Not trying to make a blanket statement that high end gear never makes a difference, but even in the cases where it does it will usually not be what you expect or are led to believe.
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Here is one example of many threads where professional audio engineers cannot identify the high end unit when compared to the low end one. Try things out to see how much they actually benefit you but no one should believe that very expensive gear is a requirement for a good sound or even that actually MAKE a difference for you. I am not saying there isn’t expensive gear that is tried and true, but this is simply NOT a necessity for quality and actually holds people back from focusing on what’s important. Making progress in audio engineering can be overwhelming because of the gear minded attitude that exists. if you like the idea of onboard dsp then apollo or apogee or rme will help.
if you record drums, then something with a lot more audio inputs will help. if you are a guitar player maybe get the axefx2 or kemper and keep the NI. So rather than viewing from the converter quality point of view, try to see how it helps in your workflow. im sure if a/b tested there could be a difference. didnt notice anything like missing something. I recently added another setup studio and used a light bridge audio instead of my usual rme800 and the D to A was about the same. does that difference cost 1K? (even after applying fx, samples, mixing etc) yes, its youtube but if you can't hear a $1000 difference on one source demo, why would you buy it anyways? or maybe you hear a small difference. it wont help.Īlso, you can compare in youtube the blind ab tests. See, the convertion quality is good but if you use those pres on a cheap mic on a home bedroom in a city, then no matter if you get the apollo or rme or antelope valley. i would try to use external mic pre and processing like compression and eq. which is why many us hate so much protools/avid.Īnyways, your NI will sound excelent compared to the apollo, rme etc.
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still, much much cheapr than what it used to be with pro tools hd systmes running at $12,000 minimum.
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having onboard dsp, with custom plugins that have to pays half their license to the owners' brands will def bring the overall price up once you get more into their ecosystem.
thunderbolt is way much more expensive than usb2. So sometimes the extra huge price you see its a mix of these extra options and also the connecting type. seems companies are stepping it up on this realm like the new steingberg and rupert neve interace, beringer midas pres and rme promoting theirs. then, there is the issue of on board mic pres. for example, UAD is a dsp audio interface and will let you record with effects w/o (much) latency. The other things is that some of these interfaces come with some cool bells and whilstes. they have copied each others competitng prodcuts to make sure the converter quality is decent and barley noticeable against other interfaces. Mostly because for price these audio interfaces inside other prodcuts needs to be economical.Īs for audio interfaces themselves, these have been mostly standarized. Now i would say the same applies to some gear that does one thing but also is an audio interface.Ī synth that wants to be an audio interface, a guitar modeler with a audio mix input and converters so its also a audio interface etc. older cats still bear the scars of those days. and why i think some o fthe longer discussions stillhappen nowadays. There used to be a time when the difference between audio interfaces was very noticeable. So: speakers first, then solve room problems. Rather than having that argument all over, I'll suggest that you figure out ways to deal with problems you hear in your room, instead of just sticking stuff up because someone tells you it's categorically necessary to "treat" your room.Īre you recording live audio? If so, mics and mic preamps are a separate discussion. Most people will feed you a bunch of nonsense about acoustics, giving you links to videos of wankers who spread the same BS. You'll also want to set up your room so it's workable - both for sound and ergonomics.
I'd start with a good pair of speakers before thinking about upgrading audio interfaces. To sound right, speakers need a good amp that's well matched to them, but these days those are usually internal (they're called powered monitors). The biggest difference in sound quality is with tranducers: speakers and mics. Better audio interfaces absolutely do sound better, but the differences aren't nearly as great as the ones between speakers and mics. To the original question: you'll hear a difference with a better audio interface if you have the system to reveal the difference.
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