Luna? Luna!

[K9 Kai Niggemann]

Hi Romain, 

> On 1. May 2020, at 20:56, Romain Xavier <xtechcode at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Kai !
> Just about my curiosity : Which Plugins you choose ? :P
> Do you really feel the difference for converters and preamps compare to your old Fireface ?


sorry, I missed this mail, only now finding it.

I am sort of doing a semi-legal thing: I registered my x4 to a friend’s account who over the years has collected a huge amount of plugins through NRR deals, special offers etc. So in addition to the plugins that I got for free (he already had all of those…) I have nearly everything at my disposal now. I am missing the OTO biscuit and would like to try out the SSL channel strip. We have the Neve though and the UAD, both of which sound amazing (for the weird shit electronics that I have been running through them).

I think to really get a feel for the EQs and compressors it’s best if you use “normaln” sounds through them — like vocals — where you can tell more easily how good they sound.


I have a fireface that is failing (again) on one output channel, also I have been having issues with the FF flunking out on my bc of the adapter nightmare — a Thunderbolt 3>2 adapter,  a T2>Firewire800 adapter and a FW800>400 cable works — MOST of the time…

I am just now listening to some music (Fever Ray, beautiful production) on my freshly refurbished Beyerdynamic 770 Pro headphones and it sounds quite amazing. So open and deep. I can’t do an A/B comparison, I am away from my studio with only the x4


My idea is though: to program the FF400 so that the analog i/o is routed to ADAT, then connect the 8 I/O to the x4 via ADAT to expand the I/O using decent ADC/DACs. that circumvents the adapter problem once I get the output repaiired. (and it might be a great way to get a really good ADAT converter for your current setup — the Firefaces, especially the 400s are becoming quite cheap, so you don’t HAVE to get an Berry ADA8000..;)


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