I bought my SPL Crimson for one reason: hardware monitor control with loads of inputs, plus a 6X6 USB interfacing in one box. Dante allows me to access the network infrastructure already present in the studio/house. To do what I do with any other interface would be a cabling nightmare. My set up might sound complicated but it is all based on need. I serve up 16 channels of the 32 Dante available channels for this device to the network. The Focusrite Red 16Line is attached to a PC in another room. It means I can track through UA plugins too, with negligible latency, up to 8 channels at once. The Apollo is also connected to the Ferrofish Pulse 16 DX CV via ADAT. I choose to do this because it means I can manage the monitoring of signals more easily. yes this means that I connect the Apollo to the MTRX and monitor off the MTRX. The reason I do it this way is the A16R has SRC on its AES inputs, so the Apollo X8 can be in any sample rate but there is no chance of a mismatch with the MTRX. I also use a UA Apollo X8 which is sent digitally to the MTRX via an AES/EBU input on one of the Focusrite A16R’s. This means I have parity with inputs, what shows up as input x in Pro Tools is the same in Logic/Ableton/Nuendo etc. The great thing about Dante is that transmitters can be sent to multiple receivers (destinations). I have 192 channels of Dante available to me, 64 channels of MADI and 16 channels of AES.Īll of my inputs are simultaneously routed to both Digilink and to the Rednet PCIE-R card. It has 16 channels of AD, 8 channels of DA which I can (and likely will) expand to a maximum of 48 channels of conversion onboard. The heart of the studio is the Avid MTRX, it is such a brilliant device and expandable beyond what I could ever possibly need. It gets occasional use as a very portable, good quality interface I can pop in a bag and unlike the Apollo Twin it is bus powered.Īvid MTRX (16 in, 8 out), expanded by various Dante expanders (2 x Focusrite A16R, Ferrofish Pulse 16 DX CV, Focusrite AM2, X2P.)Īpogee Rosetta 800 (connected to MTRX via AES) I learned a long time ago not avoid connecting to PA equipment via mini jack and this gives the connection I need. The little Scarlett Solo is a handy tool which is mostly used as reliable interface for use with my laptop and Mainstage driving keyboard sounds when playing in my band. I do use it as a DSP accelerator for UAD plugins though. My Apollo is rarely used as an interface these days, though it’s a great way to access portable low latency tracking for a Townsend Labs Sphere, having the required two digitally controlled preamps and a UAD DSP version of the Sphere plugin. If it had Loopback I’d probably use it as my daily driver but my reliance on loopback is more about being a blogger than it is about being an engineer. The provision of 4 discrete headphone mixes, driven from the Pro Tools mixer is a major win for me too. It’s not an expandable solution but for the tracking I do Carbon with some additional mic preamps connected via ADAT is all I need. The Avid Carbon appealed to me immediately on its release as I am exactly that person who wants the latency free tracking experience from within Pro Tools that Carbon offers without the complexity and expense of HDX. I love its quality, ease of use both via the rednet control app and from the front panel and the ease with which I can route audio via its loopback facility. I bought this largely for its Dante capabilities but I’ve not really followed through on that, particularly as I’ve now got a Carbon for tracking sessions. My principal interface for day to day work is my Focusrite Red 4 Pre.
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