Greetings,
I've been monitoring the board for a few weeks now- very nice discussions. I am in the market for a digital console and am quite hot on the DA7, especially after hearing about all of your comments. Here are my questions:
1) Should I go with a used DA7 or a new mkII? At this point I'm unclear as to what features in the mkII can be upgraded via software. If I got a used DA7 I could upgrade to v2.5 of the software, right?
2) Exactly how many analog inputs come built in? I've seen 16, which is what I want, but I also plan on adding 3 TDIF cards....that means I would have a total of 40 channels, from my understanding it only can handle 32 (+ auxs) is this right? (Or would I switch back and forth btwn say one of the cards and the second 8 analogs...?)
3) The MIDI automation...I know the custom layer sends out MIDI, which is great for Digital Performer, but will it receive the MIDI automation I record and move the faders accordingly? Ex. could I record MIDI volume in Digital Performer and then have the faders slave to DP on playback with motorized faders?
4) I understand thee DA7 is not 96khz compatable, but it is 24 bit, yes?
5) One last thing--- if I were to buy a DA7mkII new, with 3 TDIF cards, the SMPTE card and a meter bridge, does anybody have an idea of the street price? How about a similar DA7 used?
That's it for now, I look forward to corresponding with you all in the future. Thanks so much for all your time and insight!
Regards,
Cody
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Cody Westheimer
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