I would definmitely check reviews of Antelope's customer service before buying ANYTHING from them.

+1 to everyone mentioning Antelope’s awful, almost non-existent support. Say what you want about UA’s pricing, but both their quality control and support are unparalleled.

Sturdy tv tray appears stronger than that old folding table 😂

Where is the paid promotion notice?

Yeah these are great when they work. But. Everyone I know who has one tells me they only work about 75% of the time at best.

Haven’t watched in a while Glenn. Glad to see you’re still cranking away at videos!

that's a nice little device! I'm using a SSL12 which is surprisingly almost the same, minus included plugins, plus two more mic inputs and switchable 4K pres that sound sweeeeeeet on bass guitar

I have Zen Go, but for no reason, it stopped working on my Windows system. It was such a headache getting Windows to recognize it again. I switched to a Mac Studio, and it's been flawless ever since.

YES GLENN More interface reviews please 👏👏👏👏👏

S/PDIF: Connect a Helix or AxeFx3 digitally to the audio interface. Quite useful.

Does it have built in DSP mixing for all the ADAT and SPDIF inputs? Thats kind of a must so you dont have to monitor through the DAW with all the latency it gives

I used an Antelope for 2 pain staking years. The software was very buggy. I would turn on the phantom power and then go to turn it off, but it would show that it's still active, and it was. Sometimes, the software wouldn't pull up. Freezing up was an issue, and a few other things. The plug-ins were great. The routing was very easy. When it worked, it really worked. Unfortunately, the support service was terrible. They would get back with me but never could solve one issue. Oftentimes, i would have to start at square one every time someone got back with me because it was a different person who had no idea about the issue tickets i would send in. I bought mine for around 1500 dollars, i think, and they would never consider me returning the product because it didn't meet the "return policy " ( if they really had one). My troubles started just about a week of my purchase. I really hope it's a different story now a day's. And yes, i ran it on an IMac.

"i haven't used 'spa-difs' since like 2000"😂🍻

I usually stick with Audient cause of their top quality pre-amp or RME of course, but this looks interesting nevertheless. Thanks for the video Glenn!

Glenn great video, ive watched you for years and we share the same problem. Everyone says we are too loud lol. I love all the advice you give, im actually going to ask a question. Im wanting to do some recording and composing. Im overwhelmed by all the gear and im just a dumb bass player lol. Im doing a home studio, i will be doing small recordings sessions but also want to do an entire band. Im struggling deciding on an interface. Im not looking at budget models because you get what you pay for. That being said ive recently gotten excited seeing the tascam model 24 mixer with built in recording. Whats your opinion on it for my uses and any other options you recommend. Im all ears. Thanks for all the content and education, cant wait for more. 🎉

What do you think about the Universal Audio Volt 476p? I am digging the adat connection on the Zen, though. But the Volt has some damn good preamps built in.

Gleeennnnn !! I like the power pound ! You appear excited and involved…. Always entertaining. FU2 !!!

Glenn. I was wondering about auto gain features. What is the “magic” level these interfaces shoot for, and do you use these levels?

I saw it yesterday on Warren Huart's channel and I like this interface a lot Except that two inputs are on the front and two on the back What where they thinking cos this might be a showstopper for me. I have to think about this🤔

I just bought a UAD Volt 476P a few days ago because you did a review on the new volt a while ago.

Would I be better to get this or a 4th gen Scarlett 4i4?

hows it stack up to the Clarrett + 2/4 pre?

Yes! Back to the basics! Indeed! This is why I follow you! Thanks GLan!

amazing Review As Always,❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥🔥🔥🔥,BTW now You did much cheaper option rather than universal apollo twin can you do battle review like this with 5 star score between Rme Babyface & apollo & arturia AudioFuse Studio?

I've been super happy with my Axe I/O One. I know that people aren't fans of IK Multimedia, but I was already using Amplitube and Tonex, so it all just works together very well. I recently grabbed a Tonex One as well and am very pleased with the sounds I'm getting.

i had other Soundcards,never regretted for buying Apollo.

Antelope Audio sound excellent. My recent experience has been great with a Discrete 8. Brilliant interface. The software for my Orion studio before was less than stellar to be fair, but lately, Im ok on Mac anyway.

The one month of the 'YT review campaign' is probably the only time these antelope interfaces will have stable drivers and software in their life cycle.

How do you think Antelope would stack up compared ti the Audient iD24 10 and the SSL2 or SSL12?

