HIGH END vs AFFORDABLE Audio Interface! A 9000$ difference! (including multitracks)

[@KohleAudioKult]

Wanna hear the EVO16 on guitars, bass, shaker and drums? Check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZqZcpyOq6qFo6s

[@sukekiyo2945]

A well known producer once said, "If I have to listen to something more than three times in order to hear a difference, then I'm no longer interested in what that difference is." Some wisdom in there somewhere, I think.

[@milanforever7014]

exactly.. like the guy in video said.. we are talking about music right? ;)

[@shotgunndunn]

Very well said. I agree.

[@mariopiluso3371]

Who was this producer?

[@nicoium6698]

But remember: A pro listening for three times and not hearing the difference is a lot different to anyone else not hearing a difference.

[@sukekiyo2945]

@@mariopiluso3371 I believe this was Tchad Blake.

[@Producelikeapro]

Wow! Kristian the detail you go to here is superb! Thanks ever so much for sharing!

[@Producelikeapro]

Coming back to this video! Dang it’s on fire!! Amazing work Kristian

[@imslicc]

warren, so what would be the reason to buy high end preamps? i could hear the difference only in a full mix situation. for some odd reason, soloed instruments don't sound any different, but say 6 instruments together does make a difference.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@imslicc I have high end Pre amps for the colour they bring. Also, frankly, the romanticism of using a Pre Amp that would have been on my favourite albums! That’s a sound I’m going for! However, these Pres are truly amazing!! Bravo Audient

[@LorneVignettes]

Right, this test is perfect. I've never seen anyone split the signal in real time so all the mics are the same and in the same place. I am absolutely blown away at how close they sound. I really couldn't tell any difference.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@LorneVignettes yes, so good! Bravo Kristian

[@Apollo6966]

Mmm....It took me a while to realize that you were already switching between setups! That's just WOW! Thank you for this comparision!

[@dougleydorite]

I can’t believe you do all of this work just for these comparisons. Comparisons that are so well done that most people wouldn’t be able to wrap their minds around, and skip over. Yet you do it anyways. Thanks!!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed! Ridiculous detail!

[@ramonfelizjr]

Great job , bro , for doing this , at least someone care about the rest , that’s good that’s what we need in our community , help each other . So the company’s do not try to push expensive gear as crap gear.

[@SaturnVoyager11]

What a fair comparison, it’s incredible how accurate you were giving fair conditions for both, KZbin needs more people like you man 🔥🔥🔥

[@SoundAloneband]

Yea man. $5 preamps on these new interfaces sound damn good I will admit. Literally $5 cuircuts on these newer preamp electronics. Lol. I can hear the api sounds more present and beefy in the overall sound and more dimensional but most ppl would never know in a whole mix. Audient evo is a great piece of kit for sure. I run an old presonus 1818 and a behringer ada8200 via adat and make good mixes all day long. The source is key ppl. And player

[@Jo-Ann-d9u]

I totally agree 👍🏾

[@saitenkiller]

Amazing video and tbh pretty much the result I was hoping for (and expecting). What awesome times we are living in - spend 1000 bucks for a killer sounding 24 channel setup. Unbelievable. Thanks a lot for all the effort that went into making this video!

[@boothbuster]

Yep, even the AD/DA on a Zoom field recorder is just fine. Maybe if someone really needs 192 Khz and higher, that limits the field... truth is that a lot of the "sound" people liked in various converters is overloading the inputs on purpose to get a bit of distortion.

[@tusharjamwal]

have to correct you on the price there. If you go for Evo 16 + 2xSP8 you would be at around 1400€ for 24 channels. You could get 16 for under 1k with one SP8.

[@mickpauline4630]

I have been researching the EVO as an affordable ADDA/preamp rig for exactly this purpose and this is exactly the kind of comparison I wanted to see! Thanks so much for taking the time to do a proper like-for-like test man. Subscribed!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Welcome! 🤘

[@danthegeetarman]

Love these types of tests. The stock quality of preamps and converters nowadays is great

[@devinpatrickmusic]

Just did my first session with my Evo 16 into a MacBookPro and was really impressed! Five channels for drums, one for bass, one for guitar, and one for vocals. Considering how easy it was to get levels with the Smartgain feature and how affordable it was, I think it’s a game changer!

