MOTU 2408 vs Digi 001

[zingsthings]

I am trying to decide between getting the 2408 or the digi 001. Can you tell list me the advantages of getting the 001 as opposed to the 2408.

[Bossco]

Motu is good but,Next step ProTools,learning curve,none

[Eddie Klebach]

ProTools Rocks........period..... end of story!!
Nah i think digi001 is a better option than motu, although i've heard great things about motu.....
Rock on
Eddie

[GordonD]

I have been considering a MOTU 1224, however, I just attended a Digi001 seminar & they pretty much me sold me on the Digi001. The next day I had some questions & could not get in touch with any one at DigiDesign to answer a few presale questions for me (like exactly which RTAS plug-ins come with ProTools LE). In response to an e-mail inquiery, I got a canned response that directed me here.

When I called MOTU with questions about the 1224, I got to talk to a REAL person that was willing & able to answer ALL of my questions.

A friend of mine that's been in the music business for 20 years warned me about DigiDesign's poor technical support. If they can't bother answering per-sale questions, it makes me wonder how willing they'll be to answer tech questions after the sale.

I know that DigiDesign directs you to their local dealers, however, I've found that I know more than the sales people about much of the equipment they sell.

[zingsthings]

Gordon

Exactly why did you choose the 001 over the 1224 again? Can you list me your biggest selling points that they told you to make you prefer the 001 over the 1224

[peppertree]

The most important thing, having used virtually all of the options, is Pro Tools is elegantly designed software that makes sense. The others have so many user interface nightmares jammed into them that it will take you much longer to learn them and when you get there you will always be swearing at them. I look forward to being able to praise PT5 in similar ways, but PT4 is actually useable for audio at least.

If you learn PT you will find that you can bring your work into most professional studios and post houses and feel right at home. It's the ADAT/common denominator of Computer based Recording. Logic and its lesser peers are generally for techno/dance fiddlers. Sonic may be a better designed system but only has traction for mastering work.

The problem is the music customer is generally pretty dense and looks at hoo-ha features over usability. PT has less features you don't need. Simply the way PT is laid out, where you can zoom in to arbitrary depth on any track *in context* with the others, rather than getting a seperate window for each track...is so utterly correct that every other music software designer ought to get their heads handed to them for missing it...and their lame graft-ons to try to mimic that later fall catastrophically short. Tracks, like words, are fairly useless out of context.