What's up guys!
First, I'm sorry for such a "long explaining-post!", but I need some suggestions, here's the deal...
Basically my music is almost "sample-based", I don't record so many live instruments and I use Pro Tools 7.1 through the MBox1:
(usually) Technics1200 - Vestax05 - Shure M44-7 --> Akai S2000 --> Art TPS II Tube Preamp --> MBox1.
Well I notice, even though using the cleaner preamp preset or not using it at all, I loose on sample clarity and on its body, it seems to become "hollow-sterile" compared to the original source and I feel this could be due to MBox converters; that's why I'd upgrade to Apogee Mini-Me, the one with no USB connection (750 bucks...) and connect it directly to the MBox1 via spdif.
Could it be a reasonable solution to my problem??
Did someone use this combo so that you bypass MBox converters and just use the Apogee ones?!?
Any latency prob (someone told me that I can eventually monitor its latency by put Mini Me headphone output in the MBox input and so get its signal through MBox mix knob)...
Would you suggest such upgrade?
So many Q's I know...I'm just pretty hesitant bcus of its price (it's no nuts!), I'm a student and I can't throw money away (like everybody)!
Then, did someone had the chance to record some raw WAV or AIFF sample both through MBox and Mini-Me so that I could catch the difference??
I'm asking this because where I live I can't find a shop in which I could prove its quality.
Thanks in advance!
Hed
First, I'm sorry for such a "long explaining-post!", but I need some suggestions, here's the deal...
Basically my music is almost "sample-based", I don't record so many live instruments and I use Pro Tools 7.1 through the MBox1:
(usually) Technics1200 - Vestax05 - Shure M44-7 --> Akai S2000 --> Art TPS II Tube Preamp --> MBox1.
Well I notice, even though using the cleaner preamp preset or not using it at all, I loose on sample clarity and on its body, it seems to become "hollow-sterile" compared to the original source and I feel this could be due to MBox converters; that's why I'd upgrade to Apogee Mini-Me, the one with no USB connection (750 bucks...) and connect it directly to the MBox1 via spdif.
Could it be a reasonable solution to my problem??
Did someone use this combo so that you bypass MBox converters and just use the Apogee ones?!?
Any latency prob (someone told me that I can eventually monitor its latency by put Mini Me headphone output in the MBox input and so get its signal through MBox mix knob)...
Would you suggest such upgrade?
So many Q's I know...I'm just pretty hesitant bcus of its price (it's no nuts!), I'm a student and I can't throw money away (like everybody)!
Then, did someone had the chance to record some raw WAV or AIFF sample both through MBox and Mini-Me so that I could catch the difference??
I'm asking this because where I live I can't find a shop in which I could prove its quality.
Thanks in advance!
Hed