[@mauricesanguinette8178]

I bought the Evo 16 last august as a birthday present for myself, as an upgrade from my focusrite 2i4. The Evo 16 is awesome, i`m very happy with it!! This video confirms i made a good choice, haha ;-). Great video, cheers!!

[@CreativeMindsAudio]

Great video! some of my thoughts: API/SSL is more punchy in the mid range on the kick and snare (as you mentioned), which is what API is known for (as you may know being an owner) and why people buy it. It is more pronounced when pushed a tad too (not done here as you mentioned). You may not use this feature, but I definitely do. I tried pushing my Audient ID14 and it clips BAD without a way to fix that. Good thing I don't use the mic pres on it and just the ADAT. That's the reason to spend a ton of money on preamps is for that color and texture. At the end of the day, Audient isn't competing with API/SSL and the fact that it gets as close as it does, is super impressive! This is major competition for focusrite who's downside is their pres (though not as bad as it used to be). I'll be recommending this interface to a LOT of people looking for mutlichannel interfaces in the future! thanks for the video! I also want to add that the real context of the clarity of pres/converters is how it sits in a mix with transient response, not just tone. Cheap preamps will need to be worked harder to sit in the mix while a good pre just fits right in. I got a feeling these will do just fine though. Great job Audient! It continues to amaze me how great low end gear is getting these days. Also why did you opt for the splitters over a patchbay with mults? I feel like it could have been cheaper? Well if you already own a patchbay.

[@DJmallninja]

The Alpha Link uses converters that first marketed over 15 years ago... It was a competitive product against the original Digilink converters from the late 1990s. I'm not sure if I'd seriously talk about them as high end converters in 2023

[@jason.martin]

Love this shootout!!! I listened with headphones and found the API just had this slight weight on the lower end, super subtle though and the cost difference is pretty huge for a small difference! well done

[@mallorga1965]

This makes me feel quite proud of my little EVO 4. Thanks!

[@tezzo55]

There is clearly a difference, even to my tinnitus trashed hearing. I so didn't want there to be. Your kit makes those drums sound like an expensive recording straight away, the detail is gorgeous. The less expensive system simply didn't have the same detail, well that's just to my old, severely bashed, hearing anyway! Thanks!

[@EarthboundMastering]

Really nice test! Listening to the recordings from my top-quality mastering room tells me that, sure, I absolutely prefer the API/SSL without a doubt since those recordings got some of the details you would expect from high-quality preamps, but the Audient is really not that far behind. It would be interesting to hear a comparison with the API preamps going into the Audient converters ;)

[@WebberLai]

It's a great idea

[@jonathanrichard6881]

I would try the Audient w/ Api Vision UAD would probably be the closest to the real deal and save the $9000 for a good used car.

[@charleshale8504]

@@jonathanrichard6881 I do this with my ASP800 all the time, they're such clean clear pre's that using the modeling after the fact gets the richness that I'd get from an API or Neve pre. I do still have some nice pre's but when I need more it's an excellent alternative

[@MykEviiL]

Amazing! Technology has come so far anyone can do professional recordings with the right gear and knowledge, and save a lot of money in the process!

[@John-mh9ty]

I was expecting the API to be an obvious choice, because it does a certain thing for drums, I've heard it time and time again. I'm positively shocked that in terms of what API does audient nailed. If it was sold as a 512 clone at 500/channel in 500 format, most folks would buy into it with blind listening. It seriously sounds more like the 512 than half the clones do. It's a great time to be alive

[@anthonyvalli2455]

Not surprised this video showed up for me, the search algorithm being what it is these days.... but this is exactly what I'm researching right now, and you laid it out beautifully. Thanks for doing this.

[@patrickfouhy9102]

As someone who engineers and produces a band that I also play drums in, that auto leveling would be very handy. I spend HOURS sometimes tweaking mic levels. Setting levels, recording a bit to listen back, making adjustment and repeating until the levels are correct. This would be so handy. haha. Or...if one of the other members of my band could turn a dial and stop when it turns yellow that would be good too. haha

[@xb70prince]

Hours😵‍💫

[@patrickfouhy9102]

@@xb70prince yeah sometimes. I do a majority of the drum mixing with mic placement and input levels. I like to have the drums 90% mixed with the faders at unity. It’s painstaking to do alone, but not very difficult if I’m behind the board when someone else is playing.

