I have a dance track guy I am integrating a project studio for, and he is waffling on the 2 consoles.

I know the DM 2000 has more internal effects proccessing, but still think a great external unit and $3000 or so of plug-ins for Logic or Cubase would be much more effective especially for music like Daft Punk etc.

I think the O2r is overkill, let alone the Dm 2000, even if he wants to do jazz bands live later on. Save the cash and put it into trick plugs that advance the style.

I think he would be better off with an o1r96 and 2 killer effects units like and Eventide, and a decent TC etc.

Any comments on the o2r Dm2000's internal effects and especially the reverbs, are they really like a Good Rev7 or Rev 9 etc.

How's the dynamics/EQ modeling?

And this will all be running from a gamers laptop not a true work machine. So twin firewire ADAT interfaces to the computer.

I have to integrate it one way or another.
I am tech central, but not decision central.
So I figured some feed back would be good.

There is also the monitors issue, he wants the Alesis Prolinear 720dsp's without having heard them....
And waffling on a sub wooofer...
yeah mixing dance tracks and no sub woofer.... yow!

I say get the ADAMS w accordian tweeters, or Genelec 1031's or 1029s with a 7050 sub woofer.

Anyone heard these 720's???
For me it's a pig in a poke...
the Genelecs are known entities.
And the ADAMS sound even better.

Unknown monitors are just plain scary.
Garbage in Garbage out.

And at the very least RPG's studio in a box.
if not a true room analysis.

I ain't gotten diddly for work done, except for digging info on his project this week.