Good review and makes me happy I have the Focusrite. One feedback I have is to avoid shaking the products when showing a close up of the product especially the buttons. You can also add b-shots showing closeups.
I listened with my headphones and I think the two interfaces are awesome, but there's a unique cushion of warm smooth ambience with the vocals from the quantum which might be more appropriate with certain genres of music
You pointed out that the Presonus has a second usb-c connector for power... the scarlett 2i2 has that too. Its labeled "5V DC" and you showed it into the camera... important if you want to use it standalone without a computer connection as i do.
I'm slightly dissapointed that we do not have middle sized HD... It's either small or the large one... Hope that they will come with at least one with "medium amount" of ins and out.
That presonus is better than that scarlett i have from scarlett version one to 3 and when i get the studio 68 it was leagues ahead so yeah ill be getting the quantum es4 for sure
The Presonus had a bit more low-mids than the Focusrite which could be interpreted as warmer. The high end of both sounded the same to me. Both are very workable sounds for laying down tracks.
Hey Mr. Wavy, if at all possible could you do a review like this with the es2 and the hd. I sold my studio up north for money to move down south. I’m going crazy without a tracking studio. I record in studio one and presonus dropped these right in time. I wondering what’s the difference in sound quality between the two. If you can brotha… if you can 😅 #WavyTheMan
I’m having a hard time accepting differences if it’s two different performances for recording, maybe use some pre looper for 1 single performance to give an apples to apples difference. I can tell some difference but not enough that gain may change to be fair also and skew audio differences. Great explanation of features and the single knob does all seems like it can wear quicker as an opinion but it will probably be fine.
good video mate. Actually one of the main characteristics of the scarlett is the level of detail you can notice in the audio, in pair with the Clarett. I doubt the presonus can get close to the scarlett in that area. Cheers
Julian Krause just reviewed the Quantum and the Scarlet 2i2 4th gen is always on top, better everything, properly data analysed. The quantum has some issues. Good video though man.
Is it loud? I have a personus 24c and it it’s too quiet for what I need. I’m thinking about upgrading to the quantum, but I’m tired of bottlenecking my setup and I need a definite yes to this from someone. All I want to do is record rap vocals and have enough gain to sound loud. I’m using a Rode NT1 5th gen for input.
I would like to hear those comparisons again with focus right air on because that’s an option. Is there fair to use it. Also focus rite 4i4 and up has the red converters in them now I don’t know why the solo and the 2i2 don’t that sucks….
Let me know if im trippin 😂 not at all brotha. The 2i2 always sounded a lil harsh and brittle. I can almost always tell when a song was made on those things, it definitely has a distinct sound to it. That presonus is impressive for the price.
The presonus studio 24c was already killing the focus right . I been watching hella reviews and I thought to switch to the audient then BOOM! Presonus drop the quantum 🤦♂️😭😭😭
Their hand and hand. You also pay for what you get and the quantum does cost more. The id4 does have Amazing preamps but the quantum lineup, the preamps are just as amazing
Focusrite is always a no go when you hit a certain experience. For a 2 in interface, that is pretty basic, 200$ is a lot. The autogain feature should not be that much highlighted, because beginners are supposed to learn by time how to operate the pre amp to get the signal to be far from the noise floor and away from the clipping area. The PreSonus card has better pre amp. It justifies more the price, compared to focusrite. But as an advise for everyone that reads this comment, TRY to buy something that will stick with you for a longer period of time. I know that 200$ is a lot for some beginners as I was there, but by buying a card for 200-230$, that once you understand the way audio works, will be replaced with another card that will have better conversion and so on. If you are an artist, that just makes demos of their song, to get an idea, sketch over it to go later to a studio and do the final version, then yes, those two cards are ideal for this purpose. As for a beginner audio engineer, try as much to get a deal on some older good stuff from the used marketplace. If research is done, 200$ in the used marketplace can bring more value than the new stuff. Great video demoing the two cards!
@@jonbubble9721 So there are two options that stand out the crowd with different pro's attached to them. The first is RME Babyface Pro FS (this card has very good conversion, rock solid drivers, long term support) The second is the UAD Apollo Twin X (This card offers some features such as unison preamp (modeling mic pre's, which for some people is a big thing), UAD's dsp for plugins, the conversion is pretty good) I'd say for someone that just wants a clean and no modeling of amps and stuff, RME is the winner in this case.
@@zandycookitup Thanks for the reply. Considering I make electronic music with Ableton and use ollo s5x headphones, so latency wouldn't be a problem. are you still thinking about the cards you recommended? Or could you recommend me some intermediate ones that are not so high priced?
@@jonbubble9721 In this case I'd stick with the RME one, since has great converters so daw's audio reproduction won't be harmed. Longevity and quality is a thing for this card.
