*noob's first posting... beware*
First off I should note that I decided to mod my 828mk2 with BLA. They will give you a discount on the microclock with a modding, so why not?
In my mission to find out why not, my research led me here.
Thanks to peeder for riling up matt and max, I got what I think is my answer.
Perhaps I will get monkey-stomped for this over-simplified interpretation but here goes what I gained from this thread:
The master clock is not really making your a-->d conversion jitter-free, but rather "tuning the jitter" to produce better results. Thickening freq $a, making freq $b more prominent, etc... inducing or massaging the more pleasant harmonics into the recorded signal.
Like how one of the many touted preamps will color the tone, evoking characteristics like "punchier bass", "clearer this", "wider that", and most importantly "better".
Basically, syncing my modded (or un-modded) motu 828mk2 to one of these hyper-cool, tuned master clocks will alter the converted audio in a way that is generally interpreted as "better".
Ah well perhaps "better" is all psychological and based on external feedback playing on internal insecurities, but then if 20 out of 25 _other_ people say that it sounds better, and the 5 say no difference, waste of money;
** 0 people are saying that it sounds worse **
One of my goals as a producer is to make the music brought to me to record and mix appeal to as many listeners as possible.
Ha! No brainer...
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info@blacklionaudio.com
subj: Re: Schedule a motu 828mk2 upgrade
Hi please add the microclock to my order!
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For context I should also add that a friend of mine (the local master of electronics) said to not waste my time with the mod, save up and invest in quality gear, rather than "tricking out my tricycle".