First of all - sorry if this was already discussed somewhere here - I simply couldn´t find it
Tomorrow I´ll get my new interface (Tascam US144 MkII) which has S/PDIF. With finally having s/pdif I want to make sure that I can now finally record some quality DI tracks. My problem is this: I want to record a wet and a dry signal at the same time - I´ve read that when using spdif to record both at the same time - the quality of the wet signal will suffer as opposed to just recording the wet signal - is that true or have I been misslead?
My approach would now be to record the DI signal via S/PDIF to get the maximum quality there and record the wet signal via XLR or 1/4" at the same time. Does that make sense? Is the quality difference for wet tracks big when comparing spdif to XLR or 1/4"? What would be your recommendation for recording both wet and dry at the same time but having the DI just as "backup" (so that the wet track has to be great sounding as well)?
Hope someone can help me out even though this probably has been asked a thousand times before