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bouncer
Published on 09/22/10 at 06:33
Value For Money :
Excellent
Motivation: The brand, value for money, the perfect integration in LOGIC PRO, Firewire, number of I / O enough for my config.
MacBook Pro 2.8 GHz 4GB DDR3 15 "screen 500GB HDD
UTILIZATION
Drivers exemplary stability.
Firewire plugged in in Logic Pro. But also works perfectly with iTunes, and any software (Skype, VLC, Final Cut, ...)
I do not use it in extreme conditions, so I do not use the maximum number of tracks, but with a couple of MIDI tracks with big synths + effects plug-ins above, there is no plant.
For cons, the few times I wanted to record a voice in a project "components" and there was a lag rather unpleasant. So I bounce all tracks instrument, and there is good. But I saw there was little he can do a "freeze" the instrument tracks, to get a small latency ... I will try it soon. However, I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of converters (Apogee is the specialty, do not forget!): Made with a very basic condenser microphone (AT2020), the voice quality of decision-m has truly blown away!
GETTING STARTED
Installation, if I remember correctly, requires only a few seconds.
on the other hand must spend 2 minutes on preferences Supp native software "Maestro" to properly configure the behavior of buttons (Mute Headset + Monitor, or mute the Monitor, etc. ...).
Otherwise plain one branch and it works, in any application (provided of course you select the Duet as output card in each application).
OVERALL OPINION
So since I use a little less than a year, and I'm absolutely delighted.
I worked long on ProTools, so with a DIGI002R, and aside from the number of I / O, Duet has nothing to envy (Logic, for that matter!).
+ What I like: its size / performance, the large rotary knob used to everything, especially the sound quality (Apogee).
What I like least: the non ability to manage and monitor headphone volume separately (the big button control while at the same time).
Value for money excellent, and yes of course I would do this choice.
MacBook Pro 2.8 GHz 4GB DDR3 15 "screen 500GB HDD
UTILIZATION
Drivers exemplary stability.
Firewire plugged in in Logic Pro. But also works perfectly with iTunes, and any software (Skype, VLC, Final Cut, ...)
I do not use it in extreme conditions, so I do not use the maximum number of tracks, but with a couple of MIDI tracks with big synths + effects plug-ins above, there is no plant.
For cons, the few times I wanted to record a voice in a project "components" and there was a lag rather unpleasant. So I bounce all tracks instrument, and there is good. But I saw there was little he can do a "freeze" the instrument tracks, to get a small latency ... I will try it soon. However, I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of converters (Apogee is the specialty, do not forget!): Made with a very basic condenser microphone (AT2020), the voice quality of decision-m has truly blown away!
GETTING STARTED
Installation, if I remember correctly, requires only a few seconds.
on the other hand must spend 2 minutes on preferences Supp native software "Maestro" to properly configure the behavior of buttons (Mute Headset + Monitor, or mute the Monitor, etc. ...).
Otherwise plain one branch and it works, in any application (provided of course you select the Duet as output card in each application).
OVERALL OPINION
So since I use a little less than a year, and I'm absolutely delighted.
I worked long on ProTools, so with a DIGI002R, and aside from the number of I / O, Duet has nothing to envy (Logic, for that matter!).
+ What I like: its size / performance, the large rotary knob used to everything, especially the sound quality (Apogee).
What I like least: the non ability to manage and monitor headphone volume separately (the big button control while at the same time).
Value for money excellent, and yes of course I would do this choice.