Re: Help me choose a new recording interface.
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 5:12 pm
New interface has shipped.
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Thanks, but I already bought the M4. I’m liking it so far.
Yeah. Stoked on it so far. I downloaded the driver and it works flawlessly with my MIDI controller.kenrothman wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:23 amI've got the M4, have had it for a couple of months now - replacing an old Apogee One
I'm really happy with it, works and sounds great with Logic on my old MacBook Pro.
Recommended.
My guitar is already back in the case within 5 minutesmarqueemoon wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:24 pmTried out the rig sans new interface yesterday. Setup time is much improved. I can basically be tracking in under 5 minutes, and I think I can improve on that with a few boring changes like neatening up my cable situation.
I also have a few time savers planned like building a loft for guitar cases so I can easily grab the one I want without causing an avalanche.
I’m not good enough a guitar player to pull that off.MazzyJaster wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:11 pmMy guitar is already back in the case within 5 minutesmarqueemoon wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:24 pmTried out the rig sans new interface yesterday. Setup time is much improved. I can basically be tracking in under 5 minutes, and I think I can improve on that with a few boring changes like neatening up my cable situation.
I also have a few time savers planned like building a loft for guitar cases so I can easily grab the one I want without causing an avalanche.
I use templates
I love mine. it has become my main interface, and it's super portable too if i want to take it with me. my recordings sound beautifully clean, i don't have to spend time trying to make things sound clean and clear anymore.
I have 8x Group Bus ... e.g. Drums, Bass, Guitars, Synths, Piano, Strings, Vocals, Backing Vocals, with all VST plugins set to offline (no cpu). I also have 3x Aux Bus (delay, reverb). Each Group Bus is sub-divided e.g. Guitars into RhythmGuitarL, RhythmGuitarR, LeadGuitar1, LeadGuitar2, etc., and each track has an instrument or amp ready to go, so that I can prototype new ideas quickly. When I am done recording, I delete all the unused tracks/group bus before mixing.marqueemoon wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:20 pmI do want to get some template action happening, but I haven’t decided how I want to do it yet. To some degree I like starting with a clean slate.
I've decided to stick with Garageband for the time being, so no busses for me. I think at most I'd want a few pre-programmed MIDI click patterns (because the onboard metronome is shit if you're playing drums), and maybe a few tracks with a very gentle high pass filter pre-applied for things I think will probably need it but that I may want to tweak on later.MazzyJaster wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:39 pmI have 8x Group Bus ... e.g. Drums, Bass, Guitars, Synths, Piano, Strings, Vocals, Backing Vocals, with all VST plugins set to offline (no cpu). I also have 3x Aux Bus (delay, reverb). Each Group Bus is sub-divided e.g. Guitars into RhythmGuitarL, RhythmGuitarR, LeadGuitar1, LeadGuitar2, etc., and each track has an instrument or amp ready to go, so that I can prototype new ideas quickly. When I am done recording, I delete all the unused tracks/group bus before mixing.
I have many templates for different things, so I always have something that fits my need
Yeah, horses for courses, but I like to record quickly in order to capture any creative bursts I also use Nebula, so I recreate old analog consoles inside my computer (mad I know!)marqueemoon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:17 pmI've decided to stick with Garageband for the time being, so no busses for me. I think at most I'd want a few pre-programmed MIDI click patterns (because the onboard metronome is shit if you're playing drums), and maybe a few tracks with a very gentle high pass filter pre-applied for things I think will probably need it but that I may want to tweak on later.MazzyJaster wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:39 pmI have 8x Group Bus ... e.g. Drums, Bass, Guitars, Synths, Piano, Strings, Vocals, Backing Vocals, with all VST plugins set to offline (no cpu). I also have 3x Aux Bus (delay, reverb). Each Group Bus is sub-divided e.g. Guitars into RhythmGuitarL, RhythmGuitarR, LeadGuitar1, LeadGuitar2, etc., and each track has an instrument or amp ready to go, so that I can prototype new ideas quickly. When I am done recording, I delete all the unused tracks/group bus before mixing.
I have many templates for different things, so I always have something that fits my need
I just work super methodically and tend to write offline. Soft synths are fun, but it's easy for me to use then un-tastefully so I'd rather have an extra moment of being forced to decide if it's actually a good idea first.