Very useful and very clearly explained !

you are amazing! thanks!

Hey Marcus i have a question.... I just bought the new PreSonus Quantum HD8. Is it still necessary to do this loopback test procedure on this interface since it already has low latency drivers??

how does this compare to uad apollo is it in the same ball park ?

What if it was a audio file?

Question - Where can you buy wall & ceiling mounts for these? I'm struggling...

This dont work in S16...if so how?

when i follow the vedio and do the same settings it works! But somehow when I change the setting like Z bottom it still give 2 sample of latency. What happens? And I want to know why I can’t record same shape of click it was?

Something missing, listening to mixes in different envs. Add to TODO

MoWrapped a good session, got a buzz goin, time for some Marcus Huyskens vids - Mono = Truth

Excellent review. I hadn’t been aware of these coming to market, but having some KEF Q150 for playback the combined drive unit really appeals. Re the asjustment pots are they notched or freely rotating? Thanks

Thanks Marcus. I have a question, I can't work out why Apple Spacial Audio with my AirPod Pros works on my MacBook M1 Pro but not on my Mac mini M1 (first generation). Any ideas, it's driving me crazy lol?

So what’s the point of having channel count of up to 9.1.6 if the composite bed is limited to 7.1.4?

Binaural seems just an EQ boost, with an enhancer. I still don't get it.

Has anyone experienced constant freezing of studio one after doing this method?

I have the Quantum 26x32 Thunderbolt, is it really worth the upgrade since it's USB-C?

thank you, i have used studio one since version1 but my main daw its Logic but right now i want to transition into Studio one and this tutorial helped me a lot !

5 yers on and still relevant. Dozens of vids on this channel are my go to's. Some I don't use often and come back to remember how to do. Awesome reference manual this channel.

by the way, how to Delete the active Video track?

Great review. I had the Quantum 2626 pretty much since it came out and have had the new HD8 for a few weeks, so for anyone considering getting the new HD8 one thing worth considering is the fact that the new interface does not have send/returns on any of the inputs. If you have outboard preamps, it's no big deal, but having send/returns on Channels 1 and 2 on the Quantum 2626 was a great feature, allowing you to use outboard gear while tracking through the built-in preamps. The reamp feature on the new interface is really useful though. It's made using guitar pedals and outboard gear during production/mixing a breeze. Overall, I'm really happy with the upgrade.

now i only need a footswitch, how difficult could be? hahahhahaha

I've been working with guitar pro notation forever and reaper 7 daw, I needed try something new. I already have 9 songs written in guitar pro 8. I just learned how to export that notation notion mobile. Amazingly everything that was written in guitar pro showed upin notion, very impressive. But now when send that to studio one 6.6 it disappears. Can not figure out what I'm doing wrong

I can't figure out how to use Universal Control while using Studio One. Only having 2x USB audio pairs in Universal control makes it impossible to use the other 6 outputs? Or am i missing something? So far it seems to me that this is a downgrade even from something as simple as a Focusrite 18i20 which has 10 virtual output pairs. So you can use all the outputs in the back. Here i can only use 4 outputs out of the 10 available without bypassing universal control. But when i bypass universal control i can't use loopback and i can't use my mic for talkback etc etc. Do you have any insights on this?

Hi Marcus - I have a template set up the way that you did this video. I had some Ozone and Gulfoss inserts on my mixbus, then have my mastering chain on my Main Outs. The Mixbus will mute the inserts when I select one of my stem busses to export (using Channels in Export Stems). This is normal functioning, using export stems, correct? Is there a way to get the mixbus processing to work when I export single bus channels at a time, or should I just move those effects to the main outs instead and put them before my mastering chain effects already there? Thanks!

How does it do w/ iZotope plugins active while in record?

I wish they made a new Quantum 4848 HD and the HD8 with thunderbolt. I would love both of those. A talkback button would've been great on the HD8 as well.

how to split stereo tracks into separate tracks. like drums piano , bass and Guitar... not seeing it in presonus 6.6

I wonder why all the hassle, just uncheck Tape Style Monitoring and everything works as expected. Why complicate life? 🙂

presonus custom low-latency drivers vs rme drivers any thoughts pls

can i mix 5.1 with it?

Marcus, what a great run through. Thank you so much! I have a question regarding the Loopback function. I am a vocal coach. Until now I used the Presonus Revelator io24 for live streaming my vocal coaching sessions with clients. That worked great, since the Revelator had the integrated DSP Fat Channel. Comparable to a digital mixer workflow. Now I am wondering if I am able to achieve the same thing with the new Quantum HD 8? Is it possible to stream the DAW Output incl. software monitoring to OBS, Zoom etc.? If someone reads this, I would very much appreciate any suggestions. Thanks a lot again.

