 Mbox Vs. Digi 002 Rack |
 Thu 15 Apr 2004, 14:29
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I'm wondering which audio interface would be better for my needs. I'd like to record voice and acoustic guitar using two different mics and afterward doing some harmony vocals and perhaps a second guitar track and some bass. The real problem I want to avoid is major latency. Will I have substantially less with the firewire digi 002r than with the mbox. Some users have said that the latency with mbox is not a problem while others have said it is a true annoyance. Just wondering what some of you users of either audio interface have to say. Also, how many audio inputs can the digi 002r take at a time? I know the mbox can only take two, which of course is pretty limited.
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I've never used an Mbox, but I have never had latency issues with my Digi002 rack. It has 4 mic preamps and (I think) 4 more 1/4" inputs on the back panel. It can also bring in two chanels of S/PDIF (which is where my outboard tube preamp connects) and has a lightpipe input which could bring in 8 more channels optically, if you had an outboard pre with the correct output.
If you are in fact recording all of the instruments one at a time, you can caorrect for any latency afterwards by nudging the waveform of any trucks back or forward in time to sync them up at mixdown. That's one of the great things about DAWs, it's very easy to slide channels back and forth in time to correct timing, or even to create funky effects. |
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JPSpecial Mbox Vs. Digi 002 Rack Thu 15 Apr 2004, 14:29
Barb I own both the MBox and the digi002. I use the MB... Fri 16 Apr 2004, 13:52 kolo Look, you only get latency if you are using the co... Fri 16 Apr 2004, 14:12 beltunabob Sorry, I'm an ABSOLUTE newbie. Latency means..... Fri 16 Apr 2004, 14:33 kolo Latency as in LATE. That is You are playing or sin... Fri 16 Apr 2004, 16:13 JPSpecial What is the difference between using the computer ... Sat 17 Apr 2004, 03:57 beltunabob OK i understand Latency. What book(s) are recommen... Sat 17 Apr 2004, 14:36 kolo I don't know much about the Mbox. But direct m... Sat 17 Apr 2004, 16:12 arvidtp yes, the Mbox does direct monitoring. It's har... Sat 17 Apr 2004, 16:56 bjkiwi one thing to be aware of when using an M-Box on a ... Mon 19 Apr 2004, 03:03 arvidtp Yeah - what's up with that??? It is weird that... Mon 19 Apr 2004, 03:27
bjkiwi this is only an issue with the MBox on the Mac. I ... Wed 21 Apr 2004, 03:52 |
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