Someone recommend me a good external audio interface

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:39 pm

Ok, i dont need anything expensive. i'm looking for something cheap (under 300).

this will mainly be used for riff writing with my guitar/bass. i'm currently looking at TonePort from Line 6 and Kontakt 1 from Native Instruments.

any other suggestions/thoughts on my choices?

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:40 pm

under 300 "what"?

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:49 pm

DOLLARS!!!!!

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:52 pm

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:05 pm

wow, great reply guys. thanks!

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:49 pm

300 yen?

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:10 am

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:20 am

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:31 am

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:39 am

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:42 am

Digi V wrote:wow, great reply guys. thanks!

See, you might escape all the sarky replies by... I dunno... answering the question. We do really like helping out around here, but it generally takes a bit of info to set us in the right (gif-less) direction

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:45 am

ha, dollars people, dollars.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:53 am

we're getting closer... how many ins/outs do you need? are you limited to firewire or USB? is this for a laptop, IOW PCI is out of the question.

found this one in about 20 seconds.
http://www.zzounds.com/item--PRSFIREBOX <-- Presnous Firebox for just over $300 with tax.
avoid M Audio if you can, they can be problematic.

until then, we gif.

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:20 am

running it off my macbook pro. mainly for guitar, bass, and maybe even a mic once in a while.

so i dont need anything that crazy. i cant stand a lot of latency so thats my main priority there.

i'll be using live of course, logic 8, and guitar rig.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:29 am

that presonus would be a good deal. definitely look for that style of box, one with those connectors on the front. they can support a mic or a guitar/bass, two at once, which is great. it has 2 mono inputs which could be for a mixer that you connect your synths and whatnots to, bus them down. the 2 firewires are for daisychaining.

latency is a matter of getting a good card, high sample rates and a nice dose of RAM so you can use a high sample rate. you want under 10mS. to me playing at 10mS is doable but it's like walking through thick mud. to compensate for that I set the monitor mix to half, so I hear what's going in and what's coming out.