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just had the discussion tonight with a buddy on spending the extra $200 on a i7 + mobo, so that is done.
Regarding enough inputs on the RME 800, my plan there is to buy another one and slave them on the firewire800, if needed. Plus, I do have the 1604VLZ which may work okay okay in conjunction.
Regarding the room....
That is something me and another buddy (both of us are high end audiophiles) have been discussing. He has some absorptive panels that are available and we know how to make them, plus we understand LEDE (live end, dead end). I have three rooms for recording and we can do what is necessary to control "liveness". I have a really good listening room upstairs where the high end audiophile system is and it is all corrected.
The outboard DSP is a really good suggestion, thanks for that! hadn't thought about that and is exactly why I wanted your inputs. Regarding MIDI, I haven't figured that all out yet but my good buddy is donating his MIDI keyboard to the cause. When I find out what it is, I'll report back but I do remember him saying it was heavy on the MIDI control side of things and was really good back 8 years ago or so.
For headphones, I have the Etymotic Research ER-4 Micro Pro in the ear phones which are fantastically accurate.
Keep the suggestions coming!
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