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  Fri 15 Jul 2005, 21:40
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One and all: Give your suggestions for a good quality, affordable interface for the beginners of the world.
I'm new to comuter based music production and I plan to run Logic Express 7 on a new iBook w/ 768mb of Ram. I need recommendations on audio interfaces with at least two input channels, including a good mic input as vocals will be a priority, hopefully under $500. This set up is to be used for demo song/sellable cd production; the focus however is to produce usable tracks for later studio additions. All suggestions are apreciated. Thank you. This post has been edited by OneDerBoy: Fri 15 Jul 2005, 22:06 |
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Mon 18 Jul 2005, 00:29
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not sure i agree - i have an mbox and take it from me, its a dog of an interface
 - not terribly good for anything except running Pro Tools if you absolutely have to in my opinion. The Firebox is a much nicer piece of hardware with more features, but it cant run pro tools. But I perfer Logic anyway.Both interfaces make a small CPU hit. I think the Firebox's is less, but you dont ever notice it with the Mbox because it does not even let you set it to low latencies. Firewire is better than USB generally for audio - its stream based instead of packet based. Ok gotta run! -------------------- -Arvid •• Squish the Squid Productions, Modest Machine
•• digitally augmented trumpet, TOOB, flugelhorn, cracklebox, percussicube, no-input-mixers and Macbook Pro, 2.4 GHz 15", MacOS 10.5, MOTU Ultralite, Logic Studio 9, MaxMSP 5, JackOSX •• •• Electronic-experimental, jazz, digital instrument design, electronics, unique software and performance.•• |
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OneDerBoy Suggest A Good Usb/fw Interface Fri 15 Jul 2005, 21:40
arvidtp i like my firebox ($400) - see the "Pres... Sat 16 Jul 2005, 04:17 Jsegura Yes, Firebox is a good option. For its price and s... Sat 16 Jul 2005, 09:12 OneDerBoy Thanks guys.
The price for the firebox seems comp... Sun 17 Jul 2005, 23:31 OneDerBoy Really? Interesting. Thanks for the suggestion. I ... Mon 18 Jul 2005, 00:56 ArchivalAudio my 2¢
I don'thave experience with M-audio....b... Tue 19 Jul 2005, 06:59 B3 Basher The Mackie Spike has my vote. It may be USB but t... Sat 30 Jul 2005, 18:09 edge100 QUOTE (B3 Basher @ Jul 30 2005, 17:09)The Mac... Wed 17 Aug 2005, 20:33 CmdrLaForge I recommand the Focusrite Saffire! Strongly... Fri 2 Sep 2005, 13:18 MoonDark hello , I have like 550 bucks
And I am planning... Fri 16 Sep 2005, 15:42 mortalengines I hear nothing but good things about the presonus ... Sat 17 Sep 2005, 20:50 arvidtp if you need strong driver support, stay away from ... Sat 17 Sep 2005, 22:53 MoonDark Thanks a lot , I think that I may go with MOTU st... Sun 18 Sep 2005, 01:27 SadPandas For what it is worth. With the Presouns products y... Sun 18 Sep 2005, 04:09 mortalengines the same is true of the mackie onyx firewire card-... Sun 18 Sep 2005, 06:46 rickenbacker Moondark: the destinies of Mbox and M-Audio are no... Mon 19 Sep 2005, 14:01 groovey I''m also in the middle of buying an inter... Tue 20 Sep 2005, 20:48 rickenbacker From what I can tell, the only real requirement of... Wed 21 Sep 2005, 16:22 groovey Thanks, rickenbacker! I guess it is going to b... Wed 21 Sep 2005, 20:41 dedart If you have the money, try a Apogee MiniMe. Why?
1... Sat 1 Oct 2005, 07:29 muzza Hi. I'm new here and this is my first posting... Sat 1 Oct 2005, 15:33 arvidtp for just playing back audio and probably capturing... Sat 1 Oct 2005, 17:21 mortalengines It may also behoove you to invest in an external h... Sun 2 Oct 2005, 20:03
muzza Thanks for your input guys. I'll be pretty bas... Tue 4 Oct 2005, 00:32 |
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