Q: How important is the interface to your DAW for guitar? Are the expensive ones worth it in general? I don't actually own a fancy/expensive standalone interface. I typically use my L6 Helix as an interface for DI into a DAW. I also have a nearly 10 YO Apogee JAM 96k which I use with macs, ipads, etc. In a pinch, I've even used my L6 Powercab+ 212 as a DI into Helix Native when my Helix Floor was being repaired (both the Helix Floor and Powercab+ have 1/4" iinput jacks and can digitize the signal and send it over USB to you PC/MAC). They all sounded fine to me. Do I just have a tin ear or something? An interface is basically just an ADC with the necessary analog electronics to get the analog signal into good shape to be sampled, right? Obviously, there can be differences in the quality/design of the analog part (which I'd think could possibly make a big difference), and of course the ADC itself, its max bit rate, sample size, etc. But can we really hear these differences in the end?

Loved Terry Bozio's drum cameo. Your Chanel rocks.

I will speak an owner of an Antelope ZenQ TB working on PC The bad: -It took them almost two years after they released the interface to release the Thunderbolt 4 driver. In this time I was using their interface as a door stopper. -You need to download a third party software (free) to work with windows audio -You need to be very tech savvy (nerd level required) and even then their products have a learning curve. These are not plug & play. -Their plugins are good but no match to the UA plugins The nice: -They now have excellent customer support. I mean EXCELLENT. They always respond ASAP. They even fixed my interface for free when the cat stepped on the thunderbolt cable and broke the TB adapter 😛 -ZenQ sounds so much better than the Apollo intefaces. I am really happy that I chose it. These converters are real studio quality. -Their plugins cost a lot less that UA plugins when they have them on sale which is almost always :) Some people don't like this practice calling it "shady". For me it's no biggie.

Customer support was great for me! I will be the first to say it. As usual, people only type to complain, not to compliment so it’s easier to find the odd complaint than good reviews. I have used Antelope for over 10 years. First unit performed flawlessly the entire time. Not one issue. Ever. I got a new Galaxy 32, it had a couple of faulty inputs. Reported it to customer support and had a brand new unit from the factory to my door (in New Zealand!) within 5 days. Best customer support I have ever experienced new unit is flawless and performance is incredible. Drivers are rock solid. Most of the complaints I see come from people running a PC and for many reasons they will always run into some kind of compatibility issues by virtue of what they are. Antelope and Apple are rock solid together. Over the years 99% of customer complaints to ANY audio manufacturer have come from PC users, it’s not an exclusive Antelope issue.

could you review the artura audiofuse studio? I feel like it doesn't receive a lot of credit for the features it has

Fantastic way to end a video! 👍🤩

How would you rate this against an equivalent Focusrite interface?

I’ve been pretty stoked on the Audient ID14 I picked up recently. The fact that I can control plugins with the monitor knob is great. I also run a control surface for mixing, but adding the audients knob into the equation is extra control I like. The mic pres it has aren’t too bad either. They’re kind of there as a couple extras if needed, but when I’ve used them I’ve gotten good results. The converters are solid too. We live in an amazing time in recording. In 2007 I had a Pro Tools HD rig, a 96io. I like this Audient interface so much better. Oh how times have changed.

I bought an antelope interface when they went on sale a few months ago. Massive upgrade from my presonus interface. The only complaint I have… The software is finicky.. sometimes you will go to track, and will get no sound. After some trial and error, it seems like the onboard plugins will just stop working. You’ll have to remove them from the signal chain and build the chain again. That seems to have fixed that issue, until it decides to do it again. All in all, I’m very pleased with the purchase!

Im so glad they included the spdif cause that way i can monitor the guitars or Bass through a Kemper or Helix with zero latency while i record directly into the Interface for the DI.

NEVE console a mid monitors.... will you ever upgrade them? do you not think it's worth it?

That new table intro was 🔥

Given tight budgets for home recording, what's more important to you: a ReAmp box or an Audio Interface?

Would like to see your opinion on the current mbox that is available.

I'd love to see your take on the Sterling Audio Harmony H224 USB Audio Interface. I got one a little while ago at $80 new and I think it's pretty solid for a beginner interface but would love to see someone really put it through its paces.

Always wondered about antelope audio stuff

Bro when are we gonna get the reveal for the analog vs digital video? Or did I somehow miss it?

I love my Motu M4 and it only cost me $215 on sale.

Impressive how all instruments still sound clear. Even when using a lot of distrortion on the guitar, it doesn't sound muddy or clipped. Nice little box.

I prefer the rapid-fire unboxing. I just wanna know what I'm getting, what it does, how well it does it, and if I need to buy anything extra like cables and such. Not into the PT Barnum shit of cutting it open and playing with the packaging.

would love to see you review a PreSonus interface for the same price or cheaper :) thx for great videos glenn 🤘

I really think they messed up leaving the reamp outs off of this unit. The reamp outs is what has me interested in the zen tour. Leaving that feature out of the new unit leaves me wanting their old product.

