I would even add that – *because* dLive maintains phase relationships at every point of processing, it’s arguably a better choice than many other systems for studio work. Obviously, things like Pro Tools will do this to a point, but even in Pro Tools there are weird quirks occasionally when committing tracks. (I’ve had things *clearly* not properly phase-align when you look at the unprocessed and processed tracks side-by-side.)
If I had a dLive in my personal studio it would be my primary mix tool for most things. I would still use UAD and Fab Filter processing for certain aspects of mix. Reverbs, multiband compression come to mind in particular. (Dyn8 is okay, but there are many things it doesn’t do particularly well.)
My previous studio interface was an Apollo quad, A/d was phenomenal. Preamps were amazing too. I abandoned ship on that for a Focusrite Red4, which gives me Dante i/o in the space. I also had some qualms about Uad Console limitations. I still have a UAD satellite for DSP. (The Red4 is also ridiculously transparent.) …I am still considering a DM0 to upgrade studio and live rigs.
A Good friend of mine bought in to Antellope instead of UAD when I got my Apollo. …great hardware unless you’re in a Windows environment; and the support is… pretty nonexistent. Converters are great, but there are so many weird quirks with software.
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