Antelope Zen Go Synergy Core 4-stars Reviews

Good sound quality for the price.

I'm using it on Windows 10. Like the sound of the preamps and effects. Not so much fan of the Auraverb sound. Seems to have some wobbling modulation I don't like. Also the Atuner is behaving strange at times. the needle is fluctuating a lot, esp. when trying to tune a bass.

Other than that, I'm pleased with this audio interface so far.

Nice budget card with DSP chip on board.

Nice budget card with DSP chip on board. The ability to process sound in realtime mode, emulations of analog devices. A well-made card with an excellent design. Pure sounding pre - amps. And also comes with a set of FX plugins. I am satisfied with the purchase, I recommend this card from Antelope Audio to everyone.

Antelope Zen Go Synergy Core

This is a total beast. It has clear preamps and the FX that include in real time they actually are as they say. You can play with almost cero latency. That incredible. But there are some cons like output phone impedance works at 120 ohms. I thought that I could connect 600 ohms phones but te interface doesnt support that impedance.

Although its a great Interface.

not perfect GAMECHANGER

I'm using mine in home studio, to capture some demos and edit / mix in headphones.

Sound quality of converter and preamps is stunning. This is very professional sounding device on my desk, afordable with pocket money.

HP amp could be less resistive, cause at first touch bringing it up very high, with SRH 1440, huge differences in freq response can be heard. But regardless, first mix went very well, so it might not be a big problem.

DSP is still a mistery for me. EQs and COMPs sounds great, amp racks sounds ok, Reel to reel sounds... decent, at most. Whats the use of 16ch mixing capacity, when we can use plugins only on 4 channels? Lack of option of using DSP in DAW, so now we can only record with them, Luckly we can record a clean path as well.

Overall: worth the price. Besides all - sound, which is most important, does the hob very well. That's what makes me stay with Antelope for extended perioid of time. I hope Zen Go will earn for itself and for the next purchase, which will be Discrete or even Orion, but for shure - Antelope.

Amazing Product for the price

Best device I ever had for my home studio.

Pro's:

- Studio quality Pre-amps

Even a weak piezo pickup will sound big.

- Both Headphone outputs are top-notch (even at lower volume level)

Individual control is a bonus at this price.

- Synergy Core is very easy to learn and they are constantly improving it.

- Extra plugins are way cheaper as compared to UAD.

- Aura reVerb quality is superb

- Compatible with Apple M1 chips (software and hardware).

- Led Screen is a good add-on.

Con's:

- Default Plugins are good but very limited.

- Can't use plugins in DAW directly.

This could become the ultimate audio interface...

Antelope Audio does so many things right with this device! If only they would add AFX2DAW support (+ more Synergy Core FX, as the library is quite limited), it could become the ultimate audio interface. Without AFX2DAW support, you can not use any of the FX within your DAW without complicated workarounds = not worth the hassle. Everything (!) else about this device is really cool and impressive for the price, but I'm afraid Universal Audio UAD is the better choice for most people until they fix this issue.