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On PC, I'd always get USB2 over Firewire. I know I'll get shat on for this...I realize USB has CPU overhead, and I realize that Firewire has better sustained transfer speeds. But I still firmly believe (with experience, and from what I've read) that Firewire is very Mac-friendly, while USB is very PC-friendly. Firewire for me has never been smooth; dropouts; losing sync with the breakout box; driver issues; firewire ports breaking; USB2.0 has always been super smooth, no issues, no hickups, ever. I would always recommend a USB2.0 interface for PC people over firewire.

Ok, getting the umbrella ready for the shitstorm on my way.

here is sit broken hearted
tried to shit but only farted.


relatively speaking audio is a slow data rate, USB and firewire both work fine.

don't cheap out on a sound card, too much of your funstation is based around it, the number of in/outs, the sample rates, the latency, it's a good place to spend some money. avoid M Audio if you can, cheap gear, cheap results.