Originally Posted By: Budmanvet
Working through my first set up:
1. Will BIAB songs sound better through a Focusrite 2i2 than without? I’ve just hooked up a 2i2 via MacBook Air to a Roland KC 350 amp and really cannot tell much difference.
2. Will rendering to a wave then playing through the 2i2 sound better than playing directly from BIAB?
3. Coincidently do I really have to convert to wav and use 2i2 to play my piano and keyboard to have the best bottom line sound quality?


1. It depends on what driver 'without the 2i2' means. What driver do you end up using if you don't use it? Plus, with the KC-350 amp you may not hear any difference due to the amp. Not knocking the amp (I like Roland stuff a lot) but it may be contributing to the equation also.
2. Rendering to wave generally gives you the same thing you hear from BiaB (if BiaB is using the 2i2 also), so I'd say no. If you aren't using the 2i2 for BiaB playback, why not?
3. Assuming 1 & 2 above are correct, I'd have to say no. Converting really shouldn't make the sound better.

/See #2; use the 2i2 in BiaB to get the same sound. It should be available in the Options section of BiaB as the audio driver. Then you can do direct A/B comparisons.

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