I appreciate your honest take on these two units. I am trying to decide between the two and honestly, like you, I don't and can't afford to shell out for a bunch of uad plugins. I'll probably go with the rme. Thanks man

Glad to see you back. I already know the video dope before watching it

I had the RME fireface many years ago loved the sound.

I been considering both of these interfaces and your review was super helpful; thanks!

Thanks so much for this review. You covered everything I’ve wanted to hear about. I’ve got one of the original RME Babyface interface and have been thinking about whether the get the newer model or switch to UA.

Great video! Made me open my eyes as apollo user and my next buy! Shout out from Sweden! 🤟🏻

I went with the RME 802 because I wanted more I/O. I agree, I think the apollo is good but it is definitely hyped up. I started with Focusrite so I already had a bunch of waves plugins that I love and know how to use so no need for the UAD system. I love my RME interface.

You picked the right one ... had mine for a couple years now

Thanks for all your honest and valuable production content! I bought the RME Babyface based off a lot of your info. Thanks again and I’ll keep watching!

Went with the RME after looking around for a couple of months and trying to figure out which one will best suit my needs. It's being delivered today so I am looking forward to seeing how it goes

RME has not only high end components & pre-amps, but they have the best kept "drivers" in the industry for their products. Their R&D on their drivers is insane, and is as much of the whole package (and subsequent audio processing) as the hardware itself. 😊

I’m super happy KZfaq suggested your channel !

Thanks for this video. It helped me to make up my mind about getting the Babyface Pro

RME babyface line is top-notch, don't listen to what some ppl say. It's a serious professional device for specific applications. I own the original and it's just darn awesome

Bro that video look fly AF bro!!!! I love the colors

You are mad cool Brotha! I just discovered you so I will be checking out more of your videos.

I sold my Apogee Element 24 and upgraded to RME UCX. Hands down the best interface and I've been using Apollo 16 (Black face), Apollo Quad Twin, Prism Sound Orpheus before. Love the RME !

I also went for the RME babyFace after trying Apollo and Presonus Quantum. It's amazing.

Just bought a Babyface Pro. Good video. One question though. How can I hook my ISA One up to it?

I got the first generation Apollo Twin in 2014 and then in 2020 got the Twin X, six years total of working with the Twin. Almost two months ago, a friend of mine told me about RME. After a bit of research, I ditched my Twin X and got the RME UCX II. I can tell you from experience that the RME UCX II is leaps and bounds better than the Apollo Twin. 1. The clocking is better. 2. The preamps are cleaner and better. I get 72 dB of clean preamp gain opposed to the 65 dB of gain that's colored from the Apollo Twin 3. Better converters which means better conversion. Converters on the Apollo Twin are sub-par. 4. The soundscape is clearer and wider. I hear things in my mixes that I didn't hear with the Apollo Twin. 5. More inputs and outputs. RME UXC II: 20-in/20-out. Apollo Twin X: 10-in/6-out. 6. You can't bypass the preamps on the Apollo Twin X when using an external mic preamp. The signal still passes through the Apollo Twin preamps, which still add a little bit of color to the sound/signal coming from the external preamp. I found this out about six months ago. This means I wasn't getting the full advantage of my Neve Shelford Channel. After switching to the UCX II, problem solved. With plugins from Plugin Alliance and now some from UAD Spark (13 native plugins), the ones I was using anyway before I sold the Twin, I don't need the Twin anymore to run those plugins. Plus I can add a UAD Satellite to run more UAD Plugins if I wanted to. The only thing the Twin X has over the RME UXC II is the ability to track with Unison Preamps, which really doesn't matter if you track with hardware gear. For the price point, I get more bang for my buck with the RME UCX II.

This is great! I switched from a UAD Apollo solo to this RME for the ease of connecting to almost any system via USB 2. Plus the MIDI connectors and the case that it comes with is really nice.

Realllike the video, filled with valuable information. One small thing that was a bit distracting, was the background music. It was a bit too loud while you were talking. Got yourself a new subscriber 🎵⚡️

do you think a Apollo X quad with analog classic plugin bundle for $950.00 is a good deal? Or you rather Babyface pro and waves plugins? Also do you think uad plugins sound better then waves plugins? Thanks for your reply in advance

The amazing thing about rme is the driver support and they sound great.

Glad I found your channel man. I just got the RME Babyface Pro fs. Do you have a video or a good resource for optimizing it?

also I appreciate you putting work in and sharing wealth with the people

Just came across your channel. Much love and support. Keep pushing!

Great video. You've helped me make a choice between the two. Subscribed.

Great video I’m deciding which interface to buy but I sing more Rock / Pop

just bought the rme pro fs due to this video hopefully I enjoy it

I presume if you use UA plugins does that mean if you're somewhere with your laptop but not your UA interface, those plugins become unavailable unless you previously bounced the audio down with the plugins on? So they're basically in the hardware? (Whereas all your regular plugins are always in your laptop).

thanks for the share brother, i am about to recieve the latest RME tomorrow. wooo

Thanks for the review. Do you the Babyface RME preamps sound better than the SSL2?

