ellocheeky
New member
I have a real burning question that would solve all my life's problems if answered...
So here's my situation...
I have a volca bass... when I play it directly through my amp (yamaha ax-400) it sounds very alive and detailed.
However when I record it on to my computer (using the citronic ac-1 - a £30 usb a/d converter) then play it through the exact same amp (via the inbuilt soundcard on a 13" macbook pro retina) it sounds very noticeably digitised. The detail has been lost and it basically just sounds crap. No doubt this phenomenon is a product of both the crap usb a/d and the mac's dac... but does either one in particular play a more significant role?? It's hard for me to test this...
Basically I'm wondering whether its worth upgrading the citronic to a rega a2d mini for sampling vinyl and this is the best test of how much my signal chain modifies my sound that I could come up with, I just can't separate the effect of the a/d from the dac.
I hope this makes some sense!
So here's my situation...
I have a volca bass... when I play it directly through my amp (yamaha ax-400) it sounds very alive and detailed.
However when I record it on to my computer (using the citronic ac-1 - a £30 usb a/d converter) then play it through the exact same amp (via the inbuilt soundcard on a 13" macbook pro retina) it sounds very noticeably digitised. The detail has been lost and it basically just sounds crap. No doubt this phenomenon is a product of both the crap usb a/d and the mac's dac... but does either one in particular play a more significant role?? It's hard for me to test this...
Basically I'm wondering whether its worth upgrading the citronic to a rega a2d mini for sampling vinyl and this is the best test of how much my signal chain modifies my sound that I could come up with, I just can't separate the effect of the a/d from the dac.
I hope this makes some sense!