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I'm looking for an external audio interface for my MacBook Pro, to use with Ableton to play live.

The requirements:
- Portable
- Firewire 800 connection (all my USB ports are full)
- I only need 2 stereo OUTs (one for pre-cueing, one for the audience)
- Bus-powered would be cool (don't know if that exists though)
- Low latency

Recommendations please?

And ... has anyone used the Apogee Duet (first version)? If so, how do you rate it?

Duet 2 should work for you

edit: i have Duet at the moment, its ok, nothing more imo... for some reason it drains a litte cpu power which is pretty bad when working on bigger projects...

Auton wrote:Duet 2 should work for you

edit: i have Duet at the moment, its ok, nothing more imo... for some reason it drains a litte cpu power which is pretty bad when working on bigger projects...

My 2 USB ports are taken up by my Novation Launchpad & ReMOTE ZeRO SL Mk-II ... The Duet 2 is USB-only if I'm not mistaken. That's why I prefer FireWire (or ExpressCard/34 if that's possible)

yeah, had too look it up, but it seems to be usb on the D2, silly apogee...

i guess you have to go with the fireface 400 or something then

If you're on mac, this tiny bastard is just what you need

Behringer FCA202
Just be careful with input, no preamps.

I just plug a koasspad 3 or a GT-10 and it's cool.
If you got a mixer to plug in the audio, good.

Minimum specs but so efficient
And so cheap! you're not gonna ruin yourself

MOTU Ultralite
Presonus Firebox
Echo AudioFire 4

saffire pro 24 or the dsp version

Expandable
Lots of ouputs
Great preamps if you ever need them
Low latency (I have the pro 40 and its great)
The headphone bus goes supper loud and clean

Cheaper then then the motu

TC Electronic-Impact Twin!
Since they updated the drivers,it's rock solid and defenitely one of the best in it's price range!