UAD's desktop line is a very obvious target for the Zen Tour successor, as its specs and features read like a barely hidden attempt at one-upping the Universal guys. David vs Goliath?
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According to leaked dealer information, Universal Audio might be about to announce two new Thunderbolt 3 desktop interfaces: an Apollo Twin X DUO and Apollo Twin x4!
Switching to Thunderbolt 3, the new UAD-2 Satellite doesn't require a TB3 to Legacy TB adapter and cables for connection to Type-C ports, which brings convenience and removes a considerable expense.
Intel has removed the royalty on Thunderbolt 3 and opened the flood gates for consistent Thunderbolt 3 ports on everything. Compatible with USB it's coming built into the new Ice Lake processors.
With 40Gbps transfer speeds, the next-generation USB is pretty much a free-for-all Thunderbolt 3. Which is all kinds of good news for techies and gearheads alike!
Steinberg is getting into the Thunderbolt rackmount audio interface game with the new AXR4. It's a flagship product designed for professional recording that features DSP effects and MIDI.
Both home recordists and studio owners had plenty of new gear to salivate over this year - here's a round-up of our Top 5 audio interfaces by PreSonus, UA, MOTU, Audient and Slate Digital.
Targeting pros with a mixed analog/digital setup, the Quantum 4848 is a 48in/48out Thunderbolt 2 interface slash AD/DA converter with 32 ins and outs over DB-25 and an additional 16 channels of ADAT.
Spending over an year in "announced but not released" hell, the Slate Digital VRS8 audio interface is finally available for purchase at the quite competitive price of EUR 2099. You get 8 preamps and 0.7ms ...
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In addition to debuting its latest and greatest AD/DA converter with the new expansion card for the Symphony Mk II flagship interface, Apogee revealed its all-new DualPath FX Rack plug-ins...
If you think the Symphony I/O MkII rig you just bought just isn't giving you the AD/DA quality you need, Apogee is offering a Special Edition 2x6SE module that offers "the best Apogee converters ever"...
With a single exception, our selection includes only products announced and launched (or soon to be released) in 2017. They are spread in five price categories from entry-level to high end pro.
The Quantum 2 is a fact and it's out for blood! It's a 22-input, 24-output audio interface that connects via Thunderbolt 2 to deliver 24-bit, 192kHz sound with very low latency...
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Antelope Audio introduced the Discrete 4 and Discrete 8 interfaces, targeting the $1000 price segment that's been of interest to manufacturers this year. As expected, they carry traditional Antelope features...
MOTU (Mark Of The Unicorn) has a new audio interface in rack format. The 828 ES supports 60 simultaneous audio channels in total, spread out across 28 inputs and 32 outputs. More specifically, there are 8 ...
With a teraflop of processing power can the new Skylake-X Core i9 processors give us the grunt we need to take our productions into the future?
