Digital What? Options

[CptAnalog]

OK, I read the rules, I'll try to be civil.
Ever since the 90's, Y'all have told me what a great new world digital audio is, never mind what my ears told me. Gone are the days of aligning tape machines and cleaning heads. Also gone are the days of great sound and being able to plug anything into anything and have it work.
I just spent three days configuring a digital system. I finally figured out that Cubase is seeing input on 5/6, not 1/2, as is the default. I get things happening from the SPDIF input of the interface, do some recording, fast forward to the next cut, then all heck breaks loose. It sounds like total crap, though the next selection is at a lower level. I quit, restart the computer, then there is nothing on the right channel.
It's not as if I can swap cables to find the problem.
I do love the editing capabilities, but for recording, I'll stick with my old Studer.

[kayj_prod]

Gotta agree with Monkeyboy. You need to give it a bit more time and learn how to get the best out of a digital system. Its quite easy to produce lousy analogue recordings if you don't know how to use the system at its best. Equally, a digital system- like analogue with tape stock- will depend on the quality of converters and then what your software does with the data, just as your analogue recording will depend on your mixer.

Give it a bit more time and perhaps consider some other software options and looking at the other key parts of your digital system.

Good luck...