Analogue versus Spdif

    I’m trying to record my band using a focus rite scarlet 18i20 - this has 8 inputs


    in an effort to give the drummer his ridiculous number of mics I though I could push my guitar through the spdif - thus maintaining a nice stereo image and saving 2 channels.

    However there seems a big difference in sound using spdif versus panned analogue. The gain seems less and overall the sound more “brittle” and less “musical”

    is there some black magic setting I might be missing - I’m completely new to spdif output - running on 48k locked - kemper in charge (other settings seemed to have pop and random farts)


    is 96 k Better quality / wider ?


    what might I be doing wrong


    I even read the manual a bit


    appreciate any help

    There is no difference and should give the same result with spdif vs analog. 96k won't give you a better sound nor quality. Only much bigger files. What cables do you use for spdif?

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    There is the possibility of slightly lower latency via spdif since you'll be skipping 2 conversions. I heard no difference between analog and spdif on my rigs, but I swear the digital was faster...


    Best...H