[@shotgunndunn]

I just bought this exact setup for my studio, which includes 13 mics on drums. So far, it's utterly amazing. I came from FocusWRONG Clarett 8 Pre and Octopre. The auto gain feature is beyond amazing. It sets it perfectly. As a solo musician/engineer this saves SO much time! It's not only super quick, it sounds legitimately amazing! Took mere minutes to setup. I'm officially a fan!

[@MrFborup]

Hi . I am trying to decide between focusrite scarlett 18i20 or the evo16. They are about the same price. Does the 24 bit / 192 kHz vs 24 bit / 96 kHz have any say.

[@shotgunndunn]

I’ve owned 5 Focusrite interfaces in the past 18 months. They sounded great. But ultimately all failed to work for the long haul. I have the EVO16 and SP8 now. With ZERO issues thus far. Granted, it’s only been maybe 6-8 weeks. I am only able to record at 48kHz. Which is a minor disappointment. The sound quality and features MORE than make up for the lack of 96kHz. I would highly recommend the EVO16. I do find that the auto gain feature is a bit cautious. I do end up turning things up 3-4dB. I hope in a future firmware update they can install some sort of a ‘master gain adjust feature’. Where we can still use the auto gain, but make it a bit hotter if we so desire. The S/N ratio is stellar on the EVO/SP setup as well. I am VERY impressed. And to think, I paid $1150 shipped to my door for 16 inputs. 🤯

[@shotgunndunn]

Here’s a brief summary of the issues i had with focuswrong… 18i20 brand new in box from amazon. The ADAT input did not work. Thereby not allowing me to use the OctoPre. Returned to Amazon. Bought a used 8 Pre X from Reverb. After 6 months it started randomly losing Thunderbolt connection. Replaced with another used 8 Pre X from Reverb. Same issue later occurred. Replaced with brand new in box Clarret+ 8 Pre. Ch. 1 phantom power went out randomly. I think there was another Focusrite piece in there somewhere. Maybe it was just the 4 units. Idk. But it was very stressful. Not a whole of music being made. Just endless trouble shooting. Switched to Audient. So far so good. Hasn’t been very long though. But I feel everything’s gonna be alright!!!

[@MrFborup]

Thank you for your input. I am getting close to making a decision @@shotgunndunn

[@shotgunndunn]

Awesome! Let me know what you choose.

[@TorpidScorpionMusic]

I came here for a shootout and you delivered. Thanks for doing this! So few people do a proper comparison. Well done. Da kannst du Gift drauf nehmen.

[@saxongroove5898]

Thank you for taking the time, and putting in the work to do such a comprehensive test. Enlightening.

[@JayMadeelrubio]

I hate using the term warmth to describe stuff but to me the API sounds more smoother and rounder which is what I prefer but either one would work great. I believe its just a matter of preference.

[@rafaelmatosdasilva]

audient makes great stuff! i own an id4 mkii, previously owned the first id4, and wouldn't change for nothing else in that budget range. pretty awesome stuff!

[@metalandstuffz6129]

Awesome! My favourite as the API/SSL combo. But what if you use the API's into the line inputs of the evo and compare that to the SSL AD ? Cheers for your lessons.

[@timschannel247]

interesting contribution. Was not aware of you guys have special kick mic over there. However the comparison you make seems fascinating and helps me at my decision. thx

[@robertsimpson5801]

It sounds to me like the upper mid harmonics are richer on the API/SSL set up, and that makes the drums sound a bit punchier, to my ear. Given the price difference, and the fact that a lot of that could be augmented in the box, it is hard to justify spending the extra money… Particularly for a mobile set up. Great video!

[@theflippestside]

I agree, the api/ssl set up is punchier, richer harmonics.

[@Reggi_Sample]

I heard the same. I use the Evo but tbh upper mid harmonics are the last I need more of 😂. It’s good for pure translation but no added colour

[@ThatMFShawnzy]

I bought the EVO4 and I absolutely love it. Only reason I want the 8 is because on the 4 the headphone Jack stops the output jacks from working. So you can’t listen out loud and on the headphones.

