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There are some other threads around, mostly older ones, about Metric Halo vs. this or that.
I'm always late to every party (just bought altiverb last year, eesh! (yet happily so!)).
I'm somewhat seriously considering leaving the Apollo universe with an x8 and Twin for a LIO8 or perhaps ULN8.
In many ways feels a little goofy to go from the 800 pound gorilla to a much smaller company whose software, website, etc. still stuck in like 2004.
But I'm using UAD plugins a bit less than before, have more hardware than I used to, I actually like the metric halo channel strip when I need DSP in a pinch.
MH appeals:
1. blazing fast latency
2. perception of better convertor quality? Don't know how true that actually is
3. seemingly much more flexible software mixer for I/o
UAD appeals:
1. already own it
2. own a ton of plugins and many are very good
3. big company that's not going anywhere any time soon, big user base/support community
Anyone do anything similar in recent times?
Here's my experience:
I have owned a mid-sized home studio since the 1980s and have followed the tech from Tascam 688s through MOTU, Apogee and other interfaces.
My current setup is based around 2 Metric Halo interfaces (LIO8 and ULN8), a careful selection of outboard gear and a Mac Studio running Logic. I migrated to MH about 10 years ago.
My experience with the company has been uniformly positive across the board. The hardware and software have been rock solid and stable. Converters sound excellent and I have no need for fancy preamps given the quality of the internals in the MH boxes. User support is responsive and know their stuff, and MH even supports (user installed!) hardware upgrades. The 3D software takes a bit of getting used to but is incredibly deep and flexible.
It's one of those purchases that makes you lose interest in other options. Metric Halo is a great small company and their products are superb. That's why it is a bit of a cult.