TC Electronic Audio Interface (CLARITY M STEREO)

Clarity M Stereo is ein super professionelle s und sehr hilfreiches Metering Tool und deshalb sehr nützlich zum Beispiel für Mastering Aufgaben. Sehr empfehlenswert

This is one of the best things I have purchased for my very expensive hobby of bedroom (dining room, to be precise) producing. My wife has commented that it is an early midlife crisis; I don't drive and have zero interest in cars, and my whole set up is a surrogate for buying a Porsche. The Clarity M is built like a tank, with a metal enclosure, plenty of input options, and a nice, crisp display. TC Electronic have put a lot of effort in the firmware, and gives you a lot to work with: frequency analisys, loudness metering, stereo merering, etc. Which can all be customised in some way to fit your workflow the best. I have it currently plugged in over USB, and use their plugin to integrate it into my DAW, but I also have it connected to my mixer, which sadly doesn't have AES or S/PIDF outputs, and which my sound interface doesn't either, so I'm currently using a cheap ADC - I'm pretty sure I can do this less jankily, but it works well and it isn't difficult to switch between inputs. Though the included stand is completely acceptable, I just don't have the table space for it, and I don't like the mounting option (ram mount?) as this would become increasingly expensive and tricky to source. I have instead an inexpensive tablet stand, which just about carries the Clarity M's weight (because of the metal enclosure, the Clarity M is heavy). All this said, this device is a luxury item: you could get equal - maybe even better - results with software: buy a cheap monitor and use it solely to show SPAN or your analyser of choice. But, if you have hardware synths, and don't always want or need to switch on your computer, this is fantastic.

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En tant qu'ingénieur du son, je me sers de cet outil quotidiennement que ce soit lors du mixage ou du mastering. Il me permet de surveiller le signal, aussi bien au niveau de l'image stéréo qu'au niveau des fréquences, mais également au niveau de la corrélation de phase, du true peak ou du loudness. Par ailleurs, avec le v_scope il est possible de visualiser la stéréo en 2D. L'agencement est personnalisable et tout est visible à l'écran. Je recommande fortement !

Fantastic gadget with all the right info.