[@EdThorne]

Fascinating to hear the difference, thanks for the comparison! I have a hugely complicated drum recording set up atm but now Evo has sent me the 16 & SP8, I think I'll just track through them and mix analog as I've been doing! 🔥

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic info! Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@BILLY-px3hw]

Nowadays the tech is getting better and better, and the tolerances are getting closer and closer throughout the whole industry. The funny part is that we are getting beautiful recordings and the first thing a lot of people do is add noise, static, and wobble.

[@KohleAudioKult]

Haha! It’s kinda ironic, isn’t it?

[@paololuvie8755]

Hey Kristian , greeeeaaat video, I've downloaded the multitracks and I'm listening it with my Amphion two15, the same beasts as you 've got in your studio !!!

[@KohleAudioKult]

The best! 😍

[@djboriginal]

Love the comparison! Both sound amazing. I can only hear a tiny difference, and definitely not $9,000 worth of difference. Thanks again!

[@MaxFury_Official]

Thanks to Thomann some years ago i bought a "analog style usb audio interface" don't remember the name of it a huge black thingie. Yeah, i could hear some sound difference from my speakers it sounded a bit brighter then before, but that was that pretty much, and built in preamps ofc, but i already have preamps. Sent it back and still rockin' my first ever audio interface delta 66 with m-audio d-mp3, in fact i even bought a second one so i have in my both computers, they work perfectly fine with a Pci express to pci adapter. No worrying about usb latency or your usbs getting lose the more you stick it in and out of there! Better latency then the usb cards aswell. From my understanding what's worse is the converters, but the question is how much that really comes into play if you record DI's with a countryman di into the interface. Not much i'd say unless stacking up channel after channel more noise get's added, i guess, but then we have these amazing noise reduction plugins anyway that could probably save the day. Thanks for the video. Have you tried the Tonex yet? So far i think it's pretty amazing.

[@charliekey2979]

Great comparison, i was looking for this but more interested in the ASP880 with the EVO vs. your high end setup

[@gernotfrohlich6978]

Kohle :D - I can clearly hear the difference on my studio setup here. the audient has a lack of transparency over all and U can hear the main difference in the low mids and high bass area where the API/SSL is way more cleaned up. even the snare sound is more defined and you can hear the room quite exactly compared to the snare sound on the audient. that's just my 2 cents... I am using mogami wiring, Lynx ADDA and self built 3 way d appolito wedges "man high" :D - they reproduce the highest standards, which blesses me greatly ;) anyways, tnx for your cool content! cheers!

[@GenesisSoundLab]

it sounded like the audient was a touch scooped compared to the api, i noticed a bit more low end beef in the snare on the audient tracks

[@LekkerBlanka]

having the big evo to record all the drums is really nice, but for me i taught myself how to work drum machines and sequencers while alone on my own a couple years ago. so what’s really awesome is the evo interface for 130$ has just as good if not slightly better stats on paper… dynamic range and all that. plus the smart gain. pretty cool company. thanks for sharing the knowledge. it saves us so much monies!

[@BorisBarroso]

I don't think it's possible to recognize the difference in a KZbin video, but I see that the Evo 16 sounds amazing. Thanks for the comparison

[@melissabell585]

I feel like on any given track the difference is subtle, but when they add up over the whole kit there’s a sense of weight and focus in the midrange on the SSL/API that I just don’t get on the Audients. Whether that’s “better” or not is a matter of taste though.

[@franzkindermann434]

dame here. the sum of all channels sounds way more dimensional and open than the sum of the audients.

[@naicametal]

Great video idea, nice to see you playing drums! :D

[@JenariJosh]

I bought an EVO16 just a few months ago and its auto gain feature is realy handy for recording drums on your own. Altho I found myself adjusting the gain again sometimes, but most of the time it's fine.

[@Randuski]

I've seen a lot of people saying the auto gain feature is for noobs. which i would agree as far as the smaller interfaces. but for interfaces with 8+ inputs? for drums by yourself? this is a dream haha

[@thebeardedkozak]

How are you liking it so far? I've read mixed reviews so I'm hoping to hear from someone that's put it through the paces!

[@rougepompier]

thats awesome, tx for the great a/b test

[@thegreatjuiceej]

They were so close in sound, it’s crazy but if I was to dig that deep, the audient sounded great on the snare n overheads, but I liked the API/SSL setup on the kick n toms. Great video!

