with external effects, but being that most of them are spring reverbs any pre-delay gets smudged into the effect and isn't really noticeable. 

I can't tell you the exact latency values in Live as I'm stuck with a MBox2 mini right now due to space issues (basement/studio flooded a while back and I'm crammed in the dining room with a minimal setup), but if I remember correctly round-trip latency was around 12ms at with the buffer size sitting at 256 samples.

As a side note, if anyone needs to run a small Pro Tools rig, you should NOT buy an MBox2 Mini.  It sucks.

I typically use the space echo as an insert so yeah.  I guess it all depends on how you want to work.

It's entirely possible to get a lower latency than what I'm reporting as well.  I use a higher buffer size because my iMac is pretty old and gets cranky with lower settings. 

Either way, I'm sure the MOTU will make you happy.

I'm sure it will. I wish my space echo had a direct out, I used to own a Korg SE-500 that did, but I'll keep using my Boss DM-100 as my delay send.

Thanks again, Alex.
Surely I will go and try it, although it would cost me some money getting there (also I haven't yet considered the costs of transporting that huge thing all across the country). On the other hand, that rewiring is concerning me, it is supposed to have been done by pro's but what if I would want to sell it sometimes in the future (which will probably happen)? Having second thoughts right now... I will try to lower the price again, how does 700eur sound?

It is located in Belgrade, and I am not I am in Nis, which is in south of Serbia. About 250km from Belgrade.
The seller did mention that at a certain position, the fader on the first channel could make some trouble...