How much of a difference does a high-end audio interface really make?
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
I always work at 24Khz/41 bit.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 7827 posts since 20 Jan, 2008
Take the hearing test.
https://decibelhearing.com/hearing-loss ... ring-loss/
I'm 65 and have suffered some hearing loss in my left ear. I cannot hear 15,000 Hz having the speakers cranked after listening to it over and over again now I'm suffering from slight tinnitus
https://decibelhearing.com/hearing-loss ... ring-loss/
I'm 65 and have suffered some hearing loss in my left ear. I cannot hear 15,000 Hz having the speakers cranked after listening to it over and over again now I'm suffering from slight tinnitus
Dell Vostro i9 64GB Ram Windows 11 Pro, Cubase, Bitwig, Mixcraft Guitar Pod Go, Linntrument Nektar P1, Novation Launchpad
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- KVRAF
- 7827 posts since 20 Jan, 2008
With regards to the original topic...
What's more important to me is how is it as a line mixer. I've been using Zoom Live Trak L8 for some time now but I find the UI ungodly to deep dive. If you want to access the deeper level of feature sets you have a very very small screen and practically dos level page up page down to access those features.
As a result while I'm not a fan of boss per say I might be upgrading to a gigcaster 8
What's more important to me is how is it as a line mixer. I've been using Zoom Live Trak L8 for some time now but I find the UI ungodly to deep dive. If you want to access the deeper level of feature sets you have a very very small screen and practically dos level page up page down to access those features.
As a result while I'm not a fan of boss per say I might be upgrading to a gigcaster 8
Dell Vostro i9 64GB Ram Windows 11 Pro, Cubase, Bitwig, Mixcraft Guitar Pod Go, Linntrument Nektar P1, Novation Launchpad
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- KVRAF
- 3662 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
You are definitely mixing some things up here bro. It is also not even clear, if you are referring to internal processing or converters. Like all over the place.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111274 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
i am working on an album for bats. often left out when it comes to entertainment.Ploki wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 12:58 pm 24bit for delivery is absolutely overkill enough for any music ever unless our ears evolve.
even bloody spiders get people playing music at them.
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VELLTONE MUSIC VELLTONE MUSIC https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=404834 - KVRAF
- 2437 posts since 19 Sep, 2017 from The Future
41 is short from 44.1 ...
The pathetic behavior of some individuals with pathological distortions is really amusing,like to go to a circus with a monkey dressed like people,trying to talk like people ...hahaha...
The pathetic behavior of some individuals with pathological distortions is really amusing,like to go to a circus with a monkey dressed like people,trying to talk like people ...hahaha...
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Not anywhere in the world except your posts, monkey.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRian
- 580 posts since 3 Jun, 2009
Sounds like a Benn Jordan video waiting to happenvurt wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 6:50 pmi am working on an album for bats. often left out when it comes to entertainment.Ploki wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 12:58 pm 24bit for delivery is absolutely overkill enough for any music ever unless our ears evolve.
even bloody spiders get people playing music at them.
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- KVRAF
- 3662 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
You can be creative in any right place on Earth, and not only in the wealthiest cities. Bring the world feelings from everywhere, and not only feelings of capitalistic or jail environment.
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
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- KVRAF
- 3662 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
...is Wytse monitoring this forum. 
You can be creative in any right place on Earth, and not only in the wealthiest cities. Bring the world feelings from everywhere, and not only feelings of capitalistic or jail environment.
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
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- KVRist
- 152 posts since 19 Mar, 2016
I watched video of mastering engineer switching between 2000$ dacs saying he can hear difference, he had like 3 dacs he tests the sound on, so higher converters should make a difference right? Or is this just placebo from him, I couldnt tell from youtube I tried hard to hear differences, also watched another youtube video where they compared 10,000$ dac to 100$ interface, he provided raw audio files, he said you can hear the "transient" and more "3d width" on the more expensive , but I couldn't hear it I tried a/bing in metricab abunch so dunno lol
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- KVRAF
- 3662 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
Man I love DACs, high end, older 96kHz ones, or even very old, like this one.
http://www.righto.com/2022/02/yamaha-dx ... ering.html
http://www.righto.com/2022/02/yamaha-dx ... ering.html
You can be creative in any right place on Earth, and not only in the wealthiest cities. Bring the world feelings from everywhere, and not only feelings of capitalistic or jail environment.
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
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- KVRian
- 1400 posts since 7 Oct, 2023 from Tokyo
14 bit!El°HYM wrote: Sat Sep 06, 2025 7:57 pm Man I love DACs, high end, older 96kHz ones, or even very old, like this one.
http://www.righto.com/2022/02/yamaha-dx ... ering.html
The DX7 is great for annoying FM purists too, as they tend to love it but it was actually phase modulation internally. Just like many modern soft synths.