004?

[solidwalnut]

Do you think AVID will release an 004, or do you think they've gone out of the hardware business at this price point for good?

I like my 003, but I am beginning to think of a back-up product, an eventual replacement. I have an 11R, but that doesn't have near the input capability I'd like.

Steve

[albee1952]

This is something many of us have been asking about for years. Nobody knows(or if they do know, they can't say). I'd be happy if Avid made a firmware update for the 003 that would turn it into a control surface to use on an HD system

[solidwalnut]

Originally Posted by albee1952

This is something many of us have been asking about for years. Nobody knows(or if they do know, they can't say). I'd be happy if Avid made a firmware update for the 003 that would turn it into a control surface to use on an HD system

Thanks Dave. I'll find a suitable replacement, I'm sure, but something I just thought about is that I utilize the 003's monitor routing so I'll have to find a new solution there None of the solutions I've seen out there have something like this (maybe I'm blind).

[JoelG]

This is based on nothing (I have no insider knowledge on this), but I think the Pro Tools Duet and Pro Tools Quartet are what Avid have in that range, I haven't heard anything about an 004 coming..

Joel

[albee1952]

To add a bit, I am a bigger fan of separating the interface from the controller. I am really interested in the Behringer X-Touch, but nobody seems to know when it will actually be available. I suspect they maybe pulled it to do a re-design and maybe give it a path for expansion(having 16 or 24 faders would be dandy)

[solidwalnut]

Originally Posted by albee1952

To add a bit, I am a bigger fan of separating the interface from the controller. I am really interested in the Behringer X-Touch, but nobody seems to know when it will actually be available. I suspect they maybe pulled it to do a re-design and maybe give it a path for expansion(having 16 or 24 faders would be dandy)

I gotta say, and I never thought I would, that I'm becoming a fan of Behringer products. I've been using some of their stuff for years, direct boxes, etc., but shied away from their larger electronics. I just bought the X32 Rack for the worship team because I wanted to go to in-ears, and I am very impressed. Their MIDAS mic pre's sound great and I'm really lovin' the iPad mix control.

All that to say that I'll investigate that X-touch if it comes out, thanks.

[JoelG]

I'm torn on Behringer, sometimes they make good bang for the buck devices (ADA-8000), and they generally have a TON of features for the price. But, they don't have a great reputation for quality (I use a Behringer headphone amp that has 2 blown outputs)..

Joel

[albee1952]

My previous Behringer experience was much the same. Good "bang for the buck", but their early Chinese-made stuff was pretty unreliable(I also had a headphone amp give up on 1 channel. But since they built "Behringer city", their manufacturing has become so "state of the art" that other industries are looking there for ideas! Been using X32 consoles(full-sized, Compact and rack/S16 for over a year now and have been more than content. They do everything they claim, and the Compact still works, even after getting a heavy dousing from a tent failure in a torrential downpour(only issue being a white band up the right side of the LCD). Also spent a few weeks on a Midas M32 with a pair of Midas stage boxes(same as S16, but the Midas Pro preamps) and a digital snake. Gotta say, it works great and sounds great. Are there things I might change? Yep, but I can say that about every digital console I have worked on

[YYR123]

Originally Posted by solidwalnut

I just bought the X32 Rack for the worship team because I wanted to go to in-ears, and I am very impressed.

Yeah me too, great piece of Gear, used for the same setup

Originally Posted by solidwalnut

and I'm really lovin' the iPad mix control.

Totally fabulous APP!!! Full control of the X32 from your iPad.....this is the standard.....and on another note

(As much as I want to believe the Pro Tools iPad app will be awesome - I just don't believe that it will....)

[mesaone]

I wonder how many people's heads would explode if Behringer bought the Pro Tools IP. Many customers wouldn't know where to direct their rage.