[@Mr.Sirb0si]

I think the api / ssl setup has al little more exciting and aggressive high mids to tops but in a non harsh musical way. Audient sounds more natural and open to me. It also seems to have less roll off in the subs and upper top frequencies. Reminds me of how my focusrite converters / pre's sound. In a nutshell: -API/SSL: Exciting high end but roll off at super low subs and super high top freqs. Transients sound more compact and punchy. -Audient: Natural and hifi tops but also looser and less compact / punchy. I think you get a more pronounced effect when you add up a whole mix with everything recorded through the same setup. Interesting comparison! Both more than capable. :)

[@checkshirtcreative2007]

Havent followed long but my favorite part was seeing you on drums for the first time. Like it. Also. Great video like usual. Cheers for your inspiration and wisdom brotha.

[@stayinspired2027]

the Api/SSL sounds smooth and more coloured also has a 3-D quality to it and it has that API PUNCH the Audient sounds kinda flat and not as wide, and the Audient is harsher in the top end.

[@shoresaybow]

I ordered the EVO16 right away when it was available last summer. Great interface, great features, and I never had any sound issues with it although there are reviews out there that say otherwise. Only feature that I am missing is an option to start smart gain from the mixer app or remote - or with a pre set delay start.

[@GUSTAVOOVELASCO]

Go into option on the app it lets you view the pre gain and adjust it on the mixer it helps out a lot

[@electricwhiterabbit]

Amazing. The difference if any is so small. Incredible what the quality of converters now can do for such a reduced cost. The lines are totally blurred.

[@infinaneek]

Wow. Couldn't hear a diff on my Apple airpod pro. Will listen n studio on my Eve Sc408 tomorrow. Usually I find that I hear a difference when actually start working with the files, rather than just listening. Another good video. Thanks!

[@rickspyder6159]

There is a little more attack on the leading edge of the transients, especially the kick...on the sll converters

[@OnceAwakeOfficial]

Great video as always! Thank you very much!

[@wesaudio]

As far as I remember this SSL converter has poor PLL clock on board wich is very jittery and noisy. This is the reason why you can hear a difference in top end between converters.

[@KohleAudioKult]

You mean that makes the SSL setup sound inferior to the Audient?

[@piterb.5444]

The audient sounds like a metal brush is going trough the cymbals, it sounds like all cheap focusrite cheap preamps, the api with the ssl sounds like business 😅. The funny part of this comment is that I heard that difference while listening to the review on an old iPad. 😂 great review. Thanks!

[@Amish6Stringer]

Pretty awesome. As you mentioned late in the video, there is probably a fair bit more difference once you drive stuff. All my high end pres pretty much sound the same when you leave headroom, but when you start driving them or even compressing them downstream and their detail comes up in level it changes thing. Still super impressive though.

[@imcrazedandconfused]

Very good observation. With nowadays converters, really low noise floor and 24 bit and floating point bit depth/resolution in processing, there is absolutely no need to record hot signals. There is plenty of headroom. So far, the differences from going from a good oldschool console into good converters to using the cheap modern usable interfaces and their pres are really subtle and most of the time not the bottleneck to produce a good mix afterwards. Things have changed a lot in the last 2 decades. What counts are noise and distortion figures of the converters, and that's it basically. There is a lot of myth going on to sell expensive studio gear (and many so-called experts are willing to feed the myths because they invested a lot of money into expensive stuff themselves, it is necessary to protect their investments...)

[@imcrazedandconfused]

(And as for coloring signals, digital possibilities have advanced to indistinguishable levels from analog, e.g. the Acustica Audio stuff and other high-end technologies.)

[@perpetualgrimace]

Hugely helpful comparison 🤘

[@daleplatino]

Any minor differences can be adjusted during mixing. The sounds are so close it really doesn't matter that much. Thanks for the video.

