Digi002 Pro Tools

[DBornack]

ANyone have experience with this unit? I want to get some gear to start recording at home, right now its a ismple mic hooked up to my computer, and its great for recording ideas.. but pretty lame for multiple tracks, etc..

I just need an interface that I can use with a computer, and that has quality mic pres..

Any other suggestions?

[GaryNattrass]

I have just bought the 002 control surface and I am over the moon with it. Just about to add an 8way mic pre amp so that I will have 12 mic inputs on it.

I replaced my analogue gear and it is a fantastic bit of kit and works really well.

I have a laptop a 20gb external drive and a DVD burner and also use it with my Lexicon reverb and great british spring.

Paid $1800 for the Digi and it is as good as the AMS Neve Logic 3 consoles that I use at work and the Pro Tools is easy to learn. I also got a virtual training video disk off US e-bay for $19.

[OneMileWish]

I recorded everything on my album outside of the drums on a 002. Everything.

Listen at:

www.onemilewish.com (http://www.onemilewish.com)

It was a pleasant experience beyond one point - it was an early 002 unit and had that power distribution cable problem that had to be replaced, but the customer service was great, we called on monday, and had the cable on tuesday with easy instructions for replacing it.

Let us know what you decide!

Dan.

[JGraham]

I recorded everything on my album outside of the drums on a 002. Everything.
Dan, I'm guessing you tracked the drums at a proper studio, then transferred that to your project studio? Did you mix at home as well?

I'm actually thinking of doing this for my band.

Issues? Suggestions?

ps - I have a 450mghz PC with 512kb memory. Is this enough to run Pro Tools?

[GaryNattrass]

No you need a Pentium 4 running at 2gig or an AMD Athlon at 2 gig.

They recommend a minimunm of 375 meg of ram so you will be Ok there. You also need a firewire connector and a firewire drive to record to.

Here is the Digidesign spec sheets!
Supported CPU Models & Speeds

The following CPUs are required for best performance with the Digi 002:


Intel Pentium 4 or Xeon CPUs running at 2.0 GHz (or faster)
AMD AthlonXP 2000+ CPUs (or faster)
Turnkey & Audio Optimized Systems


Sweetwater Custom Computing (http://www.sweetwater.com/store/manufacturer/Sweetwater%20Custom%20Computing)
MusicXPC Professional (http://www.musicxpc.com/)
Carillon Audio Systems (http://www.carillondirect.com/clnweb/clnwebcontact.jsp)

INT: Carillondirect.com (http://www.carillondirect.com/clnweb/clnwebsystemsindex.jsp?application=CARI-PTLE&country=UK)
USA: Carillonusa.com (http://www.carillondirect.com/clnweb/clnwebsystemsindex.jsp?application=CARI-PTLE&country=US)
CAN: Carilloncan.com (http://www.carillondirect.com/clnweb/clnwebsystems/systeminfo.jsp?system=Pro_Tools_LE_SS&country=CAN)

Spectral™ Computers RM5000 & RM7000, available at Guitar Center
Recommended Laptops


Dell Inspiron 8500 (Pentium 4-M) and 600m (Centrino) models
Gateway 400 series (with Pentium 4 or 4-M)
Toshiba Satellite 1900 series
IBM A series and T series
Other

The following CPUs are compatible with the Digi 002, but may not provide the best performance:


AMD AthlonXP 1500+ CPU (or faster)
AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" CPUs running at 800 MHz (or faster)
The following CPUs have not been fully tested and therefore are not recommended for the Digi 002 Rack, as they may not provide the best performance:


Intel Pentium III CPUs
Multi-processor CPUs
Chipset Requirements

The following chipsets are recommended for best performance with Intel P4 processors:


Intel 850/850e
Intel 845/845e/845pe
Intel 865pe/875p
The following chipsets are recommended for best performance with AMD Athlon and AthlonXP processors:


VIA KT266A
NVIDIA nForce
Note: The VIA KT333A and KT400A chipsets were not tested with the Digi 002.

The following chipsets will work with Athlon and AthlonXP processors, but may not provide the best performance:


AMD 760
VIA KT266
VIA KT133A
RAID Not Supported


Pro Tools does not support RAID technology. Please do not activate this feature on any Pro Tools recording drives.
Additional Computer Requirements

System Software:


Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
Service Pack 1 Required
Windows XP Settings & Requirements (http://www.digidesign.com/compato/xp/os.cfm)
Pro Tools LE 6.4 can NOT be installed or used on systems running Windows 98, Me, 2000, NT, 95, or 3.1
Total System RAM:


384 MB minimum
512 MB (or higher) highly recommended
Additional RAM may be required for:


High edit density sessions
Sample rates above 48 KHz
DAE buffer setting larger than the default
Extensive use of plug-ins
Simultaneous use of MIDI sequencers or software options such as DigiTranslator
Additional RAM is recommended for better video playback performance
Monitor:


Color monitor required
14" minimum, 17" or or larger recommended
Minimum resolution of 1024 x 768
Download Updates


Pro Tools LE 6.4 Update (http://www.digidesign.com/download/64/)
Digidesign ASIO Driver (http://www.digidesign.com/download/asio/)
Digidesign WaveDrive (http://www.digidesign.com/download/wave/)
Additional Information


Session Interchange — Pro Tools 6 & Earlier Versions (http://www.digidesign.com/compato/xp/session.cfm)
Pro Tools 6 Compatibility — What's Changed from Pro Tools 5 (http://www.digidesign.com/compato/xp/new.cfm)
Digi 002 & 002 Factory Information


Pro Tools LE Product Section (http://www.digidesign.com/products/le/)
For more information, see the Pro Tools 6 documents in the Support > Tech Support > Technical Document Library (http://www.digidesign.com/support/docs/) section. Also included with new systems and Pro Tools 6 upgrade CDs.

Need Advice on a Computer Purchase?

Be sure to check out the Pro Tools LE Windows section of the Digidesign User Conference (http://duc.digidesign.com/) for computer recommendations from other Pro Tools LE users.

Disclaimer: Digidesign can not verify that the information in this forum will provide full functionality or performance. Please refer to these Compatibility Documents for Digidesign's official system requirements.

Digidesign Compatibility Documents Index (http://www.digidesign.com/compato/)

[OneMileWish]

Dan, I'm guessing you tracked the drums at a proper studio, then transferred that to your project studio? Did you mix at home as well?

I'm actually thinking of doing this for my band.

Issues? Suggestions?

ps - I have a 450mghz PC with 512kb memory. Is this enough to run Pro Tools?
Hey John...sorry, I just saw this post!

Anyways - yep, tracked the drums at a nice studio straight onto my firewire drive, and just took the firewire drive to all of the other places we recorded (at least 5 separate places...blech). After tracking, we took it back into the studio and mixed there on an SSL 4036G+, the same console we tracked the drums on.

I didn't really have any issues, but did have to make a concession that made me a little leery - we tracked everything at 24-bit 48k instead of 24-bit 96k, because we would be doing most of the tracking (everything outside of the studio) on a powerbook. That was the only "issue."

:)