im thinking of buying the 001 but id like to up grade the software

[thirdestate1]

id like to buy the digi 001 to use along with 2 adats and my mackie digital 8 bus board. Id like to use protools for an additional 8 channels. I was wondering if later on when i save some more money can i use the digi 001 with the professional pro tools 5.1

[minuaño]

I wouldn't go for digi 001.
Get a Motu 2408, so that you'll have 8 analog i/o. Motu ships the unit with the audiodesk software, which is basically the audio side of Digital Performer. On my g3 beige 300mhz w/320 mo ram, 7200rmp ata66 drive for audio, I manage to get 40-50 tracks at 24 bit/48 khz, with 4-5 big motu reverbs, and many eq & comp plug-ins.

Furthermore, you'll be able to edit the data of your adat machines because the 2408 has 24 adats i/o…

If you want to use pro-tools with the 2408, get pro-tools free (8 tracks). That's what I do.

Edouard

[thirdestate1]

Originally posted by minuaño:
I wouldn't go for digi 001.
Get a Motu 2408, so that you'll have 8 analog i/o. Motu ships the unit with the audiodesk software, which is basically the audio side of Digital Performer. On my g3 beige 300mhz w/320 mo ram, 7200rmp ata66 drive for audio, I manage to get 40-50 tracks at 24 bit/48 khz, with 4-5 big motu reverbs, and many eq & comp plug-ins.

Furthermore, you'll be able to edit the data of your adat machines because the 2408 has 24 adats i/o…

If you want to use pro-tools with the 2408, get pro-tools free (8 tracks). That's what I do.

Edouard

im still leaning toward the digi 001 because it has optical digital in and out which keeps everything digital. Those analog cables are expensive. the light pipe ( optical) cable is only 25 bucks and has better sound

[minuaño]

OK! The digi 001 has one optical light pipe i/o…

The Motu 2408 has got 3 of them!! I was talking about optical i/o, not analog (the unit has only 8 of them)!!
You can get 3X8=24 optical inputs!!!!
These were the 24 adat i/o I was talking about…
Edouard

[thirdestate1]

i've got to check it out

[minuaño]

Trust me, I've got the unit, and interface it with light pipe devices all day long…

Check out Motu's web site…
Go 2408, you can't go wrong.

www.motu.com

Edouard

[voiceoverguy]

I was not aware you could use Pro Tools with a MOTU interface. Could you elaborate on this a bit? I always thought it had to be AMIII, 001 or TDM.

[dcornutt]

You can only use PT software with your Digi hardware. You "can" use other manf software (like Logic, Digital Performer..etc) IF they make a Direct Connect driver to do so.

You can't use the full PT 5.x with "le" products..and..they are also not expandable. What you see is what you get.

LE only.

[minuaño]

In fact, you can only use Pro Tools free with Motu hardware (or any other non-digi stuff). The software is quite limited, but it's nice for exchanging takes with a pro-tools owner.

However, I posted a thread a few days ago on the Audiomedia 3 forum. I wanted to know if I could use the Digi Audiomedia 3 to run Pro Tools LE, and still use the 2408 i/o as well as sync possibilities. I was told that it could be possible. I didn't try, and don't know how many tracks you can record at once.

This idea can appear a bit weird, and many of you reading this thread may wonder why I don't buy a digi 001. Well, I'm affraid that Digi 001 is too limited a unit. Pro Tools is not what I need. Most of all, you guys seem to have a lot of problems with your gear. AND I DO NOT WANT THAT!!!!
MOTU does sweet gear. It has worked flawlessly since the begining, and the instalation was a breeze.