ProTools M-Powered 8.0.3 with Profire 610, Axiom Pro 61 and Alesis Mastercontrol

[Enrico Pallazzo]

I use ProTools M-Powered 8.0.3 with Profire 610 and Axiom Pro 61. Now, I was thinking to expand my home studio with a mixer and recently saw Alesis MasterControl which seems like a good all in one solution. Now the big question before I decide to go with this setup.

Since ProTools requires M-Audio hardware, the question is would ProTools still work if remove Profire 610 and connect only Axiom Pro 61 via Midi to Alesis MasterControl which is then connected to PC via Firewire, or would I still need to use Profire 610 and Axiom Pro 61 (via Midi) in order to run ProTools and use Alesis Mastercontrol only as a mixer?

It's been hard to find the examples of setup with Profire 610 / Axiom Pro 61 / and other hardware i.e. Alesis MasterControl, so any suggestions and/or experiences you might have related to this particular setup would be much appreciated.

Thx,

Rico