Wurli wrote:Hi Torsten, Zoom UAC-2 looks great, i wish it has same preamp quality as Apogee I love. I have seen there is another model Zoom TAC-2R for a little more. Thanks.
The TAC-2R is the same thing as the UAC-2, just with Thunderbird connectivity. I believe, Zoom aren't building it anymore - it doesn't show on their website as an active product. But regarding its audio specs, it should be exactly the same as the UAC-2.
Re preamp quality: I'd say this was relevant if this was about recording super-detailed condenser microphone input (jazz, classical music), but for playing guitar live through a vst amp, I'd say the audio quality of any decent interface with an input impedance of 1 megaohm or more should be good enough.
After all, we're talking about an electric guitar and an amp simulation, where the signal gets wilfully distorted (:horror:) and its frequency spectrum gets brutally cut off by the speaker simulation - the fine differences of the different audio interface preamps won't really be relevant in a live context, IMHO. Note: we're talking
decent audio interfaces with a good high-Z input.
My absolute priority for live use are stability and low-latency performance - and for that, the UAC-2 and the babyface have proven themselves in a live setting for a number of years now.
Cheers,
Torsten