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doesn't digidesign own focusrite?
No, they were Focusrite's North American distributor for a few years, and they collaborated on the preamps in the M Box and Control 24 as well as the Comman 8's control room section. Digidesign still distributes their TDM plugins.
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Why do I need their cruddy DSP when I can run 5 (better) EQs and compressors on every track as it is on my native system (with CPU usage up to around 30%?) I don't think focusrite got the memo. DSP is dead.
So how do you know that their DSP is "cruddy" and your EQ's are "better"? I don't think DSP is dead...there are more and more DSP-based devices coming out all the time, and no matter how fast your processor is, you computer will have more power when you add extra DSP to it.
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If you've never had problems with an 002 and your PC, you got LUCKY (or you paid too much for a pre-built machine.)
Uh, no, my point-in-passing was that you can build the EXACT same system for about 1/4 of the cost of the premade ones. I'd gladly pay top dollar for a working DAW. But I don't have to. Creation Stations and Alienware systems are ripoffs. Period.
I'm confused as to what your point is...first you say that if you never had problems you are either lucky or paid too much for a pre-built machine. But then you say that you can build the EXACT same system for a quarter of the cost...are you referring just to the "lucky" ones?
-Duardo