Hi
Would a modern Audient ID14MKII or SSL 2+ sound much better and have better pre's than an old original Apogee Duet Firewire?!
I'll explain:
I'm back doing some music and sound after an 8 year break.
I'm an old(er) grumpy guy from the days of tape recorders, desks, outboard and ADAT's as a modern thing!
Back in 2003 we got some Apogee converters (purple AD16&DA16) and they made all the difference in relation to the standard Digidesign 888's.
When the studio closed down (after the digital/mp3, Idols, X-Factor pandemic that still reigns!), I kept a small setup with some not so good soundcards.
Cheaper Focusrite, many M-Audio... The stuff I could afford.
We always used Logic because ProTools 5 didn't offer the "composing" tools we needed. We had the ESB plug to run PT and TDM on the background!
When Apogee released the Duet I bought one as it was a great affordable way to have 2 good sounding preamps and convertors.
I still have it and I'm still using it. But...
Am I right in thinking that new ok soundcards like the ones mentioned, will have better quality (it's been more than 10 years!) pre's and converters?
Or is the Duet alright still?
I know there's great new Apogee, rme and UAD stuff, but I don't want to spend that much.
Thanks a lot.
C