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Both of those are excellent but pricey?
The Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 has your specified I/O and runs well under £200. It will also, I bet beat, certainly equal those others for driver stability and low latency.
Bit OT but I think the Crimson missed a trick in not including ADAT at that price?
Dave
I have a TC-Elec Konnekt 24. This is a pretty ok unit and has SPIDF connections [I used this to the Axe-FX for a while when I had USB connectivity probs with the Axe].. the USB connection to the Axe is not quite as iffy as it used to be so I switched back to the USB - just easier work flow]
I also have a Mackie Onyx 16 ch mixer which has also a 16 out / 2 in firewire AI.
anything mic'd is recorded via the Mackie
all monitoring is via the Mackie
I use the Axe USB straight into the Mac to record but monitor the Axe via 1/4" jacks into the Mackie [so Logic plays back on channels 15/16 and the Axe is jacked into 13/14].
when using the Axe to record [dry and reamping] I use an aggregate interface in the Mac.. when not recording I switch back to just the Mackie on its own..
@Heartfeltdawn - are the 'speaker b' outputs separately addressable, or do they just tap the main single? IE: Can I use those as regular line outputs and route to them from within my DAW?
So:
DAW 1/2 - Main Left+Right to my monitors
DAW 3/4 - 3 could be a mono reamp signal, 4 could be another signal feed...
Or does it not work that way? Is DAW3/4 meant to be for the headphones?
"Pricey? I got my Crimson for £300. The quality of the preamps and conversion is much better than the KA6 from my demos. Drivers are pretty similar. My feelings are that the Crimson was really designed for ITB types who aren't going to ever recording a load of external inputs. For me it's pretty close to perfect."
Please! I am not knocking the Crimson, but I would like to see evidence that its converters are "much" better than the KA6 (dare bet they are the same Cirrus Logics?) . I would concede the KA could do with 6-10dB more gain on the pre amps but they are quiet enough for acoustic guitar using an SM57.
You got a good deal. I still maintain that at the reviewed price it should have had ADAT!
Dave.
Oh and coaxial. Not optical.
When I had one I got it specifically for the SPDIF Optical, the drivers didn't cause me any problems, it seemed pretty solid all round.
edit:
Yup it has all of those
SPDIF i/o
2 mic/line inputs
2 line inputs
4 line outputs
2 headphone outputs
MIDI i/o
http://us.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/scarlett-6i6
Where are you Drew? Cos if UK you can borrow my KA6 for a month.
Dave.
I only got rid of it because I upgraded, but it was great while I had it.
Before it I had a Tascam. I'll never buy a Tascam product again after using their drivers and all the crashes I had.
How much was the M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 when it first came out?? That was my first card!
I just wanted to hear what the recordings I love actually sound like, and have a good studio recording system.
And when I got equipment capable of showing me pretty much exactly what stuff sounded like, in some cases, I thought they were not that great.
When you can hear all the holes listening pleasure takes a knock. For me anyway.
"The Crimson for me got the balance between 'good enough to record with' and 'really good to listen to'."
That's fine H. I am not going to question your personal, subjective choice.
It is simply that converter comparisons are notoriously difficult. The levels must match to a fraction of a dB and very often the choice of device will change with the genre being auditioned. Then, I don't a lot of the "Audiophile Subjectivists" have ever quite recovered from the Great SoS Pre amp Test of a couple of years ago.
Dave.