>a biig reason for 8 outputs is that no matter what you're
>doing at home there may very well come a time where you have
>the opprotunity to take your computer to someone elses
>studio, equipped with genelec monitors, neve console, and
>lots of lovely outboard stuff...

First up.....as I was saying to Nicolay. The question wasnt why would someone want 8 outs.... it was why did Wise have it as one of his requirements. He seemed to be a bit unsure of what he needed over all....I wanted to make sure he was requesting something he would actually make use of. Simple as that...some people know what they need...some people think they do and may be a bit off center. I was just trying to help a brotha by having him clarify his needs.

Now as for taking your computer to a studio?
Riiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhhhhht. Who is gonna do that ish bruh? Most home recordists know that they can bring a SCSI/Firewire/IDE Mac formatted/PC formatted Hard Drive, or a friggin CDR and transfer files to Protools, Nuendo, or RADAR in the majority of studios. Unless your puter soundcard has equal or better converters than the Protools HD, Apogee or Mytek that you are likely to encounter in a commercial studio.....its best you leave your puter at home let them do the conversion. Your mixes will thank you. Even if going to tape....its still better to let the studio handle your conversion. The simple fact is.... their converters will likely be better than yours.

>8 in 8 out is just flexible,, if at home you only use stereo
>out that's cool, but when it comes to mastering you might do
>that somewhere else.

Mastering? Again bruh... where are you getting this from? None of the mastering engineers I know prefer a multitrack project to work on. The mastering engineer usually gets a stereo file not overly compressed or limited. 24bit on cd/Hdrive or 2 inch tape if possible. And they definately prefer you leave the multitrack mixing to the mix engineer. Some usually can accept multitrack masters(?), but that by FAR is not the standard accepted practice. (Radio edits from a cost perspective should be done in the studio before mastering. Its just cheaper...)

Your arguments for 8 outs are really too non-standard to really be taken seriously. Nicolay's outboard mixer concept was much more solid and way more practical as a reason to spend the extra cash. From a cost/benefit standpoint.

And again......the 8 out question was for Wise.

Peace,
Natural Born
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