Audio interfaces for the future

[Niall Munnelly]

I have owned a Metric Halo ULN-8 for ten years, and it will probably be
great for another twenty. Their driver and hardware platform is unlike
anything I’ve seen.

That quality and innovation ain’t cheap, though. These days, I don’t need
many more than eight line inputs and a patchbay at any given time, but you
can record 8 line inputs, 8 mic inputs (line works fine; they can handle
insane signal levels and any bass rolloff just means you need to be
judicious in your patching) and 8 AES/EBU in one go, not that I’ve tried.

I hate to share a hype page, but the 3D platform and expansions are really
impressive:

https://mhsecure.com/3dEarlyAccess/


And I have never, in some 15 years of using MH products, seen them say
“we’re working on drivers for the newest OS.” They are compatible with
MacOS updates before they’re even released.

On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 10:47 AM Mikael Hansson <forums at deadmengods.com>
wrote:

> I need to replace my trusty old Focusrite Saffire PRO 40 as I need some
> more inputs and because it’s been announced that Catalina will be the last
> MacOS they will support.
>
> I’ve been eyeing Focusrite Red 16 Line, RME Fireface UFX+, Motu 828ES,
> Antelope Orion Studio which all have their pros and cons. I’m not sure
> about UAD Apollo as they’re quite expensive and only has max 16 inputs
> unless you’re buying two of them.
>
> So, in the light of mentions of some here switching from RME to UAD, what
> are your opinions about the future of audio interfaces? Which ones got a
> nice path laid out for longevity?
> Thinking about both the MacOS 3rd party kext's being deprecated and which
> expansion protocol to get (AVB, Dante, MADI etc.)
>
> /Micke
>
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Yours,
Niall.
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