Thoughts on the Clarett?

i would love to hear your opinion on the IK multimedia axe i/o one

I have the Zen Go (most basic interface from Antelope). Used to have a few issues with my 2012 Macbook Pro. I'd call them and they'd walk me through the solution. Then I upgraded to MacStudio and the issues were gone. I'd say go for it as long as you have a relatively new Mac and you speak english fluently (to call Customer Support if needed).

One of the questions that I wonder about on this unit, why no ADAT output? The ADAT chip most likely has both input and output connections, so how much more would it cost to add second ADAT connection? To me, adding 8 more outputs would greatly out weigh the cost of second connection! Just a thought...😁

weird how they ripped off the AMD ryzen logo, and call it Zen, as in the zen cores in AMDs CPUs

I’ve had a UA Arrow (now called the Apollo Solo) for 8 years now and it has been absolutely flawless. Back then it was $499 but worth every penny. When it comes time to upgrade, I’m definitely going with an Apollo product. Paired with the Luna software, it’s unbeatable.

I only say this from experience. I had an earlier zen interface. It was cool. Until it bricked during a firmware update. I will say between their customer service and Sweetwater, I got it replaced. But while waiting for the new one I got to reading and realized they don’t seem to support their interfaces for very long and are always coming out with a “newer better” one. I didn’t like that so I sold it and went back to metric halo. They are the only ones I know of still supporting their original interface (the 2882) that came out in like 2002. And then recently another studio reviewer posted his experience with the contract he was asked to sign before even getting the gear. He didn’t say which company it was, but…. Yeah it’s pretty obvious who it was. So I’m kind of surprised Glenn is doing this review.

Well... I owned the zen Go model and plz... the rotary knob lasted less than a year. The interaction that you have to be connected to them all the time is terrible. Support is... not supportive. Went on RME UCXII which ok, is so overkill for me but its just ON...and works.

Great features!

Im 9 seconds in. im assuming Glen is showing us Apollo alternatives which i will be so happy about

Sure there isn't aggregate devices on Windows, but VB Audio is working on a Matrix driver that can function as such.

Nice. I'm in the market for a new interface and this brand always had me interested.

I've owned two antelope interfaces... one on the middle of the 1grand mark and one at the 2 grand mark. One died after a week of use, and the other one showed up dead. It bums me out because I wanna love them.

Just picked up an Antelope Orion Synergy Core with 8 modeling mics and all their Core plugins (not Native) from VK at a good price, and I have to say that Antelope’s support has been excellent so far.🤷‍♂️

Hmm I wonder what advantage this interface has over audient id44, which is about the same price... I still can't find an interface that is more bang for buck than this one but this one may be different?

Antelope stuff is great but the customer service sucks

Have you looked at the Audient ID44?

sorry man, but I thing you got something wrong... in the old good times of cakewalk 9, I used to use 3 soundblaster 16 to get 6 channels (at that time, interfaces were way more expensive in Brazil) and I didn't had any problem...

I use my Apollo 8x for live mixing using the UA plugins

Wow this almost competes with the SSL12, just a hundred dollars more. The SSL is flawless however, great software and support.

I’d like to see a review of the TASCAM model 12 since it claims to be a mixer/interface all at once

I thought SPDIF and by extent ion TOSLINK died with USB3 and Thunderbolt 3. Well if you have older equipment then there is a useful port for it. Nice thought.

Isnt the UA Arrow at that price point?

Is it actually better or just cheaper and maybe even marginally worse? It's a huge difference in price. I would treat like being a quote from a contractor -- don't get the cheapest or the most expensive.

You can do aggregate device on windows using VB-Audio Matrix Coconut

What the UA Apollo products do is unlock the plugin universe (usually licensed by the OG manufacturers themselves) which are REALLY GOOD, IMO.

I'd like you to compare it with the audient id14 or id44

what's the hype about the apollo twin btw? just 2 inputs 2 outputs and an adat, that's it or am i missing something? the dsp? most have that nowadays

Couple things: $600 is still a shitton of money. I have a super basic Behringer UM2 interface that...works? I've been looking at upgrading to a Focusrite Scarlett, but I don't want to waste my money if there's no noticeable difference in terms of tone or headroom (the Behringer seems to handle my EMG 81/60 pickups just fine). I don't care about whatever software comes bundled with it, because it's gonna be fed right into Reaper with my own effects and other stuff. Could we get a shootout between cheap interfaces (like my Behringer UM2) against some other popular interfaces? Thanks Glenn, and fuck you!

No reason to ditch my Tascam 208i yet. I have eight outputs, and with two Behringer preamps I have 20 in. I have two headphone jacks for monitoring. When you have gear that works, use it.

do u have DSP hardware as UAD has? coz that's the cool stuff about UAD

MBAudio Matrix is my aggregate device on Windows. ASIO4ALL does the same and is ancient. How long has it been since you sold your soul to the Capitalist Apple?

