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Hi there! I'm wondering wich Audio interface I should buy...maybe someone of you can help me to decide.
I'm using Ableton Live 8, Max and Logic 8. I've got a Launchpad and a microKontrol Korg.
I just bought a MacBook Pro 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 4GB memory.
I'm a professional recording Vocalist and producer and I'm playing/Dj/singing live with Ableton.
I'm currently indecided between the Duet Apogee (but I think there is a problem in being able to Cue) and the TC electronics Twin or either Konnect Live (mostly because I like their plugs).
Any suggestions?
Thanx very much

For recording / playback the DUET = WIN

I have the had the Motu Ultralight MK3 on a back book pro for about a year and a half. It's built like a tank, sound great and I've never had a problem with it crashing ableton. I hear the Duet is great and have though about changing to it but it can really be nice to have the outputs for live setups.

T

i would go with the duet because its pretty.
the tc electronics interfaces record at a higher sampler rate but, they are not pretty.

Thanx everyone. Actually I don't really care if is it beautiful or not. I care about the sound quality, the latency and the performance of it on stage and in studio.

The motu provides good output options. Maybe a bit too expansive for me though but I will consider it.

Apogee Duet,or maybe the upcoming RME babyface(depending on how many i/o you need)

you can always generate more outputs on your mac when using something like an Apogee Duet,ideal for live sets where you need PFL.
you just go into applications>utilities>Audio midi setup>(goto top bar onscreen,select audio)>open aggregate device editor>merge Duet+built-in output,rename that(cuemix or whatever),and select that as your audio interface in Live.done.
now you can use your Mac's headphone output to PFL stuff.

works for me.
Duet sounds fantastic,totally revealing imo!

Metric Halo... IF your staying with Mac.. I have the ULN2, the pre's are crystal, the gain is as smooth as a babies... The build is totally tank like.. The MIO software is super sable and very adaptable.. There is also the dsp versions of the MH audio interfaces. I just haven't got one bad word about them!

http://www.mhlabs.com/metric_halo/

Hd

Yes Metric Halo are great but there are a way too expansive for me I'd like to stay around 3/450£ max.

Probably I'll go for the motu because in my point of view there's no really point to have the cue from the mac because it is not the sound coming from the sound card. Isn't it?

Thanx to everyone!