Hi Guys!
First post here, just entered the world of KPA a few months back with the purchase of the power rack. Love it so far! You guys have been a wealth of knowledge, thank you.
So I'm primarily going to use the KPA for home recording purposes and wanted some feedback on audio interfaces. I'm going back and forth between the Apollo Twin vs. Apollo 8. My goals are to record instrumental rock/metal guitar/bass tracks over drum programs like superior drummer, etc.
I guess the biggest question is, would I be ok with not having the option of reamping digitally (absence of spdif OUT) on the Apollo Twin?
(does reamping just mean "hey I liked the way I played that riff in my DAW, but I want a different tone and prefer to NOT replay the same riff so I'll just swap out this tone for that tone?")
Option 1 : Apollo Twin. I 've read a lot of great things about this interface however from my understanding, I will NOT be able to reamp with spdif. I intend to record guitar tracks direct with "ready to mix" tone profiles, however I think I may like the option of digital reamping down the road.
From what I've read, the Apollo Twin recorded direct and/or reamped via analogue sounds fantastic as well.
For recording digital direct w/ the Twin I'd need a S/PDIF to ADAT-converter. Does anyone have any specific recommendations for these? On UA's site they simply link to a google search result w/o a specific recommendation.
https://help.uaudio.com/hc/en-…put-Connections-Explained
Is there any "compromise" in functionality/sound quality when recording digitally through an optical converter like this?
The one mentioned in this thread is unavailable.
Kemper spdif in uad apollo twin ?
Option 2: Apollo 8. A bit overkill for what I'm intending to do, but it does include coaxial spdif IN/OUT, therefore I could reamp digitally if so desired in the future, plus I would not need to acquire an S/PDIF to ADAT-converter like I would with the Twin.
Thanks in advance for your time!
Kevin