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You have 2 big hitters there, both for different reasons. I have no idea why people spend so much on gear and have such crappy mixers, I know of a certain individual who spent too much money on gear, and almost nothing on their garbage mixer, this just proves they don't know what they're doing. I learned early on in my journey that you just don't skimp on an interface/mixer. I spent as much as a good synth on an interface and could not be happier. It's not always about how good the instrument is, but how you treat it, and a good capture device will be respecting that instrument.
Yes, and the uad was very affordable because I don'tneed a lot of fearures on their large models! And since I use their plugins, my PC kicked in the uad software automatically and set the unit up fast and easy. If someone spends a lot on their instruments, then a great interface and/or mixer should be implemented as well. I see the rookie mistake you referred to all the time.