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Re: M-Powered vs. LE
Considering that this is brand-spanking-new I wouldn't expect to see anything about this on either site. There isn't even a compatibility list for it on compato. Best bet is to email support and sales at both companies if you're concerned. I think that with street pricing it is still a better deal than the mbox. I expect to see it drop to closer to $250 soon enough. Time will tell if it will work with 1010's (M-P PT) and/or multiple 1814s. That would make it a monster.
Overall, this is good news. |
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Re: M-Powered vs. LE
yeah, i have a 24/96 & an mbox & i dont understand why anybody would choose the 2496 & m-powered over the mbox & LE, the 2496 quality sucks! you basically NEED a mixer to run it (which bumps up the cost further) & the zero latency monitoring on the mbox kills the 24/96 off! i hated my 2496 with cubase & cant see it bing any different with Pro tools, i do still use it for midi, but most midi controllers have a USB option now anyway!
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Re: M-Powered vs. LE
I bought an audiophile 192 not long ago and haven't had a chance to set it up yet. I know from having used the m-box that there's latency issues there. I'd like to hear more specifics on what it is you dislike about the 24/96 quality and why it would need a mixer. Granted I have a 192 which is slightly different I'd still find it educational to know the reasons behind your point of view.
One thing to keep in mind though is that at least with PTM-P you can buy in stages and use the hardware now prior to moving to PT. My experiences with the M-box's latency particularly in Midi hasn't been positive not to mention value for money (Mackie's Spike for example is - at least on paper- far better hardware). In time I think PTM-P will help bring the prices down further for PT systems and that's a good thing. Sue me, I'm optimistic. |
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That may be true (however I've only used the M-box on Mac systems), but it still has latency issues. Last I checked you couldn't buy an M-box w/o PTLE and for what you're getting hardware-wise there's more fully-featured hardware out there. I've never seen an M-Audio product in the last few years that didn't have ASIO drivers either. Perhaps I've missed your point. You can still get an 1814 for a heck of a lot less than an 002R with some great features.
It's a pity that PT won't run on commodity hardware but this is a start. M-audio also doesn't charge an arm and a leg for everything despite being owned by the same corporate masters. |
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Re: M-Powered vs. LE
In my opinion if you use another recording software (Cubase, Cakewalk, Logic) well the Pro Tools M-Powered will be your best choice because you can continue using those recording software with Pro Tools,
-M Powered is also a good choise for starters. |
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But you can use an MBox with other software and NOT use ProTools if you like. The latency issue is no better, and often worse on the M-Audio stuff I have used. Sounds a little weird to me, why not start off on ProTools and save all the time and effort?
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Re: M-Powered vs. LE
I'm not saying an M-audio unit is better per se. I'm saying that for a lot of people (including me) I think it's a better *deal*. I didn't like the M-box for reasons I've stated and I'd never buy one. I like the Digi 001's I've seen and heard but they're not currently supported. I've heard on boards and elsewhere that the 002's can be a bit buggy. Regardless I think that the prices are too high for the 002/r and the M-box for what you get. So what I'm really talking about is value for money as well as quality.
You can certainly use the M-audio stuff for a great many things other than protools (which as you stated the mbox can as well) and a pci card almost always has better latency than anything on the usb bus (not that any of the manufacturers to my knowledge are even taking advantage of usb 2.0 and that firewire interfaces seem to work better - but I'm getting off track). Your hardware or drivers have to be really screwed up to have worse latency over pci than usb. Part of what might make our attitudes different is what we use our equipment for. I use MIDI a fair amount so that's more important to me than what might be important for you. You know I would start off on protools and save the time and effort - if I could afford it or justify what it is I can afford (Feel free to contact me if you're dying to sell your digi 002r or hd for 350-400 ). Now this I can afford and when we have more answers here in the DUC and elsewhere I'll shell out for it. It would be nice if you could talk more in depth about what you like about your M-box or other digi compared to specific models of M-audio stuff and I think will help a lot of people make up their minds since they'll be better educated on it. Thanks for writing. |
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That said, I actually have an 1814 on order. I can afford to fool around with it, so I'll have a better comparison shortly. Comparing the MBox to the 1814 is a bit different than comparing it to the basic M-Audio PCI card.
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