I've owned on twice. First time round was just for fun recording some rehearsals etc. This time is for the purpose of tracking drums back to my mates home studio for my new covers band demo then selling it on. But, at the same time I'm wanting a new audio interface for my own wee home setup.
I've just had a play about with it. It works, I can get 8 ins which amazing (not that I'd need them) but I'm convinced I'm not getting a clean loud sound out of it than I was out my old set up which was using a behringer micro mixer for my pres.
My question is, does anyone use one as their main interface? Are you happy? Or are the pres poor and that's why I'm hearing what I'm hearing?
My only reason for purchase was simply to record 8 tracks of drums 'on location' so my plan was always going to sell it on at the same price I bought it for but it *might* be worthwhile keeping and using as my AI if I can get some real life feedback!
The drivers etc seem to be solid and latency is super low so technically it's ticking the boxes
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I've not got one, but if it is bus powered, try using it in the same scenario but using the PSU also. Could be that headroom is reduced using bus power. I'm not sure what the pre's are like but it would be worth doing a quick test on how they sound, with and without the PSU.
More I play with it, I'm convinced the pres are pretty weak, so I'll almost certainly not keep it as my audio interface after I've used it for what I need it for.
I did try to hook it up as my audio interface at home too - my problem was the drivers though - they were fucking terrible. Crackles, zipping, latency - ugh. This was way back when, so if that side of it is working for you then they may have sorted that out.
But as a way of capturing 8 ins at once live it was/is a bloody bargain imo - but in terms of sound quality a UAD Apollo it aint.
So far I've had poor success as an interface. I'm convinced there's more crackles and pops appearing. I'll just give up with it and sell it on once I get the drums tracked.