Discussion of music production, audio, equipment and any related topics, either with or without Ableton Live
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aburgener
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by aburgener » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:46 pm
I think the USB thing you speak of is already all the interface you need (even though I'm trying to sell you mine, I'll be honest here) - and you just have your buffer settings wrong.
Take a screenshot of your Live Preferences window, on the Audio tab... there are plenty of people here that can help. Latency/buffer settings and all that stuff = common questions already asked and answered many times on here.
Hold onto that cash.

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stringtapper
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by stringtapper » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:18 am
Is this "USB device" you speak of the interface that comes with Guitar Rig Session? If so that's already an interface/sound card and is all you need. I have a friend who uses one for performing live and gets very little latency, and he uses two instances of GR with two channels on the interface inside Garageband.
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Atomikat
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by Atomikat » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:24 am
You said you want the "best" soundcard to use Guitar Rig but don't want to spend more than $200...

with that money you won't find a very good soundcard.
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aburgener
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by aburgener » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:43 am
stringtapper wrote:Is this "USB device" you speak of the interface that comes with Guitar Rig Session? If so that's already an interface/sound card and is all you need. I have a friend who uses one for performing live and gets very little latency, and he uses two instances of GR with two channels on the interface inside Garageband.
Yep - that's what I asked too. He got it all straightened out.

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Kilroy
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by Kilroy » Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:44 pm
I play my guitar in exactly the same way, using Guitar Rig as a VST in Live. I input my guitar through a Presonus Firebox to a prev-gen Macbook and get 8ms of latency. It works perfectly. You should be able to do the same thing with your PC since you have a firewire port.
You can get a Firebox for $249.