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Someone recommend me a good external audio interface
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:39 pm
by Digi V
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?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:40 pm
by Machinate
under 300 "what"?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:49 pm
by beats me
DOLLARS!!!!!
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:52 pm
by Tone Deft
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:05 pm
by Digi V
wow, great reply guys. thanks!
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:49 pm
by Tone Deft
300 yen?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:10 am
by beats me
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:20 am
by Tone Deft
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:31 am
by beats me
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:39 am
by Tone Deft
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:42 am
by Machinate
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
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:45 am
by Digi V
ha, dollars people, dollars.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:53 am
by Tone Deft
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.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:20 am
by Digi V
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.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:29 am
by Tone Deft
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.
