I've been waiting to post this for a long time, as this was going to be inevitable.
I knew something like this would happen eventually with the mass corporate built stuff. As over the years the audio designer is not the same type of people. These corporate people originally hired Electronics Technology people who specialized in audio electronics. They applied standards in equipment and find the best methods to build it. These were the guys who worked on equipment for decades before even going into the manufacturing sector. The degree that they had (Electronics Technology is an Associate in Applied Science) the corporate world (which came from a different industry) decided that an associate degree was not a real degree and started not considering anyone who doesn't have a bachelor's degree and laying off people they hired. Well there isn't a Bachelor's or Master's degree with Applied Sciences degrees. Because most of applied science is about applying the technology available while maintaining standards. And a lot of these people like me got booted out of the corporate world even though at one time they leaned on us for design guidance and referred to us as electronics design specialists. So, a lot of us either got out of the field, went back to repair, or like me being hired by boutique and high end manufacturers for consultation on a contract basis. But the corporate mass producers don't. But I'm glad they are screwing up their product. It leaves room for others like me to make better things on our own for people.
So this is the beginning of the Blacklisted items they are selling retail that are not pro audio devices because they break compatibility or somewhat compatible if adapted.
Will be adding to this list as I find people having compatibility issues online. But feel free to add items you found incompatibility issues.
Focusrite
Scarlett Series. Issue: 3K input impedance that causes most dynamic mics to suffer high frequency loss as well as gain loss that transfers into the form of noise.
Scarlett Solo
Scarlett 2i2
Scarlett 4i4
Scarlett 18i20
Scarlett 18i8
Scarlett 18i6
Scarlett OctoPre
Scarlett OctoPre Dynamic
trackmaster pro
Mackie
Big knob Issue: 400 ohm handling w/o termination with devices ranging from 200 ohms to 47K with some some self terminated. Heats up. Should have used 50 ohm pre terminated balanced line drivers like every other professional monitor controller.
UAD
Apollo Series Known incompatibilities with certain dynamic mics and transformer output condenser mics
Volt Series Known incompatibilities with certain dynamic mics and transformer output condenser mics
Zoom
H6 Known incompatibilities with certain dynamic mics
I knew something like this would happen eventually with the mass corporate built stuff. As over the years the audio designer is not the same type of people. These corporate people originally hired Electronics Technology people who specialized in audio electronics. They applied standards in equipment and find the best methods to build it. These were the guys who worked on equipment for decades before even going into the manufacturing sector. The degree that they had (Electronics Technology is an Associate in Applied Science) the corporate world (which came from a different industry) decided that an associate degree was not a real degree and started not considering anyone who doesn't have a bachelor's degree and laying off people they hired. Well there isn't a Bachelor's or Master's degree with Applied Sciences degrees. Because most of applied science is about applying the technology available while maintaining standards. And a lot of these people like me got booted out of the corporate world even though at one time they leaned on us for design guidance and referred to us as electronics design specialists. So, a lot of us either got out of the field, went back to repair, or like me being hired by boutique and high end manufacturers for consultation on a contract basis. But the corporate mass producers don't. But I'm glad they are screwing up their product. It leaves room for others like me to make better things on our own for people.
So this is the beginning of the Blacklisted items they are selling retail that are not pro audio devices because they break compatibility or somewhat compatible if adapted.
Will be adding to this list as I find people having compatibility issues online. But feel free to add items you found incompatibility issues.
Focusrite
Scarlett Series. Issue: 3K input impedance that causes most dynamic mics to suffer high frequency loss as well as gain loss that transfers into the form of noise.
Scarlett Solo
Scarlett 2i2
Scarlett 4i4
Scarlett 18i20
Scarlett 18i8
Scarlett 18i6
Scarlett OctoPre
Scarlett OctoPre Dynamic
trackmaster pro
Mackie
Big knob Issue: 400 ohm handling w/o termination with devices ranging from 200 ohms to 47K with some some self terminated. Heats up. Should have used 50 ohm pre terminated balanced line drivers like every other professional monitor controller.
UAD
Apollo Series Known incompatibilities with certain dynamic mics and transformer output condenser mics
Volt Series Known incompatibilities with certain dynamic mics and transformer output condenser mics
Zoom
H6 Known incompatibilities with certain dynamic mics
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