Muzick
Experienced
Hello everyone,
Over the past couple months I've been trying to balance my options:
At the moment I've got a pair of Blu Sky Monitors. When I bought them originally they cost $400 bucks, and they have served me well. Also at the moment I've got a Steinberg MR816CSX Audio Interface. It's also served me well but the mic pres are noticeably lacking in the dynamic range. Vocals sound thin compared to other interfaces my band has worked with. The apollo quad would be a nice upgrade, especially for the plugin integration, but my monitoring is intermediate... at best.
If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Really all I need an audio interface for is for a nice Mic Pre. Perhaps that would be a better option to consider? I've had the opportunity (and still have access to) to use a Grace 2 channel mic pre. WOW what a noticeable difference in the quality of vocals. However it was dependent on me going through the mr816csx as the Grace did not have computer connectivity. Even though I was going through a superior Mic PRE, would the Steinberg still limit it's quality?
Over the past couple months I've been trying to balance my options:
- Do I buy Focal 6be SOLO monitors? OR
- Do I buy the Apollo Quad Audio Interface?
At the moment I've got a pair of Blu Sky Monitors. When I bought them originally they cost $400 bucks, and they have served me well. Also at the moment I've got a Steinberg MR816CSX Audio Interface. It's also served me well but the mic pres are noticeably lacking in the dynamic range. Vocals sound thin compared to other interfaces my band has worked with. The apollo quad would be a nice upgrade, especially for the plugin integration, but my monitoring is intermediate... at best.
If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Really all I need an audio interface for is for a nice Mic Pre. Perhaps that would be a better option to consider? I've had the opportunity (and still have access to) to use a Grace 2 channel mic pre. WOW what a noticeable difference in the quality of vocals. However it was dependent on me going through the mr816csx as the Grace did not have computer connectivity. Even though I was going through a superior Mic PRE, would the Steinberg still limit it's quality?
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