[@milanforever7014]

exsctly my thought.. I see a lot of people clutching at straws here ;)

[@whatsmyageagain91]

Great video, thanks for putting so much effort into setting this up and sharing

[@uselessoldman7964]

I am surrounded by various audio interfaces but seriously they are only one piece of the jigsaw. As important is your choice of mic the playback monitors your mixing settings and effects tweaks etc. I picked up an old M Audio Fast Track Ultra the other day cos the guy could not get it to work in WIndows 11, I managed it first time. Originally cost £400 I paid £30. Sure there are some bad audio interfaces, poor latency noisy pre amps/outputs etc but then there are some cracking audio interfaces and they do not have to cost the earth. For messing about I use the Motu M4, absolute beast, but then it came with a great reputation and I have to say, well justified

[@PaulMiddleton70]

I can hear the differences when the kit is completely summed together and I can hear it clearly. The EVO definitely has more high end details (good, bad and indifferent) where the API/SSL has a tighter less washy sound. I believe that the differences are more in the mic pre than in the conversion itself. The Audient conversion is amazing as is the SSL, I have an Orion 32+ GEN 3 and it has shown me that with gr8 conversion you will hear the mic and pre amp differences more accurately. what would be more interesting to hear is what does the API sounds like when using conversion only with the EVO? Thanks for a gr8 video as always.

[@lematrix01]

The difference you hear in the cymbals. They are more open and mix ready. Thank you for doing that comparison

[@silascf]

Great, awesome video Kris

[@KohleAudioKult]

Which audio interfaces (and mic pres) are you guys using to record drums?

[@billypfister8765]

Neve and more neve lol

[@АлександраКраснова-п8ь]

Behr xr18 xD

[@TheYrthenarc]

Not a recording engineer here, just a hobby drummer of sorts, but I was getting pretty decent results with a Behringer UMC404HD, two cheap Chinese large diaphragm condensers (Neewer NW-700) as "overheads" and an SM-57 on the snare in a Glyn Jones setup when I had a place to jam (except for the kick mic, that never sounded right). Right now my kit is unfortunately packed up in cases, but when I manage to find a place to set up, I'll most probably go with a Behringer X-Air 18 and a full close mic setup.

[@indisguiseFUCK]

UA Apollo Twin X plus Audient ASP 800. It works. Unison slots on the UA get used, as well as the saturation of the Retro Channels on the ASP (nice for some stuff). Nice comparison btw., I can also hear a difference over KZbin; API/SSL sounds a bit brighter and more scooped, but I will have to listen to the multitracks. Anyway, I'm confident you could make any of these two sound phenomenal. That being said, it's not a 9000 quid difference that I hear :)

[@Metalbaum]

Just my Scarlett 18i20 gen 2

[@DanBires]

One big fail on the evo’s is you cannot bypass the preamps to be able to use outboard gear into them. I have no idea why manufacturers stop doing this. This is a big reason why I wouldn’t buy a big evo. I do have a small one for my iPad. Great video thank you for that comparison

[@KohleAudioKult]

From what I understand the TRS inputs are balanced line level.

[@vassmarc1]

I could hear a difference. With good headphones I could hear less boxiness and more transparency with the ‘ high end setup ‘ . I would strongly recommend keeping using your ‘ high end set up ‘as much as you can . 🥁🙏🏼🖖

[@Jo-Ann-d9u]

I have the Behringer 1820 w/ada8200 & Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 aggregated on my MP. I normally always use external inexpensive Art Mic Pres 😂 It does the trick for me. I love a lil real analog grit before the interface's mic pres. You'd be surprised. I have a nice size live room w/a very large ceiling where I also have piezo room mics for additional room ambience. Today's gear is a Godsend. Use your ears.

[@KeenanCrow]

The Audient is sharper and a bit harsher. The API setup is more round. You could probably go a long way in matching them by just adding in the additional harmonics the API setup is imparting via plugin.

[@Rareos]

The Evo actually captured more low mid in the snare, but the kick had some click that wasn’t there in the API / SSL.

[@thebeardedkozak]

I noticed that as well

[@zakaroonetwork777]

Please do a shootout of the EVO vs there ASP 880 preammps.

[@nochemix]

the mix of api and ssl feels more complete or ready to mix, and more with the sound in front, more presence and depth, the mix of audient sounds good but it feels like it requires more post processing, it feels a little more sterile

[@StirfriedGerman]

I pass the blind test on my LSR 305 II with iostation 24c, but it's subtle, API is more defined in mids/high mids and has more low low end, the EVO is duller in the mids but provides a little more top end. Again it's subtle. Save $9K, buy better mics

[@geertfreson8923]

Thx now i'm more in to the audient

[@forrestgump1234]

Tell it as it is, not much of a difference if any, especially on YT with compression. Unlike many other youtubers, you are an honest guy.

