Post rig interface for home studio

[StonehengeX]

Hey all,

Now that Pro Tools HD is unbundled I'm upgrading my old home system. I need an interface that has 6-8 outputs, 2 line ins, 1 mic pre, and has a volume knob with mute and dim switches. USB/Firewire/Thunderbolt doesn't matter.

So far only the Apogee Quartet seems to fit the bill, but I'd love to hear suggestions.

Thanks in advance!

[Southsidemusic]

Focusrite or Apollo Twin Duo/Solo

Always great options.

[StonehengeX]

Thanks for the feedback.

I need 5.1 monitoring (thus the 6 outs) and I think the Apollo only does stereo.

[Southsidemusic]

Originally Posted by StonehengeX

Thanks for the feedback.

I need 5.1 monitoring (thus the 6 outs) and I think the Apollo only does stereo.

Aha Got it. Then Focusrite either Clarett which is A LOT for the money or the Focusrite Pre Series which are extremely great and real High End with RED Pre's etc. All depends on budget. Apogee makes Great stuff aswell

What have you looked at so far?

[TVPostSound]

Originally Posted by StonehengeX

Hey all,

Now that Pro Tools HD is unbundled I'm upgrading my old home system. I need an interface that has 6-8 outputs, 2 line ins, 1 mic pre, and has a volume knob with mute and dim switches. USB/Firewire/Thunderbolt doesn't matter.

So far only the Apogee Quartet seems to fit the bill, but I'd love to hear suggestions.

Thanks in advance!

Apogee Quartet with PT12 HD.
This is my secondary home surround system.

[jeremiahmoore]

RME UFX or UFX+

great sound. 8 analog outs + 2 separate headphone outs, + aes + 2x adat stream outputs. Very happy with mine, using in standalone mode w PTHD software since PT10. (I own HD2 and HDNative hardware but don't use it.)

there is a remote control which should be able to do the monitoring functions you need.


-jeremiah

[polyh3dron]

Something you may want to consider for 5.1 monitoring is just using your HDMI output and going to an AV receiver or even a pre/pro. That's what I do and it actually works pretty well. I have a Pioneer AVR, I run the MCACC room correction and then do further calibration with Dolby pink noise and a SPL meter, and it does the trick.

Alternatively, you can just get any interface that has 8 analog outs and pair it up with a Martinsound MultiMax monitoring system.

EDIT: Now that I look at the RME Fireface UFX+ closer, that may be actually be the ticket. The surround monitoring options on it do seem to be a bit on the crude side of things, however. It's a shame, because the TC Studio Konnect 48 seems to have a great surround monitoring setup in it, but do you really want to buy a FireWire interface from 2008?

[reichman]

MBox Pro 3 is supported by Avid through 2020, has all those features and can be found new on eBay super cheap.

[fork-media]

i have saffire pro 24 and saffire pro 40 - ( I only got the 24 for a temp job whilst the 40 is shipping over )

The saffire pro 40 is better since u can use the hardware knob to actually control 5.1 volume,

the 24 will work - but knob only does the stereo on my rig.. have to use the software to the do the 5.1.

The HDMI is an interesting option - but if you are going self powered speakers perhaps the convenience of having some preamps to do the odd bit of recording should be factored in?

[yop22]

I've been using the RME UCX (cheaper than UFX) for 2 years and it works very well. The RME asio driver is very reliable and multi client, which means that I can use RX, Basehead and any other software along with PT without any problem. The routing interface is flexible and allow for different monitor configurations that I can recall with the remote control (sold separately).
I had first purchased an mbox pro, but there are many driver problems and I've never been able to make it work properly...
Jerome