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I did think the same thing Autumn time last year, then I watched this video & realised that it wasn’t something I needed.
https://youtu.be/tl5mKitmXkA
I mostly record Amp - Two notes Live - UR22 - DAW and I am running the IR's in the DAW as I think that sounds best.
It is hard to know without getting other units in to try.
Now I did a direct comparison of recording through a mic vs through the two notes and there was nothing in it sound wise, so thats is why I am questioning the UR22
I could hear a lot more detail with the Crimson compared to the UR22 and the NI KA2 I have now on the laptop.
For guitars though, the detail gains will be smaller because of the nature of guitar speakers.
I was interested to see if it would be worth spending the £££to upgrade, seems not so much, I might try the MKII just to see though, or maybe get something high end in for a shoot out
This is the right answer ...
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Seriously, two of your main four elements of recorded electric guitar (guitar/amp/speaker/mic) are fake, not to put too fine a point on it, that really is where your problem lies.
I was under the impression that the main selling point of the UA system and indeed the resulting price differential was the onboard processing of plugins that allow you to do more complex fx processing in real time? Trying to state that one was vastly overpriced compared to the other based on the quality of the respective mic preamp sections is completely missing the point? I’ve got a Focusrite 6i6, I started looking at the UA but I really don’t think I’ll ever need the additional onboard processing capabilities.
Not really wanting to go down the rabbit hole of shredding every other part of the set up. If I did that I would end up with a pro studio and I dont have the time in my life to use that.
A while ago, I had a Steinberg CI2 interface, but then upgraded to an Audient Mico and the Audient was noticeably better to my ears. More weight to the sound and less noise.
Not a direct comparison but I think some think like the ID14 or SSL 2 might be an improvement, depending on what you are doing.
Listening back to old recordings I can hear the quality with some gear over other gear, for example the ADAT I had with a spirit desk sounds way better than the Fostex Digital 8 track I had. I can hear the cheap preamps in that, especially with guitars!
I've never tried the UR22, so no idea what it's like.
You know your setup better than anyone though.