[@KohleAudioKult]

Thanks! But even if you download the WAV files, there’s no real difference worth the money.

[@scottrance2818]

I've been looking to upgrade as well. I"m considering the Evo 16 as well so this was a nice video to watch to get some more info. I love Audient gear. Learned on a ASP 8024 HE. Love that console. It has a lot of character.

[@Hoze666]

Thanks Kohle for this! Both setups sound great.

[@joesalyers]

Audient's mic pres are 3 kilo-ohms while API 512s are 1500 ohms. So that is where the hi-fi sound comes from. The higher the impedance the better the transient response will be and the less distortions and saturation are present. Impedance is super important when picking a mic preamps sound. The 1073 was 300 ohms and that is why it breaks up so quickly. Lower impedance mic preamps squash the transients because the voltage is lower and the slew rate causes a smearing effect. Cheers!!

[@jakajarc]

Very informative! Looking forward to acoustic recordings/.

[@AvithOrtega]

nice video, but I think you should have inverted the phase of one of the recordings, then mix and render both so we can actually see what are the differences (if there is any), but as you said, from a practical point of view they are very close enough

[@KohleAudioKult]

I talked about why a null test was NOT possible in the video. But feel free to download the files and try!

[@Veveve1]

unfortunately youtube compression is killing the test but so thanks for having the tracks online

[@KohleAudioKult]

You’re welcome! But please remember: If it doesn’t translate through KZbin it’s not gonna translate through any of the streaming platforms where the vast majority of music is consumed today.

[@Veveve1]

@@KohleAudioKult a fair point!

[@mrkite89]

Very slight difference, thanks a lot!

[@broziserluppus6848]

Dude thank you!!! This is the review I was looking for! The Evo line doesn’t get enough attention imho

[@ALLforROME]

Right on! 💯

[@HareBra1n3d]

I like the high end on the SSL setup better

[@dingbatjack1234]

SSL is def more weighty in the bottom end. You could really tell with the snare!

[@YAWN....]

great vid bro!!! You should enable the THANKS button. Cheers from NZ

[@JackKeef]

Great Test! I hear more focus on the Api/SSL but is just a freak thing 🙃

[@damion2226]

I hear a slight difference, especially with the full set, even on compressed youtube through speakers. Great video, btw. For some of us with project studios, I second being able to see/hear how it fares on vox and single instruments.

[@Shred_Rocket]

Now, this is what a test should be like! Perfect!

[@666dougied]

I just stumbled upon your channel. Nice work dude!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Welcome!

[@UrbanExplorer614]

Still trying to decide between the Evo 16 and motu ultralite mk5 for a portable set up. The Evo interests me, but I do wish it was as compact as the Motu.

[@vhmendonca]

Thanks for this vid, Kristian! BTW, cool grooves :)

[@stingylizard]

You're content is consistently fire,Hombre. Big thanks,but I'm saying this video is almost exhausting -- every minute is solid good-to-know info and no doubts you put in the work so we didn't have to. I wish we all had big SSL boards,except....why? Amazing options nowadayz

[@kotogray8335]

I use a 24 channel Harbinger L2404 mixer into a Tascam US 4X4 HR. Sounds pretty damn good... But I'm just a bedroom recording engineer any more. I used to have a big studio years ago

[@steveweilhart2359]

wow the audient does sound very good - for most of us audient interface would be a no brainer - great video

[@RomanRotten]

Evo sounds a touch more muffled in comparison but the difference is tiny and surely does not match the price difference. Awesome job and video Kristian!

[@YoMyNamesJakeG]

There's definitely a crispness and weight to the high end setup that I only hear cumulatively when listening to the full kit. Throw some API preamp emulations on the audient version and level match and I'm sure it would be almost indistinguishable. Very cool comparison and you just made audient a future sale from myself haha.

[@Enelkay.]

Thank you man. You get what you pay for.. but at the same time those diminishing returns are vicious. You pretty much saved your viewers 9000$….

[@KaneDWilliams]

I can hear a clear difference for the first part, but not as clear when it goes half time. I'm not calling one out as better than the other. However, my guess is the mic preamps are making the most difference.