Hi, I have a Scar 2i2 paired with yamaha's hs8 with the hs8s sub, I'am a beatmaker so what do you think is the best for me the Rme Babyface Pro fs or the Apollo Twin?

Great content! You re the men👍

I have the Apollo Twin and its quality is great with the Aston Microphone spirit, so you think the Soundcard for the Babyface pro FS is better and I should upgrade? genuine question by the way.

I agree with you about the unison in the UA. Without those it sounds dull. I also went with RME and it was the best decision ever. You can bypass the stock pres just by having the input gain on zero.

i just subbed bc you kept it real. great vid keep it up

I'm rocking the Audient 44 interface

Just did the same. UAD stuff is so hyped, but 80% of it is marketing. Some Plugins are really good, but... I prefer Waves and Fabfilter. Powered Plugins are a thing of the past im my opinion. RME Babyface FS RULEZ!

The problem I have with the RME is the input/outputs layout, having tons of cables coming out all sides of an interface just wouldn't work for me. It's becoming more and more trendy to hate on UA but I think it's amazing at least for my workflow. I use my interface for a lot of voiceover/video work and my mic audio signal pretty much stays the same for my voiceover mic. Being able to apply a pre-amp and plugins at the driver level and have all those settings persist after reboot is an incredible time/productivity saver for me. If I want to record a quick video with OBS I don't have to do any weird routing since everything is already handled in Console.

You are right. The babyface is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I just got the Apollo twin x duo Which plugins for EQ would you recommends I’m only using this for podcasts

I work as an assistant in audiological research. We use these in our lab so I picked it for myself as well.

Big Ups For The Real Talk!!!!!

Great talk. UAD's Apollo are fantastic but they are expensive and definitely not the "best" interface you can buy. To say that Apollo is the best is a bit like saying that Ableton is the best or that Logic or FL is the best DAW for making music. Everyone has their preferences and Apollo is not objectively better than say RME, Apogee or Audient's and Foucusrite's better alternatives. The same goes for their plugins. However, Apollo comes with a certain hype, and if that gets you motivated and makes you make more music, go for it. It doesn't always have to better technical to be a valid point for you to buy something "technical".

How does the output audio quality (monitor/headphone jack) compare between the Apollo and the Babyface Pro?

Whats the version that has more inputs? I love this interface but i have a lot of synths and need analog i/o...thanks

hi, love ur vid, ive been using rme ucx and thingking of upgrading to apollo x6, the main reason is trying to get better adda, would this solve my quest ?

The bird makes me feel calm lol. Good info, thank you. Following

Welcome to the family

Thanks for a great video man. Cheers.

Hey man thanks for the video! I question myself, if you can use third party plugins with the rme and dont find information anywhere. Do you know if tthis is possible? Like waves tune in total mix for live monitoring with the dsp. thanks man! Keep up the great work!

A very informative video. Thank you!🙏

Hey the reason why I were calling with my UAD Apollo duo is because of the auto tune real time being able to hear it in real time is there any other options out there for me

great video and thank for the outlook.

Aye just wondering how do you feel about standalone converters ? I'm out here trying to figure out if I should "upgrade" my lucid 88192 for something compact like a twin x or Babyface or maybe the rme fs pro...Do you have a tidal ? Or a few wav files I could listen over of the rme or uad ?

Aaayyyy thanks I did a blind a/b and the babyface pro fs sounded better so I went with that.

i have the babyface pro fs and it shows up as fireface ufx when i go to select audio device. also when i use direct monitoring my voice sounds fine, but when i try to record in fl studio my voice sounds doubled. im not using direct monitoring while also monitoring in fl studio, im strictly monitoring in fl studio and it doesnt sound clean like when i only use direct monitoring via the babyface. im not monitoring in both totalmix and fl studio, only fl studio but it doesnt sound clean like when i monitor using only totalmix. any suggestions? sorry if its confusing

No one can answer this question: I have a perfect gain but when I record my output vocals are at -30db. How can I crank up the ending volume so when I record I can have my vocals at -10, etc? Is there a way to do this in Total Mix FX?

Would you say the RME Babyface has better playback quality (DAC) than the UAD Apollo?

What's good big dawg , have you tried the new Babyface pro FS

Im looking to get low latency, but now Im stuck between, Apollo Twin X Duo vs RME Babyface Pro FS! I got a USB 3.2 Type C Gen 2 on my motherboard. I seen you can plug in a Thunderbolt cable to USB Type C or even use a PCIe Thunderbolt cause thunderbolt has up to 40 GB of transfer data and its the lowest latency on the block. Still trying to decide!

