even dry is fine (i have outboard effects) just a system to record maybe 8-16 audio tracks. but really 'as is' without the temptation of more plugins / better tech / new things to buy. a modern DAW where digital audio is in the machine. but the point was i just hit record and did **** and moved on to the next song. of course i was doing sound on sound with a cassette player and later with a mini disk but yea i'm not looking to go back that simple. and i was able to make more ideas more quickly. the temptation to explore / twiddle knobs / sliders is exciting but ultimately counterproductive.īack in the 90's when i was single and had more time to record, i had an amiga 1200, DW8000 and ART Mach 2 and a few other ads and ends. and what i have found is that i get overwhelmed / tempted to explore the endless world of plugins / possibilities. You're asking great questions, but let me explain a little background and my intension.

Plus, there were no artifacts to color the duncan Using hypercardioid mics (tube mics and 414's) I was able to isolate the vocals from the instruments the singers were playing and the pitch correction algorithm had no problem fixing bad notes. Just the other day I pitch-corrected some vocals recorded live with a 3-piece bluegrass band. It only takes seconds to fix an out-of-tune vocal note, assuming the vocal mic was not picking up other instruments. Unlike Autotune or Melodyne, DP's pitch correction window is part of the GUI. If you record vocals, that feature is invaluable. On the one hand, it saves me money, on the other hand, I'm missing out!ĭoes DP 3 have graphic pitch correction? I thought that came later. On OS 10.6.8 with DP 7.24, I'm already finding VI's and plugins I can't buy because they want a later OS. (If you're interested, I have one in my old mac that's no longer being used.) You might be able to install the earlier pre-PCIe UAD card. Will you be satisfied with the stock motu plugins? It's really hard to buy legacy plugins these days. Hard drives have a lifespan, just like lightbulbs, but less predictable. Is it a noisy machine? When I got my G5 quadcore intel xeon with os 10.6 probably 5 (?) years ago, I was amazed at how quiet it was compared to my previous mac.ĭo you have backup hard drives for your projects, and for audio, so you're not recording audio onto the system drive? If the hard drive in that machine is stock, it's 14 years old.

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