On 3/1/03 8:32 AM, "fatef_er <hcs@...>" wrote: > It seems to be that everyone loves the sound of > the Mobile I/O, and is willing to hang out while ADAT resolution and DSP+ > software becomes a reality. Yup! :) > Is that your experience? Yes. The Mobile I/O has some of the best sounding converters for the money you can find. I would compare the sound of the Mobile I/O's converters with Apogee units (which I've owned); except with the Mobile I/O, the converters cost under $100/channel, whereas the Apogee AD or AD 16 costs over $200/channel. > Are the Mic preamps so noisy as to be unuseable? I don't have a problem with them at all. Its not so much that the preamps are noisy, its just that they are low gain. In other words, whereas a dedicated preamp might have 70db of gain, the MIO has about 40db. This means that with mics that need a serious boost, you end up pushing them really hard, and the highest settings are of course noisier than lower settings. But they sound great, and when you have a signal that needs moderate amounts of additional gain, they work fantastically. Just don't expect to power a ribbon mic! > I'm also concerned about playback performance -- usually > run all 24 tracks with tons o' plugins (this on an 867 single > processor mac with 1 gig RAM), with another Firewire HD on that chain. Last night I mixed a 50 track song with a MASSIVE load of plugins on my dual G4/533 (roughly similar power to your machine, slightly less), with all the audio tracks coming off my FireWire drive. No glitches, no issues, no problems, drive meter wasn't even taxed. (This is in OS9). Hope that helps, Orren --------------------------- http://www.dvboutique.com http://www.emberafter.com

Thanks all, that's really helpful info.