About To Purchase a Digi 001

Boy, am I glad I decided to check out the DUC before making that final decision on Digi 001... it's been an eye opener to say the least. Still, since I'm here, might as well get some more (free!) advice on my specific needs. I (still) own one of the old 7100 Nubus Macs running PT 3.0 but I'm finally ready to move into the current century. Right now I mainly compose music for TV commercials... most of this work happens at other, professional (Mix Plus) studios I use, although I feel I could do a lot of the work at my home studio AND all my other projects too (albums, TV serial / film scoring, etc.) IF only I upgrade correctly. I can't buy everything I want in one shot, so here's what I felt was a sensible, two phase upgrade plan: Phase 1: Mac G4-400 / 256MB / 20GB x 2 / etc. Digi 001 Cubase-Mac (I work mainly with MIDI gear) Phase 2: Add the following - Nuendo-Mac (when it's out) Hammerfall Digi 96/52 (if needed) Yamaha 01V (if needed) The logic behind my plan is that I can start working, on a familiar platform right away and then later move to a more complex system when I can afford the upgrades. Now, here are my questions: 1. Will Cubase VST work well with the Digi 001 hardware? 2. Will Cubase and PTLE work happily together on the same computer or not? 3. WIll using VST plug-ins in PTLE be possible or painful? 4. I've been reading horror stories about the MIDI ports, will I need another MIDI I/O? 5. When I move to Nuendo, will I be able to use the Digi 001 interface? I think that'll keep some of you busy for a while...looking forward to generous heaps of advice. Cheers, Sanj

"5. When I move to Nuendo, will I be able to use the Digi 001 interface?" I just researched the Nuendo/001 question... And my response from Nuendo was yes. Nuendo will run on the 001 hardware. "3. WIll using VST plug-ins in PTLE be possible or painful?3." PTLE uses the RTAS format. I have heard of no plans from digi on supporting the VST format. And I believe such support would be highly unlikely. The good news is there are plenty of great plug ins for RTAS. Waves, DUY, Bomb Factory to name a few... If you go to the digi001 site you will find a plug ins page with links to many of the RTAS developers. Good Luck! ------------------ Bugsy

Why would you want to run Nuendo on 001 hardware? That is, why do you feel the need to have both softwares--LE & Nuendo?

If your're planning on mostly using Cubase/Nuendo, why bother getting the 001 at all? Get a nice sound card and midi interface, and if you want to play with PT, use the free version. Mike

I've been reading about the (not unexpected) instability of the Mac 5.0 Cubase version - at least the demo, since that's all thats available right now. The PC users seem to have more stability with their version of 5.0. I would wait at least until Steinberg comes out with the first series of patches for 5.0 before trying Cubase with the 001. It took until version 4.1r2 before Cubase was stable (in the 4.x series). Steinberg is notorious about producing buggy software when introducing new versions. I've used Cubase since version 3.0 and that package wasn't stable until 3.5. I wouldn't expect them to change their programming/marketing habits overnight. I would be surprised if Nuendo for the Mac is any more stable. I'm also curious as to why one would need both PTLE AND Nuendo. Cubase and/or Logic and/or DP - yes, but Nuendo? It's weak on midi as is PTLE. I would suggest that IF you want to use Nuendo, then get the Steinberg RME hardware, NOT the 001. ------------------ LW