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How bout a hybrid.
So does anybody else think a hybrid cross between the C24 and the artist series? I'm thinking like 16 faders, meter bridge, transport section, awesome scribble strip, rotary L.E.D. Custom faders. All ran from EuCon protocol.
They could leave out the mic pre's, sub line mixer, monitor section. Lets face it, while the monitor section sounds ok, there are much better monitor controllers out there (Dangerous Music Monitor ST). All around 5,000 or so, right in line to compete with the SSL Nucleus. The artist series are nice but a control surface dressed to impress would kill. A project studios dream, we always get control surfaces that doesn't come with a meter bridge or classic transport, it's always some bastardized version.
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Re: How bout a hybrid.
Yeah, I've been begging for a "Command16" for over a year now It SHOULD be a helluva lot less than the Nucleus......more like $2k, tops. That would be nice to go with the new 004rack(another wish) that has 8 analog inputs and 24 channels of lightpipe(which could also do SMUX on one set). I can dream, can't I
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8 analog inputs and 24 channels of lightpipe? Firewire? You can run a pair of MOTU 828mk3 units via Firewire.
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Re: How bout a hybrid.
I always thought avid should re release the pro control but this time make a eucon edition. Keep the original optical faders (best faders ever!) and most of the for factor of the original pro control add a touch screen, ect...
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I believe when he said 8 Analog inputs and 24 channels of lightpipe, he didn't mean that it would be ran through firewire, but through thunderbolt. Plus everybody that is dreaming about the 004 wants it to be able to run DSP for Pro Tools HD. Actually some sort of HD rig that falls between the HD native card and the Mbox, an all-in-one solution for HD that can be plugged into their mac books or iMacs that have thunderbolt with a single cable. If Avid did that I'm sure it would have DSP for I/O but it won't have near the power that HDX has, so it wouldn't handle AAX DSP plugins. Nice thought but Avid would be shooting themselves in the foot.
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However it is probably not even on the radar....due to all of avid's energies being dedicated to PT10 w/o bugs and PT11x64......i think they should hold down the fort and keep the customer base happy with solid software b/f jumping on onto new hardware R&D.....But yeah it would be cool for a 004 with itb Air plugs like the apollo.......YEAH>>>>>>>
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The SSL Nucleus is gorgeous, by the way. I'm not sure I love the "split" of the faders, but they did a great job with fit, finish and feel. Of course, the price reflects that. Quote:
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How about a MOTU 2408mk3 with a PCIe card? Need it on an iMac? Wait for the drivers and slam it into THIS. We're almost there! It's only taken nearly two years! I think if we are going to see Avid-based DSP in a non-PCIe format, it's going to be a Thunderbolt "bridge" that is effectively an HDX or HD-Native card in a brick or rackmount form-factor that is going to have standard HD interface hookups with the current Avid interfaces. That way you don't need to stock and maintain two sets of interfaces. It would probably make the most sense, pretty much like the Magma-chassis or OWC-Helios setup, right?
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I know m-audio is no longer part of avid, but for integration with pro tools the M-audio Projectmix I/O was pretty spot on for a under 1.5 k controller..so I thought.. why not give some Ideas to m-audio
http://forums.m-audio.com/showthread...ontrol-surface Now that M-Audio is with iNMusic, is there the possibility that we see an update for the PMIO or a new control surface? Either firewireor Thunderbolt based or both. •16 preamps (better quality than those presently used. Maybe the same as the saffire line) 16 xlr input 16 TRS inputs. Independent phantom power switch. spdif inputs, 5.1 surround possibility. •The possibility of linking 16 extra preamps through 2 adats or 1 TB port. •8/16/24 100 mm touch sensitive faders options. •Actual 12 leds VU meters on each channels. ( 5mm leds goes for .50$ when you buy them at unity, so it's really not expensive to implement when you buy them in bulks) •NON endless turn knobs for mains and 2x headsets volume control. (meaning that you can't turn them indefinitely) With visual leds •Push button for editing modes (grid, slide, spot, shuffle) •Push button for editing tools •Push button for copy/paste/delete/duplicate •Push button for automation (latch, write, read, off, touch) •Push button for marker imput •Push button for punch in/out •Push button to set the inputs/outputs* •Push buttons for inserts and sends* (instead of the old plugins assignation mode for inserts which was not fast to use at all) spanning the 10 slots of each insert and sends. That automatically opens the plugin windows/sends faders windows A bit like the old pro control. •Push buttons for option/apple/shift (alt/control/shift) that actually works with pro tools •Mute/solo/select/rec enable push buttons on each tracks* •Push button for flip mode* •Push button to open/close the plugin windows. •Push buttons to set the in/out, nudge left/right, lock, loop*. Go to marker (numeric keypad to select which marker) •Non endless turn Pan encoders on each track (meaning that you can't turn them indefinitely) with visual leds •Plugins control encoders.* •Transport section* •Windows toggle push button* •Track size zoom, waveform zoom control* with control to move through the different sessions track. •Push button to create new tracks •Scrub wheel, with push button to assign the scrub function.* •Numeric keypad to name channels/sends/aux/In outs/markers. •Bank select push buttons with 1 or controller size channels option (8/16/24 modes) with back to first fader/last fader. •Push button for save/load session *Some of these function are already in the original PMIO but could set differently to speed the process. Any how just a crazy idea of mine, if it was sold sub 2k with all these options.. damn. Will probably never happen though.
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Actually I think DSP based systems are growing, in the professional world anyway. With the way Post Production and even Music sessions are growing in complexity, and plugins are increasingly sounding more authentic (UAD) and require more and more processing power, what you can do with a HDX 3 system at 96k you woould need to link several native systems (computer, and interface, and pre amps etc.) together. Sure what you do doesn't require much processing of that magnitude, but people that record 30 piece orchestra or larger for movie sound tracks and so on. I know you or I might not need to record 150 tracks simultaneously @ 96k, but somebody does. I know you said that it is not invalid, but I think you are underestimating the need for it.
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