You
want to weigh out the pros and cons. If I got to choose one, and only
one between the two, it
would be outboard gear. My opinion is a
subjective one and Ill tell you why. Outboard gear is appealing
to the eye then plug-ins. Outboard gear doesn't use processing power
from your computer. They also have their own internal processing to
prevent the computer from overloading. You're less likely to run into
any glitches, or technical problems during a live show or recording
session. The cons that I see in outboard gear is the bulkiness of all
the equipment. In a studio environment the equipment can usually stay
in the same place depending on how you have everything patched, but,
in a live sound environment, you're moving equipment from show to
show. Outboard gear is always more expensive then the plug-ins,
because it cost more for the company's to build the physical devices
rather then creating them virtually. Plug-ins can be great. You don't
have to worry about carrying them anywhere. Download them on to your
drive and use them as virtual gear on to your DAW (digital audio
workstation). They don't cost as much as the actual hardware device
and they take up no physical space. You can use them in live sound or
even in the studio. The cons I see with this, is the amount of
processing power it uses up. So if your going to stock up on plug-ins
you better have a computer with lots of processing power. Another
problem that you can have with plug-ins are the possibilities of
running into glitches. Its running off digital software instead of
pure analog signal processing. Use these pro and cons figure out what
you need according to your profession.
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