Members where02190 Posted January 23, 2006 Members Share Posted January 23, 2006 Albeit it adds stereo voices, which is big, it's still only 16 extra tracks. IMHO, I don't think that alone is worth $495 Actually according to the Digi website, the limit is not 48 stereo tracks, which is 96 tracks of audio, for an additional 64 tracks technically, or 32 stereo tracks. The limit before was 32 tracks, and stereo tracks counted as 2, so the stereo track limit was 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 23, 2006 Moderators Share Posted January 23, 2006 Originally posted by where02190 Actually according to the Digi website, the limit is not 48 stereo tracks, which is 96 tracks of audio, for an additional 64 tracks technically, or 32 stereo tracks.The limit before was 32 tracks, and stereo tracks counted as 2, so the stereo track limit was 16. I've read your post and I'm not sure what you are saying Where. If I'm being redundant, I apologize. According to the Digi employee I met at NAMM. 48 tracks. Your choice of stereo or mono in any configuration you choose. 1 stereo track counts a 1 track. I think this is great. Now I can do backup vox bounces down to a stereo pair and it only counts as 1 track. Brilliant... and I get 48! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted January 23, 2006 Members Share Posted January 23, 2006 So that means a total of 96 tracks, or 48 pairs. Prior to this Le was limited to 32 tracks, with stereo tracks counting as 2. So we have gone from 32 tracks to 96 tracks, or, if you wish, 16 stereo tracks to 48. In either case that is a huge jump, trippling the track count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 You can configure the stereo tracks vs mono tracks however you want, up to a maximum of 48 tracks. IOW: 1 stereo track + 47 mono tracks2 stereo tracks + 46 mono tracks3 stereo tracks + 45 mono tracks............45 stereo tracks + 3 mono tracks46 stereo tracks + 2 mono tracks47 stereo tracks + 1 mono track IOW, from what they told me, each stereo track "counts" as ONE "track", as does each mono track, when figuring the total track count. One other thing I heard, but have not confirmed (I'll check the lit later) is that the new stereo tracks can NOT use dual mono plug-ins; only true stereo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 23, 2006 Moderators Share Posted January 23, 2006 Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe the new stereo tracks can NOT use dual mono plug-ins; only true stereo. Which means you can't use Digi's own EQ III on stereo tracks? Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliengroover Posted January 23, 2006 Members Share Posted January 23, 2006 Originally posted by where02190 Actually according to the Digi website, the limit is not 48 stereo tracks, which is 96 tracks of audio, for an additional 64 tracks technically, or 32 stereo tracks. The limit before was 32 tracks, and stereo tracks counted as 2, so the stereo track limit was 16. Yeah, I know what you're saying, and it is like 3x the tracks in stereo, so that's why I said that that it's stereo voices/tracks is big. My slant, though, was just that even with that it's still 48 discreet tracks. I'll take them though. That is crazy, too, about possibly not being able to use EQIII on the new stereo tracks, especially as I've been quite fond of it. Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted January 24, 2006 Members Share Posted January 24, 2006 I smell a new and maybe this time even improved 002 in the near future, with a crapload of I/O potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliengroover Posted January 24, 2006 Members Share Posted January 24, 2006 Agreed. I'm seriously starting to think that. Call me crazy, but between offering expanded track capabilities, a couple of new softsynths, multitrack BD, Instrument tracks, and improved MIDI functionality, it seems they're really starting to see more potential in improving the LE line. I don't think a visit to the "modular" world in the not too far future, in terms of I/O, is far fetched. For a long time it just seemed that they were happy with the extra money they got from LE systems. Now it seems like the heat is on and an equal opportunity to capitalize on that is too obvious to ignore.Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BLAblablah Posted January 24, 2006 Members Share Posted January 24, 2006 Originally posted by where02190 I smell a new and maybe this time even improved 002 in the near future, with a crapload of I/O potential. And some Word Clock I/O would sure be nice too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Originally posted by Lee Knight Which means you can't use Digi's own EQ III on stereo tracks? Interesting. Well, as I said, I have not confirmed that one yet Lee, so the jury's still out. But as it stands now, you're correct - you can't insert / use the EQIII as a true "stereo" plug in on a stereo track - just as a dual mono one, which means that if the ryumour I heard is accurate, then the EQIII as it exists now (who knows? They might upgrade it...) wouldn't be useable on stereo tracks in the expanded 48 track version of LE. But again, it's all rumour and conjecture at this point, and completely unconfirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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