audio interface
audio interface
maybe this is an extremely stupid question, but who cares:
what do i need an audio-interface for? i own a new titanium powerbook and programs like live or reason are working fine on it. so what is this audiointerface good for? better sound quality? faster system?
fangs a lot im voraus,
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what do i need an audio-interface for? i own a new titanium powerbook and programs like live or reason are working fine on it. so what is this audiointerface good for? better sound quality? faster system?
fangs a lot im voraus,
newcomer
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On Macs it's not as necessary as on non-apple systems. I mainly use sound manager and that is fine for most apps. However if you are a Cubase user using external hardware gives much lower latency than sound manager (~5ms vs ~11ms respectively) which can make a significant difference if you use VST instruments. Hope this helps.
I just bought a Titanium yesterday (800Mhz) and without an interface you cannot get audio or midi in or out of the computer. I will probably try the Maudio Quatro 1st as it has an OSX driver.
However if you are only interested in using the internal sound files or loading sample libraries then sound manager should work fine.
It just depends on how much you want to do.
Are you using a USB keyboard controller?
However if you are only interested in using the internal sound files or loading sample libraries then sound manager should work fine.
It just depends on how much you want to do.
Are you using a USB keyboard controller?
You people know more about my laptop than I do!
I just flipped through my manual to see if there was something I didn't know (is that possible?)and what do I see but a stereo mic input. Well I've only had it one day so I guess have an excuse.
I guess its the iBook that lacks a mic input.
I will still get an interface so I can have more robust input ability. It may be stereo but I doubt if its phantom powered...but I have been wrong before.
Cheers.
I know that I posted this before, but I think that its very important. I use live in combination with hardware gear. So it has to sync. I bought the emi 2|6 with great expectations. It was a disaster. As soon as the proccessor hits 50% on all of the applications that I tried on a mac and pc, live, reason, fruity, I got horrible repeated drop outs. I got the drop outs even if I took the buffer size to its maximum and only used stereo in and outs. Even if the tracks were kept minimal and buffer size at its lowest. When you record from an external source there is still latency in the recording. I saw Adult play the other night and noticed that they were using an 828 so I asked them about it. They said that they just got it, because they were using a 2|6 and at a gig in Germany it just quit working, constant drop outs. I saw another duo playing some IDM stuff, on TiBooks not even syncing to each other with emi's. One of them had to practicly quit playing because of drop outs. I'm only making a big deal out of this because I dont want someone else to waste their hard earned money on claims that WON'T be fufilled. It straight up sucks.
Luke
Luke
thx for your advice!
after reading your replys, i think it's not necessary to use an audio-interface on my powerbook. it's a new one (667), runnung live under osx. it has audio in and the speed is fine.
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