BT: X-Series Converters
Posted on: June 1, 2008
Posted in: Artists, Products, Video, X-Series
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Composer/Musician/Producer BT (Monster, Fast & The Furious, “This Binary Universe”) talks about the difference between Digidesign and Apogee converters and why he has outfitted his studio with 9 Apogee converters ever since his first A/B test.
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Video Transcript
“Honestly for me the big thing about Apogee systems was the sound of it. The first time I ever used Apogee converters was when we did “ The Fast and the Furious.” We had some 192’s, and these things and we A/B them, and the difference was bordering on ridiculous. Honestly. I was astonished, the difference between the two interfaces, and these just seemed to, especially with the string section, just breathe.”
“They were so beautiful, the sound of them, and I just thought, when I am able to, I am going to set up my room with all Apogee interfaces. Especially with my analog sets and everything, It’s the sort of thing where you really hear a small difference in fidelity is very large.”
“Something like an analog synthesizer,guitars, I do a lot of re-mic-ing, that sort of stuff, and things like strings. It’s massive, you really hear the clarity and articulation especially in things like over 10k interestingly. So it’s kind of like you get this exceptional, sheeny, kind of indescribable clarity, really above 7 or 8k, where everything just feels open.”
“Some of these interfaces too that are like 800 dollars that are expensive prosumer interfaces, they sound like MP3’s and the inputs on them are so dull sounding and you can’t even believe it. You just plug it in in one of these and it’s like Oh My God, like someone took wool out of your ears. Literally, you know what I mean?”