[ddots-l] Re: emergency help needed on an audio interface

Damon wrote: Phil. At this stage of the game, I am apprehensive about changing 
my order, since I put a lot of time and sweat into researching this out, and I 
wanted
to get the system with jaws and sonar already installed, and stuff.

Phil replied: I understand.  Yet another reason to go with Jim Roseberry.  Jim 
would have specked the system up for you and probably installed all of that too.

Damon wrote: I went with the motu 282 mk3 as an alternative interface. If the 
fw works, then I have
16 ins and outs to play with. If it doesn't, I can still control sonar with the 
tascam, and I can use its midi, but not its audio, but I can use the audio
in other apps, so I can split off the tascam and motu to do two different tasks 
for broadcasting versus studio recording, respectively.

Phil replied: that sounds like an expensive way of doing this.

Damon wrote: I know some who
have ADJK systems who have no problems with the Tascam. And honestly, I don't 
want to go through the nightmare of basically canceling my order and starting
this process again. I know Bryan from Dancing Dots personally and I think he is 
steering me in the right direction. I hope, anyway.

Phil replied: just trying to save you some money and grief.  Bryan is a good 
guy.  I just wouldn't personally touch an ADK system with a barge pole.

Damon wrote: But, I put a lot of
months into this since I can't record my album on what I already have and with 
the motu, I have some extra things at my disposal, internal effects and
compression, a peak limiter so I won't overload the mic inputs like I do on the 
tascam because I underestimate vocals all the tiem, and more analog ins
and outs. I may be albe to hook the tascam up to the motu through the adat 
connectors and use the audio that way, but I am not sure, have to recheck the
manual on that, maybe I am wrong. So, this isn't a completely bad thing. I just 
feel stressed out by trying to do this all again with a new company.

Phil replied: well as I said, Jim would have specked the system up for you in a 
few minutes.

Damon wrote: The system is specked out as follows:

Intel quad core 2.4 ghz

Phil replied: FWIW, that's a slow system isn't it?  We are now on to duel Quod 
core and beyond.

4gb ram

Phil replied: no point in putting in 4GB on Windows XP Pro 32 bit as that will 
make the system really unstable that is, if your intending to use the 3GB 
switch.

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