Apogee Mini-me & others, Pros & Cons Options

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DigitMus said:

Just got a MiniMe and it absolutely blows the 828 out of the water!! 2 phenomenal mic preamps, limiting, compression (you can even tweak the ratios by opening the top of the box!) famous Apogee A-D conversion (+UV22) 96khz operation, and you can even use different sample rates/bit depths SIMULTANEOUSLY (i.e. 96/24 from SPDIF & AES/EBU, and 44.1/16 via USB). For me, the 828 is now an expensive doorstop.
Scott

Holli answered:

mini-me sounds very cool fidelity wise, how much do they go for roughly?
I could look on the web site  but what kind of outs does it have, also what is the driver system? I think I speak for everyone but please let us know how you get on DigitMus , now and as an ongoing concern. Maybe this warrants a new forum! I for one would love to follow it's progress.
Holli xxx

Teiwaz answered:

DigitMus,
Great to hear a fellow Apogee user talkin' loud!
I LOVE my AD-8000...Apogee rule, man!
Maybe we should open a new thread on the subject of the extremely exciting Apogee guys and their products...  :D

And now for the rest...
;-)

Bye.

[Presto]

Teiwaz, you say "Digi's Mbox is not such a professional sounding unit (it's decidedly semi-pro), near zero latency or not, and it simply can't be pitted against anything Apogee put out there."

On what do you base this comment? I don't believe you are unbiased. Could you explain the meaning of "decidely semi-pro" when you talk about the Mbox as compared to the mini-me (doesn't apogee say its not really 96K - only 48K for the moment?).

I know of musicians with loads of "impessive gear" including the Mbox, so at least they don't think as you do.

However I cannot give any comment on comparative quality as I have no experience of, and know nobody local with the mini-me.

I do hope you have first hand experience of the two, and are not just giving us salesman talk.

Still, you also say "it all depends on what/who the recording is for at the end of the day". I agree, but I would add that once you get to the Mbox level, the quality and money you spend depends particularly on the mics, the environment, and of course the person making the sound, and the sound/music itself. There's no point paying more for quality in a piece of equipment if the rest of the chain doesn't reach that quality.


Anyway, UrbanM, I'm recording lots of noises too (using an Mbox) and the Mbox/Focusrite solution is perfect for me. Even if people did take a close look at your 'bruitage', I'm sure they would find no fault due to an Mbox which is great value for money.

OT (I'm not a moderator here ): Holli. My Selmer alto sax is N° 18767 (British Agent). Would this give an idea of its exact age, or anything else? Not sure if there's enough to say about saxes to warrant a Topic