Evo SP8: Affordable Preamplifier That Outperforms Its Price Tag
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2023
- Contact: info@thecabinrecordings.com
Instagram: @musicinthecabin
Twitter: Alec Brits
Gear Used:
EVO SP8:
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Neumann U67 Re-Issue:
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Shure Beta 57:
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Shure Beta 52A:
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Neumann NDH 20 Headphones:
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Earthworks Ethos:
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Beyerdynamic M88:
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Senheiser MD421:
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AEA R88:
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Josephson C42MP:
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I'm beyond excited to finally share this video with you all. We've spent days, and nights, in the studio with the Evo SP8 Preamplifier, pushing it to its limits, and seeing just how much this affordable beast can do. 🎚️🎶
For this review, I didn't go it alone. Some of my fellow producers and music enthusiasts joined me to put the SP8 through its paces. We wanted to see if it could really stand up to the hype and outperform its price tag.
In this video, you'll see us testing, tweaking, and giving our honest thoughts about the Evo SP8. We had some fun, had some surprises, and made some great music in the process! 🎹🎵
Will it revolutionize your music production? Is it the game changer it's been touted to be? There's only one way to find out. Dive into the video and join us on this sonic journey. 🚀
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I love that we have a full song. Sounds incredible. Warm and cozy. Amazing work! Favourite review yet
Thank you so much! :)
Quality content, man! I love that intentional touch to keep the quality of the sounds (especially drums) delicate and subdued to really let the song have a slow burn kinda feel.
Kickass!
And that female vocalist - Phew!!
Thanks for the great content.
Still debating whether to get the SP8 or spring for the bundle of the Evo16 as well for just $200 US more. Sounds like it will do the job, and like you said, the rest is up to the musicality!
superb review - transparent and informative demonstration of the kit... and wow, top shelf songwriting with warm production - deeply appreciated on all levels!
Excellent song and review Alec. Definitely punching above its weight. Perfect for the home studio. Thanks!
Thank you so much Tim! :) fully agree, also for live use with stems to FOH I reckon.
Wait what? I just assumed “ The Cabin” was at the end of on a long and winding road in the Scottish Highlands
I would love to be out there. That is definitely one of the goals! :) currently the cabin is in an awesome warehouse.
Holy shit. You three made that thing get completely out of the way.
Thank you! :)
WOW!!!!! What an amazing video well done guys ⭐️
Thank you so much!! :D
Great review and even better song and performance! Thanks.
Thanks so much!
Great review, as usual...
Foggy monday morning here, so Music like this is much welcome...
Thank you Alec, once again😊
Thank you so much Carlo! :)
wow man, the song is amazing!
Thank you so much!! :D
Enjoyed this very much. 👍🏽
Thank you so much!! :D
Killer song, and another classy and informative review. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Man, after watching the Eurovision Song Contest yesterday (please, don’t ask why), this video and music is a true refreshing. Many thank, maybe the EVO might be a solution to integrate the synths I plan to get. Congrats to all of you for the song and performance!
Thank you so much Giovanni! :) I was thinking the same thing about synths this morning!
Nice features the display is plus sounds like it handled load, great performance.
It’s solid! :) thank you so much.
Incredible track, love review overall
Thank you so much! :)
Where can I listen to this track? Is it available to stream or buy? @@alecbrits
Well, that was an absolute VIBE from 3 wonderful humans...but I expected nothing less from you 3 (and the pre-amp sounds good too aha). Top bar as always pal. X
Thank you Chris! Absolute legend. 👌🏽
Beautiful song and incredible performance. The box sounds awesome; smart gain in particular is super cool. Just personally can’t stand gear without knobs; hate going through menus. Kudos!
Thank you so much Rêve. :) luckily there are many awesome units with all the knobs to suit your needs!
Hey Alec!! Love your videos. The quality is unmatched and the musical content is always incredible. If you could, I’d love to see you do a review/video on the undertone audio 4 channel mic preamp. Thanks!!
-David Key
Hey David! :) thank you so much for the kind words! I’m very curious to try the undertone audio stuff myself too. Will see if a review is possible in the future.
realy good song and performance
Thank you so much Remco! :)
You are nothing but a gem on youtube! GREAT!
Thank you so much!! :D
i said it in the past but have to say it again: The taste u have my friend is outstanding, all those gears and instruments don't mean a thing without the million of decisions both, musically and technic that u make on every review. Congrats
Thank you so much!! :D
Enjoyed your video as always, and obviously it's incredible and has unique features for the price range. At the same time, I'm always wondering why the sound processed by you is so smooth and not having any off-putting peak or spike. Could I get any tips on it?