Glenn, you should look at the MBOX STUDIO - incredible value right now. $600 and comes with perpetual pro tools license. 21in/22out / reamp output on-board / two independent headphone mixes / carbon pres / adat in/out / bluetooth in/out It DESTROYS the twin in my opinion. Biggest update to my home setup in years and I'm really happy with it.

These days, it’s hard to find crap gear across most budgets. I like my UA Apollo equipment but you don’t need it unless you want to track through their plugins. “Now, fuck off” 😂 You cracked me up at the end there with that. 👏🏽

Glenn, I have a 2000 Marshall head and cabinet . The head stinks because we all know Marshall quit doing things right and 83 that being said I bought a katana GEN 300 W head which as our good friend would say can chug my problem is this I’m getting into the effects part of my amplifier in want to start recording, but I do not know all the abbreviations you use and you talk rather fast you have a show that just goes over a very simplistic set up for a guitar player to start recording thanks I love your show also, what is the definition of headroom? In fact the definition of a lot of the terms you’re using would be a great help and to understanding the technical aspects of what you’re talking about and trying to do I feel like I have a treasure map and a shovel, but no compass.

I've had a great experience with Antelope interfaces and have always been able to resolve issues with their customer service or a simple update. Maybe I'm just lucky? I am a Mac user, so I think that helps. Personally, I would go with RME or a newer MOTU interface before UA. They are both fast, stable/reliable, and have good sound quality. I do like the UA plugins though. Excellent stuff! Interesting that a hardware company killed it on the software, while the hardware has serious shortcomings (listed below). Of course, if you are happy with your UA interface, then by all means keep using it!! "The only problem is that it is $999." Honestly, If that was the only problem I would have stuck with the Apollo. They are certainly very stable and user friendly. But.....The UA interfaces are too slow to play guitar with native plugins. They don't have enough memory to mix full band tracks without buying more UA devices or using native plugins. The converters aren't nearly as good as Antelope, especially the DAC. There is no digital out in the Apollo, so you can't use a different DAC. The plugins are very expensive (I own most of them anyways haha). Maybe the newest high-end UA interfaces are better. I haven't had a reason to try those. At $999 for two preamps, I expect an interface to be competitive on all technical specs, not just 2 or 3.

I have 22 Microphones hooked up on my drum set. 4ch for the 2 Kick Drums, 2ch for Snare, 9ch for the 9 Toms, 1x HH, 1x Ride, 4x OH, 1x Mono Room And yes, most of the time I'm acually hitting ALL of the 9 Toms. Hooked it up inexpensively, with 3x Behringer 8ch preamps via ADAT to RME digiface usb then to Cubase. Works absolutely fine. Not everybody can afford a Simon Philips setup. But: For adequate A/D conversion of extremely loud Metal drums, you don't need all hi end stuff (mics/preamps/converters). Average quality is just okay.....the rest is ears and adjusting mic placement and gain level.

Glenn, I have a 2000 Marshall head and cabinet . The head stinks because we all know Marshall quit doing things right and 83 that being said I bought a katana GEN 300 W head which as our good friend would say can chug my problem is this I’m getting into the effects part of my amplifier in want to start recording, but I do not know all the abbreviations you use and you talk rather fast you have a show that just goes over a very simplistic set up for a guitar player to start recording thanks I love your show

Glenn, if you really want your audience to get the best bang for the buck, you should checkout and maybe do a video on the motu ultralite mk5 The beast audio interface!

Glenn, would you consider this a review or a demo?

So, Glenn... what about us mere peasants who cannot afford such glorious hardware? Any chance you could give this subject the Glenn Fricker treatment and get something like a big Behringer and maybe some other budget options coupled up with some Reaper plug-ins for maximum bang-for-buck? Thanks for sharing your expertise once again mate, always appreciated 👍

my new fractal I am about to get has spdif output and I can use it to play 4 tracks max instead of 2 max on the audient ID24 and it is very cool and has great headroom /specs for only $409 so that is why spdif is worth having and I had an antelope that I returned because it was impossible to get the free plugins to work and show up.

yeah, its called the apollo solo....its like $499 and its exactly the same as the apollo twin..

To output or record using multiple devices on Win10 & 11can be done pretty easily. All you need to setup is configure inside the stereo mix within the sound settings your 2 devices. There is a guide at how to geek- "How to Play Audio From Multiple Outputs in Windows 11". This works the same on Win10. Also, hilariously Microsoft had to recall the recall feature do to data like passwords being saved in plain text. Who's security, never heard of them??

Windows has ODeus ASIO Link which allows you to map multiple asio devices & Windows audio device together.

You OK now Glenn?

Please Czech out the A&H CQ-20B (as an interface)!

I really like the Presonus Revelator, it’s been really solid for me

Yeah, I am going back to Focusrite. The 4th Gen looks and sounds good. Nice knowing you Audient, but you’re a time bomb with that capacitor issue…