Hey all,

Can anyone please shine a light on why when monitoring audio on our interfaces the analog direct monitoring always sounds so much better than the recorded audio? I've been recording music for years and this has happened with every interface I've ever had. I've seen lots of people online try and tackle this is issue saying things like 'its just psycho acoustics' and 'your probably just hearing you rooms but its clear as day to me that my signal sounds completely different once in the digital realm. Other people online seem to have this issue so is there something I'm missing or is there a huge flaw in the way we track audio at home that no-one really wants to admit? For the record I record in Reaper at 24bit 48k with everything gain staged and level matched...