I switched from AVID HD I/O to Antelope Orion Studio Synergy Core.
AVID HD I/O is also a very good product, but I was surprised by the audio interface of Antelope Orion Studio Synergy Core.
It is an excellent product in terms of both quality and cost performance.
You can select the input method for microphone, line and direct input. Direct In is an input method for direct A/D conversion, I thought it would be very good to capture analog summing sound and hardware effects by direct In.
With the advent of DAW, you have more things to do, such as composing, recording, mixing, and mastering, and it answers all those needs. You won't need to replace it for at least 5 years from now.
Also worth noting is that it comes with FPGA FX. To be honest, I didn't expect much compared to waves and UAD.
But I soon realized that it was a big mistake. The quality of FPGA FX is very high, and I mainly used FPGA FX now.
Note that FPGA FX differs from ordinary plug-ins in that effects are processed in hardware, which requires cumbersome routing to make the effects work on the DAW. However, if you purchase the AFX2DAW plugin provided by Antelope separately, you will be able to use FPGA FX easily on the DAW without troublesome routing, so you should purchase the AFX2DAW.
However, since FPGA FX is only processed in hardware,offline bounce is not supported. This is a little inconvenient because it requires real-time export.
It seems that there will be more FPGA FX from third parties in the future, so I'm looking forward to it.
