Is Audient The Smartest Drum Gear Setup In 2022?!

[@bradzillarocks]

Got an ASP880 over the holidays, can't wait to use it on my next drum session. Great piece of gear from what I've determined so far and that price/feature ratio is pretty great.

[@joeymusic]

Honestly it’s worth it for the preamps alone -Miami

[@ninjaneer1974]

My setup for the past year or so has been the ID44 and ASP800. Having two light pipes on the ID44 allows 12 channels of 96k audio. That's something important that consumers should know and it isn't always real clear with a lot of these products that allow hi res recording.

[@AdamShepard]

Props to the drummer, that unfiltered to filtered example was seamless, and you know it had to be recorded twice

[@emmashmusic]

I have the ID22 and it’s absolutely killer for the price! I love it!!!

[@joeymusic]

It’s a true piece of magic! -Miami

[@LosFicosMusic]

Best channel ever

[@ryanshreevedrums]

I have the iD44 and i dont see myself ever needing another interface in my life. Audient took me by surprise and i feel theyre very underrated.

[@joeymusic]

Yeah they are slept on. I try to bring some (hopefully wanted) awareness to them because I fell in love with their stuff -Miami

[@JCDRUM]

This video was super helpful, Thank you!!

[@FedericoSala]

Best purchase i've made! Can't wait to pair it with an id44mk2.

[@KEITHSANCHEZ]

The Arturia Audiofuse 8 pre has some killer preamps in it.

[@blackmetalblackmass]

Every time you’re like tap that *falsetto* bell I think of old school MSI.

[@joeymusic]

Genuinely classic! -Miami

[@skk6811]

12 channels is the bare minimum for drums. It's only enough if you don't need to mic up the Ride and don't wanna do MS stereo, or having only 2 Toms. It'll leave you with compromises anyway. I'd strongly suggest getting 2 ASP880.

[@VladicD]

Dude I got myself Behringer BA 19A mic, which is an obviously a copy of Beta91... But maaan, it is such a good deal for 60$. You seriously have to check it out.

[@joeymusic]

I tried one. They are fire -Miami

[@VladicD]

@@joeymusic indeed, maybe just an idea for a video regarding some good budget mics etc. Cheers!

[@hannes1734]

Yeah me too, needs a little EQ but after that it sounds great.

[@VladicD]

@@hannes1734 under the pedal there is a low mid cut and slight high mid boost switch. It helps a lot.

[@arielperez6400]

Love the subs transition comment

[@aarongreenyt]

Have you used a Presonus Studio Live Series 3 for drum recording?

[@joeymusic]

That one I haven’t used yet -Miami

[@zakbeatz_]

There is a channel here in youtube named Aiden Kenway, and he talks about how trap hit songs beats were made, and i think that this is f* awesome, i would really like to see some content like that at the rock/metal comunity, talking about how legendary tracks were made, or how get that iconic linkin park sound :) very nice video btw

[@davidloflin3098]

Great content Miami, right now I'm finding this kind of subject to be a jungle of often conflicting information and opinions. Right now I'm recording using an Allen & Heath 16:4 mixmaster board into an older presonus interface that I figure needs an upgrade, but I'm getting mixed messages as to whether or not that is truly necessary. I'm curious about your opinion on A&H preamps and how much older A/D converters might be hurting the quality of my recordings.

[@joeymusic]

Allen and Heath gets the job done for live gigs, but for in studio use I wouldn’t honestly be using those preamps. Converters age doesn’t matter. Lynx and apogee converters from 20 years ago still sound amazing!

[@C.S.Argudo]

I've been looking at the presonus 1824c drive it's reasonably priced I think

[@joeymusic]

I had the dp88 and the d8 but tbh the quality of the audient stuff is just another tier IMO. -Miami

[@joeymusic]

But if it’s a BUDGET thing?! It will def get you by

[@Keayes]

As much as I'd love to get something like this... If I spent that much money on a hobby my wife would flip. Probs gonna just be the umc + Ada for me for the foreseeable future. Still a good watch, thanks mate.

