Roland states that the OCTA-CAPTURE is for high-level audio production, and that it combines premium components, Roland-quality engineering, and proprietary preamp and streaming technology. You'll read my opinion about their descriptive terms “premium” and “pristine” ahead in this article.
Roland describes the OCTA-CAPTURE as being compact and having “pristine sound quality”. Roland describes the OCTA-CAPTURE (US$699 list/ US$599 street) as being a 10×10 24-bit/192 KHz hi-speed USB audio interface with eight “premium” mic preamps. OCTA-CAPTURE: description and specifications Preamp/ADC quality, and how I made my testsĬompatible Mac audio software to record each track independently on its own trackĪdvice to colleagues who reject recording audio onto a computer OCTA-CAPTURE: description, specifications, and features In this article, I'll cover the OCTA-CAPTURE's features, setup, preamp quality, compatible audio software, and then offer my conclusions. The OCTA-CAPTURE also features onboard compression and gating. to mute a cough, or to re-adjust volume or equalization of any particular source after-the-fact without affecting any other source recorded simultaneously. At least when used with a computer and a compatible piece of audio software, the operator can even record all of the available inputs on individual tracks, which provides extra flexibility in post-production, i.e. The OCTA-CAPTURE allows recording to a standalone audio recorder and/or to a computer. Among the special features of Roland's OCTA-CAPTURE is the fact that it contains 10 total audio inputs, of which 8 are balanced microphone inputs. Many of the affordable pro audio interfaces that are available on the market have a maximum of two balanced microphone inputs, and few of them include hardware-based limiting, compression, or gating.