| Well... I got a DM3200 [message #82409] |
Sat, 31 March 2007 12:43  |
Jon Jiles
Messages: 90
Registered: November 2005
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Hi peeps.. hope everyone is well...
Well.. I took the leap. I was able to get a screaming deal from a little
studio in SF on a 5 month old, low hour DM3200 with a meter bridge and I'm
now deep in the throes of trying to understand it all and learn Cubase 4.
The new firewire card is still only marginally available and waiting on one
but I picked up a used MOTU 2408mk3 to use in the interim. Having some clocking
issues right now so I'm sure you'll be hearing from me...
Thanks again to everyone for all of the advice..
Party on Garth,
Jon
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| Re: Well... I got a DM3200 [message #82548 is a reply to message #82492] |
Mon, 02 April 2007 22:02  |
Jon Jiles
Messages: 90
Registered: November 2005
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Thanks James -
I haven't been able to do all that much on it yet other than noodle around
with the Cubase 4 demo song (which is real annoying after 3 or 4 listens).
Then I decided to to sell my RME HD9652 and buy the 2408 for the interim
because 8 channels of ADAT wasn't going to cut it for learning anything (the
DM3200 has 24 channels of TDIF and only 8 of ADAT without additional cards
)and the firewire card was seriously backordered. Then my Cubase motherboard
died and the board I bought to replace it refused to post consistently ...which
ate up a week ... then I had to get another mobo... and now I'm trying to
get 2408 and DM3200 to play nicely in their clocking sandbox and have discovered
that everyone seems to be using an external clock to get good results with
this set up. I don't want to spend any more money on an interim solution
when I should be seeing shipment of the new Tascam firewire card within the
next week or so. So for now I'm just sort of pissed and frustrated and wondering
why I deserted my trusty old Paris rig. What's funny is that after I get
this going I'm still probably going to use Paris as a stereo summing bus
or something. (in fact I'd welcome more suggestions on that front).
The manual's not quite as hideous as advertised, but it's not that great
either. Kind of cursory for a board so deep with features. One of the DM3200
usergroup guys made a pretty good tutorial, set-up DVD. Not as entertaining
as Aaron and BT's Paris DVD, but quite useful. Geared more for a HD recorder
rather than a DAW though, so I'm left to my own feeble devices and to whomever
of you more experienced peeps will answer my questions when it comes to using
it with Cubase 4.
I have to say though, that what I am seeing so far is that thing is going
to be very flexible once I've gained some real facility with the interface.
I'll be sure to give an update as soon as I get out this "equipment needed
to actually finish the new rig not here yet, equipment that is here not working
or dying, why the f*ck did I think I needed to do this again" limbo land.
I can say that CD's sound great played through it though! :>)
Cheers,
Jon
"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Hey Jon! Glad to hear you finally got a DM-3200. We are going to need
a
>full report when you get some time in on it: )
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>Can you tell us anymore about what you think of it so far? The big question
>is, how are the mic pres, and of course the overall sound??? I hear the
>pres are good, and the mixes sound good, but I'd like to hear from you on
>this. Down the road, it would be cool if you could post some audio.
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>There is a lot to learn with that one. You should go to the Tascam forums
>for help, I hear the manual is not so great.
>
>James
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>"Jon Jiles" <nojij@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Hi peeps.. hope everyone is well...
>>
>>Well.. I took the leap. I was able to get a screaming deal from a little
>>studio in SF on a 5 month old, low hour DM3200 with a meter bridge and
I'm
>>now deep in the throes of trying to understand it all and learn Cubase
4.
>>
>>The new firewire card is still only marginally available and waiting on
>one
>>but I picked up a used MOTU 2408mk3 to use in the interim. Having some
clocking
>>issues right now so I'm sure you'll be hearing from me...
>>
>>Thanks again to everyone for all of the advice..
>>
>>Party on Garth,
>>Jon
>>
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