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Which 8 mic pre interface
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I'm hoping for some guitarist-centric advice on interfaces hence asking here first rather than sound on sound and other recording forums. I'm looking for an interface to be the centre of a portable and home studio setup, which would you recommend based on the following:
I was looking at the firestudio project which seems well regarded and covers everything I need but the focusrite liquid saffire 56 with the liquid preamps, extensive routing options and expandability also looks good. The saffire 56 is pretty much the top end of my budget. Thanks |
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That's good to hear I'll mainly be using it with a macbook pro but also have an iMac
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Do you already have an AD/DA interface with an ADAT optical in? For example, I have a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 (4 mic pres plus 4 line ins) but I can add the Focusrite OctoPre via ADAT and add an additional 8 mic pres without changing my interface. There are a number of other 8 mic pre/channel ADAT output devices that would also do the job. Just a thought...
Phil
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Onyx Blackbird
good preamps. Sounds great to me.
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For years I've used interfaces with line in (TRS inserts) and used a stack of two channel tube type preamps. Owned various ones, and always preferred the results from the tube preamps to the digital ones. I also liked the 'hands on' adjusting of their levels too... If that's not feasible, then any high end interface should have decent preamps in them. Presonus, MOTU (Mark of the Unicorn), etc. |