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After a Month of Use
I’m a hobby musician, and I use this interface in my home studio with a Windows PC. I was a little suspicious about this interface before I got my hands on it, mainly because it offers such a great feature set at this price point, and the general feedback on its software side is quite mixed.
When I got it, it took me one or two days to create the setup I needed. I understand the confusion other users had, because it’s quite a complex system. But I think it is very logical, and once you figure it out, you can easily make the changes you want. Honestly, I don’t think this level of complexity could be implemented in a much simpler way.
What I really like about this interface:
- I have 16 inputs (expanded with an ASP800 via ADAT). I use a few parallel channels for some instruments with real-time effects enabled, and I record 24 channels at 96 kHz simultaneously.
- It has four headphone outputs. I use one for mixing and a different mix for two headphones for tracking while recording and practicing.
- The interface is bundled with native DAW plugins and real-time effects that can run without latency on the device. What I like is that after I’ve mixed my recording in a DAW using the native plugins, I can apply most of those plugins to my tracking and practicing mixes. This way, what I hear in the headphones while playing is very close to the final mix. These real-time effects run on the interface, so the PC can be turned off—I only need to turn it on when I want to record.
- Another feature I really like is presets. I can save all the settings in one preset, or I can save different parts of the setup separately. For example, I can save different routings or FX chains as separate presets, and when I load them, they only apply those specific settings.
Overall, I’m very happy with this interface so far, and I hope it will last for many years.
When I got it, it took me one or two days to create the setup I needed. I understand the confusion other users had, because it’s quite a complex system. But I think it is very logical, and once you figure it out, you can easily make the changes you want. Honestly, I don’t think this level of complexity could be implemented in a much simpler way.
What I really like about this interface:
- I have 16 inputs (expanded with an ASP800 via ADAT). I use a few parallel channels for some instruments with real-time effects enabled, and I record 24 channels at 96 kHz simultaneously.
- It has four headphone outputs. I use one for mixing and a different mix for two headphones for tracking while recording and practicing.
- The interface is bundled with native DAW plugins and real-time effects that can run without latency on the device. What I like is that after I’ve mixed my recording in a DAW using the native plugins, I can apply most of those plugins to my tracking and practicing mixes. This way, what I hear in the headphones while playing is very close to the final mix. These real-time effects run on the interface, so the PC can be turned off—I only need to turn it on when I want to record.
- Another feature I really like is presets. I can save all the settings in one preset, or I can save different parts of the setup separately. For example, I can save different routings or FX chains as separate presets, and when I load them, they only apply those specific settings.
Overall, I’m very happy with this interface so far, and I hope it will last for many years.
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