 Apogee Mini-me & others, Pros & Cons |
  Tue 19 Nov 2002, 18:10
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DigitMus said:
QUOTE Just got a MiniMe and it absolutely blows the 828 out of the water!! 2 phenomenal mic preamps, limiting, compression (you can even tweak the ratios by opening the top of the box!) famous Apogee A-D conversion (+UV22) 96khz operation, and you can even use different sample rates/bit depths SIMULTANEOUSLY (i.e. 96/24 from SPDIF & AES/EBU, and 44.1/16 via USB). For me, the 828 is now an expensive doorstop. Scott Holli answered: QUOTE mini-me sounds very cool fidelity wise, how much do they go for roughly? I could look on the web site but what kind of outs does it have, also what is the driver system? I think I speak for everyone but please let us know how you get on DigitMus , now and as an ongoing concern. Maybe this warrants a new forum! I for one would love to follow it's progress. Holli xxx Teiwaz answered: QUOTE DigitMus, Great to hear a fellow Apogee user talkin' loud! I LOVE my AD-8000...Apogee rule, man! Maybe we should open a new thread on the subject of the extremely exciting Apogee guys and their products... :D And now for the rest... ;-) Bye. |
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Sat 30 Nov 2002, 14:00
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Teiwaz, you say "Digi's Mbox is not such a professional sounding unit (it's decidedly semi-pro), near zero latency or not, and it simply can't be pitted against anything Apogee put out there."
On what do you base this comment? I don't believe you are unbiased. Could you explain the meaning of "decidely semi-pro" when you talk about the Mbox as compared to the mini-me (doesn't apogee say its not really 96K - only 48K for the moment?). I know of musicians with loads of "impessive gear" including the Mbox, so at least they don't think as you do. However I cannot give any comment on comparative quality as I have no experience of, and know nobody local with the mini-me. I do hope you have first hand experience of the two, and are not just giving us salesman talk. Still, you also say "it all depends on what/who the recording is for at the end of the day". I agree, but I would add that once you get to the Mbox level, the quality and money you spend depends particularly on the mics, the environment, and of course the person making the sound, and the sound/music itself. There's no point paying more for quality in a piece of equipment if the rest of the chain doesn't reach that quality. Anyway, UrbanM, I'm recording lots of noises too (using an Mbox) and the Mbox/Focusrite solution is perfect for me. Even if people did take a close look at your 'bruitage', I'm sure they would find no fault due to an Mbox which is great value for money. OT (I'm not a moderator here  ): Holli. My Selmer alto sax is N° 18767 (British Agent). Would this give an idea of its exact age, or anything else? Not sure if there's enough to say about saxes to warrant a Topic 
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Yukulele Apogee Mini-me & others Tue 19 Nov 2002, 18:10
rickenbacker Holli - price of the Apogee last time I looked was... Tue 19 Nov 2002, 19:03 Teiwaz Apogee do have high prices. But you do get what yo... Tue 19 Nov 2002, 21:03 holli Thanks rickenbacker, that is a fairly hot tag but ... Wed 20 Nov 2002, 02:04 DigitMus holli -
The MiniMe has USB I/O and ASIO drivers... Sat 23 Nov 2002, 09:57 holli thanks dude, I'm jealous!
Apogee kick as... Sat 23 Nov 2002, 16:34 urbanmatador 828 is a doorstop now!?!? high praise... w... Sun 24 Nov 2002, 11:04 DigitMus Latency is pretty bad on it (like anything USB) so... Fri 29 Nov 2002, 03:26 holli Thats cool So, your minime gives you just enough ... Fri 29 Nov 2002, 03:59 urbanmatador QUOTE Lemme put it this way, my portable multi-tra... Fri 29 Nov 2002, 07:02 Presto Digitmus, you say "Latency is pretty bad on i... Fri 29 Nov 2002, 10:18 Teiwaz Sure Presto, but latency for Digitmus (as he himse... Fri 29 Nov 2002, 22:22 soif Mbox is a semi-pro equipment because its converter... Sat 30 Nov 2002, 16:04 Bart S. QUOTE (DigitMus @ Nov 23 2002, 08:57)The Mini... Sat 30 Nov 2002, 17:09 urbanmatador thanks for the advice, everyone. i've been lur... Sat 30 Nov 2002, 18:55 holli haha, and damn the topic!! Presto, I beli... Sat 30 Nov 2002, 19:47 Presto Well, Urb. You have got lots of answers at differe... Sat 30 Nov 2002, 23:40
Teiwaz Hey, Presto!!
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