Using Apogee With An Avr Options

[aldrahn]

im planning onbuilding my first daw
an imac 2.4ghz and adding 2gb of crucial memory
and logic 8 for 900 pounds
an external harddrive for 65 pounds
then adding an apogee duet for 330 pounds

i have a harmon kardon reciever and acosutic energy evo 5.1 speakers which cos a fair bit so im hoping i can implement my home cinema with making music on my mac

i dont plan on using many outside instruments such as guitar or recording vocals for the music i intend to make

the i mac has an optical output/input than i can connect to my avr
but im curious if that negates with apogee

can i use both at the same time, ie be in logic creating tunes with the added sound of the apogee coming through my avr systems speakers

or would it make more sense to get a firewire audio interface wih its own optical inputs, ie a 130 pounds cheaper presonus firebox

thanks if anyone can help

This post has been edited by aldrahn: Wed 14 May 2008, 15:31

[qusp74]

I agree whole-heartedly with all of what mortalengines said so I wont repeat tha message.You could just fiddle and see whether you can get a good result with what you have already ... but....the apogee WILL though, supply a much cleaner digital clock (superior to the onboard gear) to run the digital reciever from... amazing what good quantization will do.

KRKs ...(Monitors) for as little as 180 Pounds...

Sounds like you are planning on going the Softsynth route, but there is plenty of material on that on other threads.

Of course you could just hang back and see if you may want a hardware synth or 2 later on the track.. You will probably find that you want a midi controller keyboard as an interface so why not get some sounds as well?

Then theres the option of a Firewire Inferfaces RME, MOTU... MORE APOGEE.

Depends on your budget ENTIRELY

[aldrahn]

thanks for your replies guys,

this made me curious ''apogee is for getting a better sound IN to the mac"

i was under the impression that it was basically a soundcard with extra features

what i want is to get the best sound in logic making music entirely within the mac, maybe later adding
a mixer and analogues etc


i was considering now instead of apogee the m audio nrv10 which is a firewire interface and mixer for the same price but that still doesnt have an optical on it

ii presume the external soundcard handles the sound instead of the inbuilt sound of the mac
but the opical in the mac prob goes into the macs sound card
thus i guess i need an interface with digital inputs on it to connect via optical to my harmon kardon av 140

mostly though id be using headphones