The Cabin is such a beautiful place and I like the way of recording this video, I got a impression that it's like Christian Henson btw I love that
Thank you so much! I think the main thing for me is to not use very bright mics, and of course the fact there is no additional processing allows for the master buss to breathe and not work to hard. The bigger part is also how it’s recorded, as there is not any processing, a lot of the dynamics must come from the performance and the choice of microphone. I hope that helps!
Love it. Always love the track. I’m actually waiting on somebody to pass you the Neumann MT-48 to test asap 😂. REALLY wanna hear your thoughts and what you could do with it.
Thank you so much Jeremy.! I cannot wait to get a Neumann MT-48 To try out in the future.
Thanks!
Thank you! :)
big tune once again
Thank you! Big tuna sandwich. :D
¡Gracias!
Thank you so much!! :D
that c414 sounds SWEET! 😍
It’s a beasty!! :D
Oh, em, GEE-sick track!!! And great review! You’re right, the Evo series just gets out of the way of the performance, and performance is always more important than gear. Also, the production quality of this video is excellent, down to the consistent dialogue mic quality, and the animations. Thanks for making this!
Thank you so much for the very kind words! :)
Alex, please... we need your album!
It’s happening. :)
This looks like a good option to expand an Apollo Twin! Your drum sounds are always immaculate, do you do any remote recording work for drums by any chance?
The drummer in video does a lot of remote drum recording. That’s Dave Ormsby. Go follow him on instagram, he will be able to help you out. :)
ghat damn - i mean that song is fkn smoking hot fire!
Thanks so much Lincoln. :)
You got a Great Voice Guy !!! Matt Johnson would be proud !😉
Thank you so much Sid! :)
Thanks
Thank you so much! :)
Wow!
It’s wicked! :D
Every Song You Make Sounds Soo Good; Just the Gear you are reviewing? Are You Mastering to Tape or What is on Your Master Bus for Print? Are you going to be at the party on the 28th?
Thank you! The master processing is exactly as you see it on the video. No other effects except melodyne and reverb. I do automate the levels of the vocals. :)
Sounds fantastic,FeelZz Awesome to
Thank you so much :)
Another killer of a review/demo. Well the usual really... I'm just curious to know if you used the EVO16 as the interface or your own and if so did you use ADAT or you own converters?
Thank you so much Simon! I did indeed use the EVO16 as the main unit. :)
@@alecbrits Rather impressed by the resolution! Thanks Alec!
Good song
Thank you so much Mike!
That is a wonderful song!! Good job guys! Where can we buy the record?!
Currently working on it! :)
do you have a music playlist in spotify? i really enjoy the music you make in all your videos. PD please review an Avalon AD2055 EQ
My first single will be released in a couple months. :) I’ll see what I can do.
Evo sp8 + wa mpx +reverb + eqp stereo warm audio + bluey compressor + evo 16. + vitalizer mk3 Is beutiful vocals
Sounds like a great chain! :)
the focusright - ba da bing!
Hahaha :) not sure sure what this means, but Focusrite make some good stuff!
Sounds really good. Mostly the performance. I think the Audient ASP units sound a bit better. But they are less convenient.
The Audient units have totally different circuitry, so I would assume them to be quite different. :)
I wish someone like Audient or ANYONE would make an affordable simple 2 channel mic pre with SPDIF! I don't want to buy a 8 channel ADAT mic preamp box just to waste 6 of the preamps. 90% of the interfaces with expandability have ADAT and SPDIF yet NOT A SINGLE SPDIF 2 CHANNEL PREAMP can be bought outside of a $500 ART mic preamp with SPDIF. In the live world sometimes we need those 2 extra inputs and it would be wonderful if Audient would make a box that looks like the Evo4 with 2 channel SPDIF in and out on it!!
That’s an idea for sure! :)
@@alecbrits It would be very handy in a pinch when you need just 2 more inputs while tracking. Great work as always Alec and your musicianship is always so wonderful to hear!! Cheers!!!
Tascam UH7000, I have one, it is older, it is well built and sounds very good
Hey Adam, thank you for all the great reviews! I have a question- I am considering to record a piano trio, the piano will be a Vsl Faziolli vst, drums will be acoustic and there will be a bass guitar. I was thinking about three possible ways to go for that - rme ucx II + adat preamp and two spdif interfaces, RME digiface usb + several adat preamps and an Evo 16 + two Evo 8. Drums recorded mostly close, with two mics on each drum - top and bottom, two on the kick, two overheads, one hihat and one or two room mics, and the bass going in two separate channels with and without and external effects. I am a little concerned on the stability of the drivers of the Evo, and the possibility of bigger latency for the vst grand piano. As for computer system - MacBook Pro with m1pro chip or Mac Pro 5.1, depending on which one is more stable. Do you have any advice? I would be extremely grateful to hear your input on that. BTW you were the last drop that convinced me to get the Neumann ndh30 and I am very happy and grateful about it! Greetings!