This review is very informative, thank you for taking the time. My question is, In a hybrid setup can you use the 10 TRS outputs on the back of the quantum to feed the first 10 line inputs on an external analog mixer. Would you assign outputs in StudioLive (vs6) 1-10 mono. I have a 24 channel mixer and two of these in this scenario would be adequate.

Hello! Why can't I activate pro eq. I downloaded it, it's there in the plugins, but it doesn't show up. What do I do wrong? Thanks! John

Thank you for such a great video. I'd like to able to use the HD8 as a standalone mixer and was wondering if in doing this you can utilise all of its outputs ... the manual says that Outputs 1&2 are used but doesn't say anything about Outputs 3‐8. Many thanks in anticipation of your help.

Marcus - Time to do a video on AutoAlign 2, which uses ARA. I'm interested to see if you think it's as good as the other reviewers say it is.

Marcus I pick up the HD8 I watch your other video on XT Pipeline and was trying to get it to work with the HD 8. Will this work for EX; routing out CH 5 and back in to input CH 5. I have a few pcs of hardware gear I want to use. I am bypassing my compressor ( using just the 1/4 TRS cable) It shows a send signal in PL but nothing in the return. Doesn’t. Seem I have a actual send coming out of the jack. Is there a step I am missing?

I am on windows 11 universal control loses connection to quantum hd8 during firmware update. studio one sees the quantum, but I cannot control it from studio one. anyone else had this issue?

Hey Marcus do you know why IMPACT XT will not let me overdub? For example, if I record kick and snare in one go, it will allow it, but if I record a kick stop the session and then try to record snare record over the kick. And I don’t hear the kik at all. Can someone please help. I hope my explanation makes sense. Thank you.

what is RTL at 128 samples 48khz? I usually work at 128 samples or 64 samples lowest.

I know this is an old video, but do you know how to create a macro that is *only* a fade out?

Great job on this! Thank you!

If only Studio One would read the 32 channel files recorded by Behringer X-Live card for X32.

is this for direct monitoring only?? whats the round trip latency?? if they go from thunderbolt 3.. that I never got to use yet.. to usb-c.. sounds kinda dumb.. it dont work as a stomp box and un noticeable latency.. dont need it.. and thats gonna be < 1ms... my motu that didnt work long or never worked right.. was 1.67 I thnk... just noticable.. and not good enough.. ok he says 3.69 like its good.. its junk.. try to tune a guitar thru that latency, then take off headphones and see how in tune you are... how about at 96k? looking more like and ad, than a review..near thunderbolt? motu TB2 1.67ms.. that was barely acceptable... well not for me tho.. would never recomend motu TB2 anything

Great review and detailed as well. Love my Quantum 2626, but this might be worth a look in the future as there are some good added features in this. Might miss the speed of the thunderbolt connection though.

Please answer this my friend, I am currently using the IK Axe I/O for it’s incredible Hi-Z inputs with active/passive pickup adaptation, and variable impedance with jfet and pure settings as well. In addition, the Neural DSP quad quartex gives precision control over the instrument input as well through its interface. So far, I am considering the Quantum HD to replace my TB3 quantum 2626. I cannot find any information as to a juxtaposition of specifications between my Quantum 2626 and this new HD. Nor do I believe that it’s Presonus level of standards to have failed to make the Hi-Z inputs as flexible as products like the Axe I/O. I like that you “worked with Fender” on them. But this means little to me from a technical standpoint. What are the capabilities to vary the inputs to adjust to my different guitar tones and pickups, and if they do not currently exist have you planned for a software update that will enable that feature? Please juxtapose the Axe I/O with this HD 2 for guitar players, pros & cons. Thank you!

Question. If I have two tracks. And I make the an area of Track 1 say 125 tempo where entire track is set to 85, and then I add a Track 2, Midi track, where I have random measures in the track but I want to copy and paste a measure that happens to land in the region where the tempo track says 125, it messes up the measure because in Track 2, I don't need it to change tempo. Only in Track 1. So is there a way to apply a tempo change only to an event in one track? Would I instead need to just Quantize the Event in Track 1 I want to make faster so Track 2 isn't affected?

Hi does this interface work Standalone ? ... As in if I connect my keyboards/Guitar to the interface, can I hear the audio, without switching the computer ON (like Craneborne 500R8) ?

Great video!

Thanks for the review Marcus! When going line in on one of the 8 ins, if using another amp pre, does it bypass the built in preamps as some interfaces do?

Thanks for the video, very detailed as always. Will you do a ATMOS setup with those ?