# Is the QC as AI, good enough

**URL:** <https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/is-the-qc-as-ai-good-enough/6019>\
**Category:** Quad Cortex\
**Created:** [November 15, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/is-the-qc-as-ai-good-enough/6019 "2021-11-15T16:59:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![millenofx77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@millenofx77](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/millenofx77)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/is-the-qc-as-ai-good-enough/6019/1 "2021-11-15T16:59:54Z")

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Hi,  
Regarding a guitar/bass home studio use, i was thinking about the relevance of having an Apollo twin x and a QC at the same time (that’s what i have yet)  
So, i wonder if the 4C would be good enough for mixing and mastering ?

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**Author:** ![ASTROFREQ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/astrofreq/32/6270_2.png) [@ASTROFREQ](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/ASTROFREQ)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/is-the-qc-as-ai-good-enough/6019/2 "2021-11-15T19:12:35Z")

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I have an earlier Apollo Twin and still use it to send signal to my monitors. I’ll use my QC for guitar sounds and maybe other instruments, but some things I’ll send through the Apollo (and not use the QC) for a straight signal.

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**Author:** ![Firerock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@Firerock](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/Firerock)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/is-the-qc-as-ai-good-enough/6019/3 "2021-11-15T22:18:21Z")

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Of course it’s good enough for mixing and mastering. It has perfectly fine converters. Your audio interface has no effect at all on how your mix or master will sound, only on the monitoring.

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**Author:** ![millenofx77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@millenofx77](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/millenofx77)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/is-the-qc-as-ai-good-enough/6019/4 "2021-11-15T22:55:13Z")

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when I made an A/B comparison with a track (from any world class Artis), it sound a little bit “trebly” with the quad or rounder with the Apollo, depend of the point of view, and the monitors are the same.

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**Author:** ![Firerock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@Firerock](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/Firerock)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/is-the-qc-as-ai-good-enough/6019/5 "2021-11-16T00:08:01Z")

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It’s probably just a volume difference or something like that. You haven’t really compared them if you didn’t do a blindfold test with the units volume matched.

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**Author:** ![fafner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@fafner](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/fafner)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/is-the-qc-as-ai-good-enough/6019/7 "2021-11-17T20:21:58Z")

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What about latency? What about mic pre quality?