question for those who use their 001/002 rigs professionally

[badperson]

are you planning eventually on moving up to HD or a maybe even a used Mix Plus system? If so, why or why not?

bp

[Bob Legs]

when guys come in the studio and go, "oh. I have one of those at home [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] " it would be nice to have then [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[clusterer]

i would movin´up to HD or something; perhaps in conjunction with control 24. i´m doing a lot of post, so the tdm/hd version would offer me much more possibilties for film sound. and 24 channel/faders also would make me having direct access to all that channels used while making film sound, which would also be very economical...

and then is the thing, i guess tdm- or hd mixers are working with higher bit depth.........

i only need some more clients, some mo money.....

[soundsurfr]

are you planning eventually on moving up to HD or a maybe even a used Mix Plus system?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">No.

If so, why or why not?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Overkill. I don't do post production, and my clients (mostly TV producers) are happy with the sound of my mixes. I'm always looking for improvement, but I can get big improvement by spending a few thousand on an Avalon mic pre or Apogee converters as opposed to spending $6-$10K on a bare-bones TDM system.

If it ever becomes cost effective, I'll make the switch, but right now, it's not on my wish list.

[Paul Curtiz]

Ditto Soundsurfr.
And I do post for commercials. No complaints.
I've got a rig which works great, allows me to make money and not work to pay the bank.
My advertising customers couldn't hear the difference anyway.
I might get an 002R, but the jump to HD...no thank you.

[rustle]

I work in TV post too and the 001 does its job just fine. In an ideal world I'd love to have all the extras you get with HD but my income just doesn't support the investment.
Not all TV projects have megabucks to spend and so look for a sound designer who can undercut the big expensive studios and that's where I come in.
If I ever had the money I'd definitely go for it but I echo the sentiments of working for myself and not my bankers.

[N-G-NEER]

I use both and I must admit that for awhile I couldn't see the difference. A couple of weeks ago I had a client whoo we recorded tracks for and he wanted these to be the essence of a "Live" comedy album. Well by the time I loaded up the necsassary tracks and added all the plugins I needed to create the senario, I was throughing errors everyware! It took a good number of passes to get this thing out to a mastering deck.
I knew I wanted the upgrade but until that point I was unsure of how necsassary it was. I do a lot of post on a TDM sys and have figured out how to work arount much of the issues. But when I get some cash rolling in It's HD for Me.

[rogerhavoc]

It's my plan to keep my 002 and go bigger (HD) when i get more clients (Clients=Money). Check out my latest work as a Composer/Audio Engineer for Plugin for MS PowerPoint...
www.crystalgraphics.com

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[Allen Hallada]

Originally posted by Paul Curtiz:
Ditto Soundsurfr.
And I do post for commercials. No complaints.
I've got a rig which works great, allows me to make money and not work to pay the bank.
My advertising customers couldn't hear the difference anyway.
I might get an 002R, but the jump to HD...no thank you.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Way to go Paul. I feel the same way. The 001 hooked with a professional external converter is hard to beat. Especially with the processing power of these new PCs. I had a seasoned session player from Nashville tell me that my vocal chain sounds as good as anything he has heard come out of Emerald. He was amazed.

Soundelux U99>Great River MP-2NV>Cranesong HEDD 192>Digi 001 , PTLE 5.3 with Waves Platinum for a heck of alot less than a bare bones HD system.

Just my thoughts.
Allen [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[arcarsenal]

allen, have you ever heard the FMR RNP in comparison to your grace pres? most people compare the rnp the grace, and i was wondering, how close could they be if one is like, 500 dollars more and only 1 channel?