In contrast, my usual arrangement of RME Babyface Pro fs and RME-ADI2 Pro fs have a software installer which is less than 10MB, both have onboard EQ and the Babyface has onboard reverb. So the integration isn't there yet, and I'm not sure it will be. You can't run EQ or compression or reverb on the DSP and you can't control the mic pres from the DAW. To operate the whole thing, you need to be fiddling with the screen on the device and with the plugins in the DAW. ECS, Spaces, Domain and FX all exist only as plugins in the DAW.Īnd here's where I have a problem. The emulations have an input and an output control within the strip - only the input control can be adjusted from Logic (unless I've missed something). I haven't tried the mic pres yet - will do that tomorrow - but the controls are straightforward to choose either the default or one of the two emulations (Neve or Ampex).
Multiple installs needed on the Mac for Desktop Control (doesn't do anything yet but has to be installed for the device to work), ECS (channel strip), Clearmountain's odd reverbs (one each of Spaces and Domain) and the Apogee FX.ĮCS is included, Spaces is included, Domain is separate and FX is a paid-for add-on. There is lots of fiddling around to do to get the right firmware installed on the device (has to be done by USB key) and then the Mac.
Software download is ~900MB for Mac, which is absurd and shows how poor their programming is. Main volume control is good to turn and press, but accelerates in a really bizarre way - that's a software thing and could be changed. Menus are slightly finniky and swiping left and right is a bit hit or miss - sometimes you end up with a control opening on the existing page, rather than getting the next page to the left or right. Screen is pleasant but I prefer the Quartet. I was wondering if any early adopters are seeing this with their units.Yes please keep us updated as to the stability heat sound and any other issues thank you best wishes Michaelīox is pretty and not an unreasonable size. My big concern is that the unit got very hot after only about an hour or so of use, and I wasn't even using the preamps. I was wondering if any early adopters are seeing this with their units.Interesting! Please come back with more reports on how it’s working out for you. but it sounds a notch better so me using a very familiar session so I'll probably leave that experiment to someone else. It's not radically more open, cleaner, etc. I should probably set up 2 systems to A/B the two, but I'm not really that guy. It's as slick as I expected it to be, though I'm not sure how much improvement the D/A is at this point. I just upgraded from a Duet 2, so the touch screen controls make sense to me. I can't say much yet except that it appears to play very well with Pro Tools 2020. I was hoping someone else had gotten one by now, but it looks like I may be the first to post! I actually got it yesterday from Sweetwater in the mail (I'm in Los Angeles) and installed today.