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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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 Sat 17 Sep 2005, 22:53
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if you need strong driver support, stay away from anything that says Mbox. my experiences with the Mbox 1 have been nothing but trouble. From what it looks like, the Mbox 2 doesn't seem much different. I saw the video - they say it uses USb 1.1 - then the guy, looking like he needs an excuse says "...for the widest compatibility..." Its almost a joke how much the thing has not changed, and how ugly it looks. [Sorry digidesign, i just have bad memories from those early OS X/pro tools LE/Mbox days.]
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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 arvidtp not sure i agree - i have an mbox and take it from... Mon 18 Jul 2005, 00:29 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 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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