Congratulations on the new interface!!!

New to the channel dude!! Love your style man!! I’m more of a metal and instrumental guitar person but I love having new experiences of hip hop and EDM/dance/pop... I want to get into recording and production and I’m from the uk where apple computers are expensive but to get the thunderbolt 3 for the Apollo interfaces i have to spend at least £1000 for a compatible computer and I’ve always had it told to me that I need UAD interfaces for low latency but I’ve been looking into the Audient or Atura interfaces and was just wondering your opinion on those?? Sorry if I have wrote this stupid (going through some med changes)

Great video man thanks for the information

I'm ditching my Duet 3 for Babyface Pro. The Apogee drivers are just getting so buggy as of late. This is my 3rd Apogee that keeps crashing.

Great video- I’ve been rocking the babyface pro for several years now. My question is did you need to use a cloud lifter with the sm7b and the babyface? Or just the rme preamp was enough juice?

"i know what you are saying bro" 😃 bought RME BAbyface pro FS....money well spent❣

Thanks for the time and information.

UNIVERSAL AUDIO Apollo Twin X DUO or RME Fireface UCX what do you choose for yourself ? i want to buy one of them which have better sound for the 250 ohm dt 1770 from beyerdynamic?

Glad to hear your thoughts on the bass. I'm not a producer, but I use an interface to record deejay mixes. I'm currently using an Apogee Duet USB to record into the computer but am thinking of picking up a Babyface Pro. Thanks, again!

Hello I am a new follower. Thank you for your videos! Looking for a new interface, currently using a Motu 896 with Logic Pro x, on Mac Pro. curious if the Babyface is comparable to the Motu? Thanks again

Respect and love from india 🇮🇳 is there any benefit of using unison preamps or RME sounds better without any virtual preamp?

these plugins are dope thanks bro~!

Quality wise apollo or baby face? Im lookin into upgrading from my scarlett to something way better the scarlett i feel gives a boxy sorta sound even with messin with the eqs

I don't know which one to get now... I'm really interested in the RME Babyface Pro FS

Does the clock "the FS part" help with syncing drum machine to DAW?

Sounds like a good alternative if you don't use the UAD plugins.

Man way you at with the videos streets need you bra

I was considering selling my babyface pro to get an apollo just to start using Luna, now I'm not so sure, I might just buy an apollo to use Luna but keep by babyface. I don't know. I see a lot of people selling their apollo on reverb but not many baby face pros on reverb though, so that's a sign, and i'm seeing baby face win these shoot outs on youtube when facing against UAD.

I’ve grown so accustomed to recording with the LA-2A on the Apollo, idk if I would want to switch lol. Plus it’s almost like using analog compressors.

Can i use the WA76 with this? I assume yes cause the RME can bypass lml but just making sure the wa external compressor can use it. I have a laptop by the way. can i use my studio Yamaha speakers still..???

Thanks for teaching us knowledge

About to drop some australiabux on one of these guys for guitar recording. Has your opinion changed in 12 months my dude?

much love, plz make video about how to use rme total fix

I had the RME Fireface 800 for years and loved it. However, I was running external hardware for preamps like the UA 610 Solo and the Focusrite ISA One. That was way more expensive than buying the UA Unison preamps and they actually do sound the same if not better. Plus, the legacy plugins are pretty great already, much more similar to the hardware than Waves Plugins. I should note that its all the same chipset so the ADDA conversion is great on both of them.

Great video, thanks!

Sold my apollo USB because it won’t be ready whenever I want it to record. Either the headphones don’t work or the mic inputs don’t work! I was really a hassle with apollo ! Hopefully RME will help

iD22 right here. Kicks ass. Kicks even more ass paired with my Audient asp880.

If you get the uad Satellite you can still use you UA plugins

Bro I got a Shure sm7b and MacBook Pro setup was gonna get the Apollo but I’m thinking about Babyface Pro fs... Thanks for your insight 👆

I got this instead of the Apollo because I have a m1 Mac in the Apollo wasn't supporting it yet. I have never heard such clear vocals in my own studio. This also very reliable I've never had it disconnect or not connect. The impedance on the headphones is high enough to bypass a headphone amp pushing my Sennheiser HD 650s. I had never paid attention to rme but I'm impressed.

Did the same 2 years ago - you are right 100%

I find aud converters sounds horrible like there is a cover over the signal

which one has the better preamp and converters?

Bet that Neve 88m would make for an amazing ADAT expansion for Babyface Pro sometime in the future …perfect setup with 2 crystal clear pre-amps and 2 of smooth colored pres. Just wish it had at least a couple line ins too, to take advantage of more of the 8 48khz channels ADAt supports

Apollo twin X, the Neumann tlm67, and the Adams A7X with the iMac 5k retina is my setup

dope review bro

bro, it is said that when you doing things ITB converters do not really matter that much?