[@joeymusic]

Yup. Lowest you could get away with is 1500 bucks which is still a lot for a hobby. Audient falls right into the “not to expensive but can still use it with world class gear” category. For a hobby you can get by the focusrite entry line stuff -Miami

[@guembabossmusic857]

yo bro asp 800 is also great for vocal

[@tuti9345]

Speaking of drums, what happened to the recording perfect drums series? Just wondering lol

[@joeymusic]

No one showed any interest in it, so I had to move onto something else 😞. I really wanted to do it -Miami

[@pooyamoradi8009]

hey mamai , how about RME Products like babyface pro fs.thank`s a lot again for your amazing contents

[@joeymusic]

Baby face pro is amazing. Extremely uncolored pres when it comes to time, but if you like that sort of thing it’s perfect -Miami

[@ahleks666]

guys i got a random question, why are the audient interfaces so popular in metal/hardcore production? i see them here all the time but in any other genre its always either focusrite for budget or apollo for the uad plugins and dsp processors

[@joeymusic]

I want to say it’s probably just their awareness, and if I had to guess their marketing person is prob a metal head or was at some point. This makes them reach out to metal people for reviews (I was not asked to do this) which is then showed to a metal audience -Miami

[@sillyness3456]

In Germany, the iD44+ASP880 is just about 1400€. If the iD44 only had a rack version...

[@joeymusic]

That for sure would be wonderful -Miami

[@prsnt3463]

Hey can I use an Apollo interface 8xp with the 880? Still getting to tone out of the 880?

[@claudemanning6578]

The ASP 880 is fine but it has some issues with power that are questionable. Personally I would say go with the Behringer ADA8200 because they sound decent and they last very long.

[@joeymusic]

No offense to behringer, but the preamps are not in the league of Audient! -Miami

[@claudemanning6578]

@@joeymusic That's true, I only prefer the Behringer because I've heard of the power issues with the 880 and I've never had that issue with the ADA8200.

[@ryanshreevedrums]

I had the opposite experience. My behringer crapped out, I upgraded to the Audient and ill never go back. The Audient is simply next level. I had a chance to A/B them before i got rid of the behringer and the differences in clarity and noise floor were insanely noticeable

[@jarrod.ives92]

Do you have any quick thoughts on the XR18 for drum recording? Also, at first glance, i legit thought your hat was a fro hahaha.

[@joeymusic]

Eh, it makes a ton of sense for the live scenario, but I wouldn’t use of these in the studio. I’d go focusrite at that point if i was tryna get he cheapest thing (not saying you’re trying to that) -Miami

[@BeatsAndMeats]

If you need 16 inputs, the XR18 X Air is great! I had one for years and it was wonderful! The preamps are clean as long as you don't have to crank the gain past +40db. Which is only a problem if you're using a SM7B or very quiet ribbon mics for your rooms.

[@tylercrews9025]

There's no reason why you can't use that in the studio. However, if you're willing to spend an extra buck, definitely go for the MR18. The preamps are way better.

[@justinfeldermusic]

Do you think they‘ll put out an ID44 MK2 any time soon? I‘ve been sold on the ID44 for a while now but that’s kind of whats holding me back buying it

[@joeymusic]

Tbh I don’t think so. It’s the newest in the line. How would you even upgrade it, ya know? -Miami

[@nicholasmullins3693]

The Mark ii lineup of the other interfaces we're designed to bring them up to the feature set and USB C compatibility of the ID44. So yeah, I don't see that changing soon.

[@heathenflair]

Is that maroon 5 at 5:13 ?

[@zakbeatz_]

if i produce some chillhop lofi like this one at the background, would you guys put it on a video? 🥺

[@joeymusic]

Let’s hear those beats and we’ll see -Miami

[@JentySteP]

Ahahaha, pretty sure you're supposed to tell people when your're shilling them stuff, This video is infuriating

[@joeymusic]

I was never asked to make this video by audient fam. I’m sure they appreciate it tho. It’s what I used to get my studio off the ground and I always recommend what I use. -Miami

[@JentySteP]

@@joeymusic That’s fair enough dude! I think it would’ve been worth including some different options surrounding those pieces though, there are so many different options, and this video comes across as this being the definitive choice, where as there are lots of different options people could use. Thanks for the response clearing up the advertising thing

[@LokiGuitar]

Ngl thought this was a sponsored video