Desktop Audio Interface - UAD Apollo or something else?

[Sascha Franck]

If you are in Europe, the RME stuff is much more affordable.

Well, I planned on a 2nd hand first generation Babyface (they're quite affordable and still very, very decent, including years of driver support to come), but then I learned their Hi-Z input was only at 430kOhm. That ruled it out as I need to be able to use it just on its own on the road.
The Babyface Pro FS however is almost 4 times as much as the Motu M2 I bought. Might still be my next interface.

 

[Jarick]

I got a < $20 SPDIF to ADAT converter off Amazon to be able to run the Axe 3 in digitally. Was shocked to see it worked immediately without any issues at all. Easy to adjust the levels in console too.

 

[Jarick]

Fun use of the Apollo Twin - I listen to some podcasts that are not well produced. So I threw an LA-2A on my virtual audio bus and now I can get nice steady levels!

 

[Jarick]

Well the UAD Apollo stopped working yesterday. Possibly a bad Thunderbolt cable, because I was getting some weird digital noise when I used the same cable to connect my MOTU M4. Using a regular cable with the MOTU everything's working fine.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Thunderbolt cables can be very fussy, always worth having high quality ones and to follow the specifications for maximum lengths etc. Hopefully its an easy fix.

 

[Jarick]

Thunderbolt cables can be very fussy, always worth having high quality ones and to follow the specifications for maximum lengths etc. Hopefully its an easy fix.

If it's a bad cable I'm going to be annoyed...new cable from last fall that cost about $50.

Honestly I'm having second thoughts on the UAD in general...there's like 10-15 GB of space that the UAD stuff is taking up that I'm not using much.