I’ve been a Nuendo guy for recording for a while now. I’ve been using Nuendo since about six months before it was available for sale as I was on the original beta tester team. I still really like the program although I’ve been enjoying using Cubase 4 recently as it has some convenient new features and sounds excellent.
There’s no arguing that it’s still mostly a Pro Tools world for DAW users. I quit lurking in the Pro Tools listings on eBay and made a purchase today. I’m easing in, not ready to commit to a big dollar HD system. I won an auction for a 002 rack unit with the Factory software bundle. It looks brand new, and should interface nicely into my studio (http://www.sweetbriarrecording.com/) where I can use my excellent RME converters to allow 16 channels in and out plus two channels through SPDIF. The 002 looks like a nifty package with plenty of flexibility. My dual core computer has 3 UAD-1 cards an a TC Powercore II that can be utilized with RTAS wrappers leaving plenty of processing power for the native Factory plugs.
I figure that with the RME converters – or the 002 converters if preferred – and my fine selection of mics, pres, comps, and of cource the superior sounding rooms – clients can cut excellent tracks in ProTools format if they prefer Pro Tools to Nuendo; if needed they could move the tracks to other more expensive studios with big deal HD systems for mixing.
No surprise that I’ll also make the 002 available as a rental (cheap, too). My next stop will be adding it to the recording equipment page http://www.thompsonmusicrental.com/recording.html
