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Metric Halo
Had this arrive in my inbox the other day. If someone is looking for a hardware solution for connecting iPads, iPhones, Android devices and other computers for audio and MIDI in both directions to your main computer setup this might be an option - if you have the budget.
It’s on my shortlist for the studio.
https://mhsecure.com/products/mkIV/ULN8mkIV.html?v=2#usb
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Around 2.400 $ (normal 2.600) thats a lot. I think thats more in the professional
Yes, but it also shows that things like iPads etc are obviously being used a lot more in the professional circles and also if they are doing things like this at this level then we might see even more of this at the more common folk level.
Also, I see some of the prices of hardware that people get into around here - it’s not that far out of some of that pricing.
One thing I know about metric halo interfaces is that they are supported for a LONG time and they get upgraded from time to time with new boards that you can install into the interface. Because they can connect to devices through network cables, they don’t become affected by changing USB, FireWire, Thunderbolt protocols, etc. I was looking really seriously at one of these a few years ago but decided to get a UA Apollo x8, but metric halo has a great reputation and sounds amazing. So even though the price is fairly steep, you’ll get your money’s worth for sure. I’m very happy with my apollo, so I don’t have any regrets, but metric halo is absolutely worth a look.
Do you think having one of these puts you into the small studio capability similar to the early days of Pro Tools? You just need
to add some decent mic’s or is that business a dead model?
@mrufino1
What was the factor that swung you in favour of the Apollo in the end?
A friend said to me “if that’s an interface so many people have there’s probably a reason for it” and I realized he was right about this. I’ve always been attracted to the “Non-standard” way of things but in this case I decided that the Apollo did exactly what I need with the unison preamps, I/O, hardware monitoring, and the ability to run the UA plugins at mix and in tracking. It’s definitely paid for itself and more since I’ve had it.
You can definitely make great recordings with both, and because both have good hardware monitoring and can run plugins during recording with latency that isn’t noticeable, that’s probably a good analogy. Both of these interfaces will sound much better than the early days of protools though for sure.
I can’t speak to any business models and I don’t own a studio, but I have brought the Apollo to many locations and made recordings that are far better than what I used previously. And when I work at home with it, I have no complaints on the sound quality. The clock and converters are both great.
But having good mics will never be a bad idea! I recently modded some inexpensive mics with new capsules and I’m very happy with the sound, and I have other mics too that work well for what I do. I don’t have any neumanns or anything like that, but I’ve found all sorts of things that work well for my needs.