4.5

But thats not all, a massive suite (current promo gives 64) of amazing sounding plugins taken charge with the DSP engine of the interface. But you can also purchase (which I did) the AFX2DAW plugin that enables you to use these effects directly in your DAW. There are also analog inserts and reamp connections on the back which is great to add analog compression to your chain for example. The half star takaway if for the complicated setup process, espeacially for mac silicon, as there are some extra steps to do (startup mac in recovery mode to change some settings for example), but customer service was quick and efficient in guiding though some of the issues.

5.0

(I know they are known for their clocks) There is a learning curve with the control panel but when you get it you will understand how powerful it is. I also found that a lot of the complaints people have had are user errors or not understanding how something works. I would recommend going to Antelopes youtube channel. I have found a lot of lessons on there. Not just from them but other users. Highly recommend this Interface. Just give yourself some time to learn the Software side of things and be patient. It will be worth it!

4.5

It comes with a USB 3 cable, but since it is advertised as a Thunderbolt 3 device, it really should include a Thunderbolt 3 cable. But at least it does say that there is no TB3 cable in the box, so I planned ahead and bought the cable before the device was delivered.

As an aside, they need to do something about that name, it is probably the longest interface name I've seen.

Anyway, I've had other interfaces before this one, and some of them had a very complicated, time consuming initial setup and device registration process. But with this one, it was as simple as plugging the device into the power and connecting it to my laptop. I had already installed the driver and launcher app before hand as they were available for download on the Antelope website. As soon as it loaded the Launcher app, I was prompted to login with my Antelope Audio account info, and it already recognized the device, and just updated to the latest firmware, and I was all set.

After that the first thing I did was plug in my headphones, and played some of my favorite tracks through Roon, and let's just say that I was very happy I'd decided to buy this interface. It's sounds amazing!

The only slight learning curve with this device that I've found so far is getting the hand of using the Routing system in the Control Panel, but once you get used to how it works, it's pretty cool. I ended up getting the AFX2DAW add-on, because I wanted to be able to use the same FX in the DAW sometimes, instead of routing everything out of the DAW to inserts,... and installing it was as simple as clicking on a check box and hitting update, and it was all set.

The one thing that might be "tricky" to some is figuring out how to claim your products. If you were to purchase additional plugins, etc. you get an email with a "claim code", and then you log into the Antelope Audio website, and then click on the dropdown menu in the top-right corner under your username, and you see the link "Claim Features", then you paste the claim code and click the two check boxes, and submit, and then you have to go back to the Launcher app, click on Devices, Manage, click the checkbox "Register device or assign features", and continue, and it will add those new products to your interface, and then you'll be able to see those new FX in the control panel in the "effects" tab. It would be nice if Antelope Audio could add the "claim features" process to the Launcher App, so you don't have to go to their website to do it, and also streamline the process a bit.

One last thing, I purchased this device through Studio Economik, and it was a great experience, good communication, they answered all of my questions, and I would definitely buy products from them again in the future.

5.0

but when you prioritized audio quality and features, it is not.
Thanks Studio Economik and Antelope for this great interface.

5.0

Being a full time musician who quite often tracks drums and other instruments remotely for clients, I was looking to upgrade my central AD/DA and wanted a few extra high quality preamps/inputs. As it happened, Antelope Audio had just announced their third generation interfaces and the Orion Studio SC happened to be exactly what I was looking for - with some MASSIVE upgrades to boot. Now with 6 DSP processors and 2 FPGA processors, I could run emulation plugins while tracking well over 12 channels of drums with zero latency. AMAZING.

Right out of the box this thing screams professional quality - it looks amazing. And after gutting my studio rack to wire it in, it sounds incredible too. I can't describe what a difference this makes in monitoring playback already. The DA conversion is ridiculous. It's still only been a few hours since I've had it up and running but already I can tell this thing is a serious game changer. I'm now able to track 20 channels at 96kHz for clients - 12 of them through Antelope's pristine pre amps, giving them lots of options for mix down.

Once again, thanks to Studio Economik and Antelope Audio for making this happen. I may be back to give an updated review of the Orion Studio SC in the near future.