Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Modern vs. analog

From time to time... i get more experience...
Im become smarter on how and with...
Iv get realize my real needs !!!

The Analog world is a magic...
I loved to use gear such as - SPL Crimson3...
Iv even made a chain with 2 pc's, one, the main, is desktop, while the sec one's laptop.
the laptop connected to a Focusrite Scarlett 18i16 (4gen),
but the main outs of the Scarlett went out into the SPL Crimson3 line-inputs,
and this SPL interface was connected to the main pc via USB...
all this chain, means the Crimson's main outs, went into a A&H ZEDi8 analog mixer,
anf my Adam A7V monitors connected to the ZEDi8 main outs...

Than... i made a small test, to understand if all this "Audio-Chain", with all those cables around,
worth this mess and will give me a better sound quality vs a digital, new and modern gear ?!


So... i pulled out from storage the Rode Rodecaster Duo i still keep...,
in the competition with the Mic sound quality - the Caster 100% is the winner in this case !!!
iv tried recording with the PodMic i have into OBS Studio program, 
one with the SPL... and then with the Caster !!!
The SPL actually, gave me a pure and very clean sound, what actually make this interface much better for music production, but after iv made some records on my mic via the Rodecaster Duo... well...
The built-in fx's are brilliant, it sounds so "radio" quality, crisp and bold sound.  it does the magic, what actually makes the Caster much better for podcasting and streaming, but it soesn't fits to programs such as Cubase, or basiclly, music production !!!


Also... iv made a compares, while im just listening to music in YouTube, and im switching between the SPL to the Caster, and for real!!! - i barelly could hear the dufference betwin the sound of each one, actually, they sounds pretty the same to each other.

And that's it... at this point iv decided, to pull off my desk all the analog gears, and put them in my storeg, the only interface i use now is the Rodecaster Duo, while 2 pc's connected to it (usb-1+2), 
and also, what can't happen with analog ones, Rode released a firmware update lately, and i think technology goes forward and ther's nothing bad with new modern hardware, what can be updated through files, the app of this  gear also go and improve from time to time!!!


Have a great (almost) weekend ppl !!!  :)

(in the pic, my new design for my setup)...  

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