Pros & Cons of audio interfaces...

cbass · Post by **cbass** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:39 pm

I am happy with my mixer>powerbook's soundcard setup i have, but for some reason feel like a need to get an audio interface whether it be pcmia, usb, firewire...
I get great sound, hands on flexibility, and its cheap and less to worry about...

is there something im missing...

D K · Post by **D K** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:50 pm

better latency?

cbass · Post by **cbass** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:52 pm

i have no noticable latencey now...

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:53 pm

is there something im missing...

More inputs and outputs?
Midi?
With an RME pcmcia you'll have better sound.
Headaches?

mbenigni · Post by **mbenigni** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:54 pm

Hey, if you're happy, you're happy.

cbass · Post by **cbass** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:17 pm

i dont need more inputs, all my equipment fits in my mixer, i use a send channel to send the audio to my computer...

i have a remote sl for midi

how will the sound be better... im going to rip up the auido and mangle it anyway...
and its at cd quailty, the final is going to end up an aac or mp3 anyway...

no headaches...

D K · Post by **D K** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:20 pm

cbass wrote:i have no noticable latencey now...

if you had better latency you'd probably notice the difference.
i use my internal card on my mac all the time, it doesn't sound as good as my external, but through alot of systems you can't tell anyway.
it's nice to not have to carry the extra stuff, although the 1/8th inch jack
can be fragile.

cbass · Post by **cbass** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:28 pm

ive tried a few pieces of firewire ie, mbox, alesis multimix firewire, all of which had terrible latency...

eri kossu · Post by **eri kossu** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:17 pm

I had PCMCIA Digigram VX440 for some time. Nice card, low latency, only dangling 8 XLR plugs tend to rip off the plug to the card when you forget to fasten the cable to lappy.
http://www.digigram.com/products/getinf ... _key=11500

divonic · Post by **divonic** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:11 pm

depends on what you are using your computer for. are you DJing with Live? are you creating entire songs with in Live? is Live just one instrument in an arsenal of instraments hardware and software? Are just using your computer to record stuff from your hardware mixer? Something else entirely? The answer to this will help us help you.