Happy Camper Got His 700C.. now a 700R on it's way... sweet.

 Just this minute got my new 700C up and running... pretty impressed so far.
 
...apologies for a new thread, just had to rant for a moment. It looks to be quite impressive.
 
Out.

Thanks Craig.... it's replacing a Mackie MCU but so far I'm impressed with having EQ so available. Got a lot of new habits to learn like every new surface but hopefully this one is the last one.

Just gotta find the 700R for a respectable price now... err, and rebuild the desk.

Congrats... you're gonna love it!

Scott

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Thanks a bunch folks. Spent a few hours with the new girl last night and thought about her all day today... must mean something.

What an excellent surface... just gotta watch some videos now to learn how to do the things you are so used to doing with a mouse and keyboard... mainly editing features.

Nice to be in the '700 Club' and thanks again for the kind sentiments.

Hey Mully and eBlue...congrats to you both.  I got mine back in June of 2009, got my studio modified to use it (new desk, racks, etc.) and then had to hit the road again to make some bucks (needed to eat and pay for all of this stuff).  I've been checking the forum every now and then, but have been soooo busy (long hours).  Anyway, back home now and took this week off to upgrade all software and start getting familiar with Sonar 8.5 and the V-700 Studio setup.  The more I mess with it the more impressed I am...really nice compared to experiences with other setups I've used.  The software and hardware really work well togehter.  My only complaint so far is the light-weight monitoring setup; not really up to the pro standards that I have been used to for tracking and over-dubbing, but I'll figure something out.  I think I've already seen some discussion on this issue in the not-too-distance past.  Anyway, I'm very pleased with everything so far, including Sonar (new platform for me).  I think you will be too.  I'll post more with my experiences as I get further down the road.  By the way, Greg, Jeff, Zo and Scott have a lot of experience with Sonar and the V-Studio and post often.  I think you'll find their input very valuable.  Later guys.

It never ends does it.

thank you and congrats! you'll love the integration of the two units! and I'm glad you've had a good experience with West LA Music.

Awesome! Now your SONAR studio is complete.

Scott

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Did you get it from Peter at West LA?  He got my mine at a great price.  Was also pretty cool to deal with.  If you want a good quote, tell him Frank in Atlanta told you to call him.  Good folks out there.

Ok... FINALLY getting to play with this setup (new business is taking a lot of time) and it is being pretty average. ASIO just gives trouble and WDM gives some joy but overall my setup is no where near as usable as with the MOTU.

Example is old projects won't play and typically come up with "Device may not support the current project's audio form,at or may be in use." etc issues but under WDM they will often play BUT I can't explain how difficult getting the system to just play can be. Did not have these troubles in the MOTU world... suspect I will have to uninstall and reinstall everything which is obviously less than exciting.

Ok, off for trip to Painville. I hope all the effort is worth it coz right now I'm a little jaded.

..apologies for the sook. I expected a lot simpler integration and I want to use this gear, not stuff around with it again.

Good stuff Mully. I really can't decide if I should get the V700 system. It's either that, or get a Lynx/Grace Design front end with no controller. I should probably go with the Lynx/Grace setup, but does all the extra cost really translate into a noticeably better end result? I don't know - feedback thus far is that the 700R sounds pretty damn good. Maybe it's coin flipping time.

Did you get the 700C from the States also? I've found the prices in Oz to be outrageously more expensive, so would be interested to know if you managed to get a good deal here, or got it delivered from the US...

Hey James I got both units from the US. The 700C was an excellent option from and eBay listing for a new unit with a broken from input put for the DI which I won't use anyway, but will fix when I can be bothered to do it. The 700R I waited and waited for and eventually found West LA Music had make an offer on an eBay listing and I made a silly one and they accepted which was awesome. I should add that it was only silly by Oz pricing. Got both for about $2400US which is ridiculously good.

I would definitely steer down this path if you intend to stay with Sonar. The V-Studio does get you very productive I believe and I'm finally gearing towards the long awaited CD.... once the other stuff settles.

Scott yeah I remember reading this very point and the suggestion of adding sample rate to file names is very sound (pun intended). Worth the effort. I finally have come to grips with this process in the real world and can live with it now knowing older projects are accessible and am quite looking forward to all that the combination of these units now offers.

Pretty impressive setup now I have to say along with the good outboard stuff... and the pending Drip LA2A build!

Cheers and thanks guys.

good sharing

$4500ish for ex-demo is a good deal. Won't be many in stock being ex-demo sadlybut a good deal.

By the time I finished, I had spent (ball park) $1200AU for the controller and $2kAU for the IO give or take a couple of dollars and that was paying taxes and duty theft fees.... if I'd only had them sent as gifts.... The 700C got a last second bid that put it over the $1k trade limit by $12AU which then cost me another $200 in govt fees. Still was a good price so I didn't complain.
 
Only problem with the 700R was the delay incurred by going through Oz Post and Customs... added another week and a half.
 
More than happy with the deals although it took a while to get together... these things are excellent.
 
Cheers!

Yeah James... I was watching the auction VERY close at the end. The seller was incredibly helpful too because he didn't have to ship overseas. I only found the listing from checking the US eBay site as the eBay search function is a bit less than comprehensive.

Cheers.