Hey Momchil, thanks for the comment! I have not spent much time with the RME stuff sadly, so I cannot really comment on the performance on them. For me, once I had the EVO’s setup and ready to go, it was pretty much solid. The RME’s DA conversion may be the bigger winner here, as well as the flexibility they offer with MADI etc.
@@alecbrits thank you!
I need just a couple of extra channels for my Sphere LX mic. This will free up my Apollo Twin's two Unison pres for other inputs. I should be able to stereo link two SP8 inputs and also stereo link the two corresponding ADAT channels inside Console. This should be a match made in preamp heaven for the LX & Sphere plugin. At least that's the plan. Anyone tried the Sphere on the SP8 yet?
I’ve not tried the Sphere and SP8 yet. :)
*_Update:_* The new SP8 has arrived and it works beautifully with the Sphere LX. On the SP8 I linked channels 3/4 and set the gain to 30 dB. On the Apollo Twin, I also linked ADAT inputs 3/4 into a stereo channel and added my plugin chain (C-VOX, Sphere, Avalon 737) directly on that channel. Magnificent! This has the side benefit of freeing up the Twin's two ($$$) Unison preamps for other use more in line with their original design intent.
This is awesome! Thanks for the update!
I'm looking to expand my line outs for my summing mixer as i currently only have 4 stereo line out via apollo x8p. Is there a difference between expensive and affordable interface regarding line outs?
There is a difference of course, but how much of a difference is the main question.
Would you recommend getting it for my summing mixer?
Audient are putting a lot of the big hitters to shame with their pricing. I'm not sure if many people understand this, but the reality is that there are only 1 or 2 mass manufacturers of AD converter ICs, and almost all preamps that are IC-based use exactly the same chips and circuit topology. The differences that do exist between 8 channel pres of this nature (ie, under 2 grand or so), only really exist on paper...that is to say, you'd be very hard pushed to hear any difference between them when they are operating in their optimal range. Now if Audient put their discrete mic pres in these...
Great vid and song as ever. It's really interesting to see you use other musicians too!
thanks for the kind words and good insight there Stephen! I think that’s where the Audient interfaces really step into their own space. :)
Thanks for the review but there is something its not getting on my head:
Since the Evo 16 its also an interface on its own, what is the advantage of buying this one instead of the EVO 16 which can do the job of both of them?
Do you understand the question if you put yourself on my feet? (Obviously I know some but are not much musical hardware literate
Thanks :)
Thanks! :) it’s for people who would want to have 8 additional mic pre’s for a total of 16 inputs.
Hi Alec , nice song indeed!! How close it is compared to the Apollo?
Thank you! :) the Apollos are interfaces. This is a set of mic pre’s. In terms of sound quality, I think they are not miles apart, however with Apollo interfaces, they have the added benefit of dsp.
@@alecbrits thanks for the reply, Southport beach?
The Cabin is a lot bigger than I thought it was.
😂 it’s 4mx6m. :) it’s in a cool warehouse though.
Come on Audient - give us an SP32 which can piggy back with another SP32 - 64 pretty-much plug and play channels for < £2K - you would clean up in the home-and small studio arena.
Sheeeesh, super interface! :)
What is the real difference between the "16" & "sp8"?
One is an interface. The other is 8 mic pre’s with ADAT to connect to the interface.
Did you record using auto-gain?
I did on acoustic and Lead vocals. :)
No AES for my DAC? 😢
I’m sure there are many other options that fill that need. :)
Yes I use the rme 802 with the adi 2 pro fs. The clock alone is awesome. And it is a super headphones amp for my Audeze.
screw the audient what an amazing song and performance!
Thanks Lincoln :)
I have some criticism about the production but I'll politely refrain because the song was freaking awesome. As usual.
Hahaha, thank you for refraining Helman! :) thanks for the kind words.
Doesn't matter what the background is when you're recording your spiel. But when you were walking around and you were in spaces that were very close, the moving background was a huge distraction.
Walking with a distant background would be preferred because it would not be so visually jarring.
And whatever background you use should not be distracting from whoever is in the foreground.
Thanks for the feedback. :)