Buying a new USB interface.

[torqueofficial]

Hey guys,
I'll be buying a new USB interface (I used to have a Line 6 UX2) pretty soon. I would like to hear some good recommendations. It would be better if the interface has at least 2 preamps, and MIDI in/out. I'm looking to get something around 300$. It will be used to record DI guitars and vocals.

-Diego.

 

[Cryo114]

I just moved to a Focusrite Saffire 6 from a UX2. It was a bit of a shit to set up, but that was my error. It's better imo. The headphone and monitor outs have less volume though.

 

[Robert W]

I just moved to a Focusrite Saffire 6 from a UX2. It was a bit of a shit to set up, but that was my error. It's better imo. The headphone and monitor outs have less volume though.

I have the same model and am quite happy with mine as well. I would think that for the money, you're probably not going to find a better product.

 

[torqueofficial]

Hey guys, does the interface has anything to do with my computer almost completly freezing while mixing? Sometimes I am using like 15 tracks with a least one plugin on each of them, and then my computer starts to freeze. Does the interface has anything to do with it, or is it all RAM/Processor?

 

[TimTomTum]

From here I can't tell. Best is, open your project and your taskmanager and take a look at the ram and cpu usage.

 

[onqel]

low blocksize + old cpu = hickups ...
My newest interface is the Roland Quad-Capture.. I like it better than my previous M-Audio stuff

 

[torqueofficial]

low blocksize + old cpu = hickups ...

What do you mean by low blocksize?

 

[caneris]

i think he means buffer size

 

[torqueofficial]

i think he means buffer size

Does it have to do anything with the audio interface? I'm thinking on getting a MOTU Microbook II, and I was wondering if it will be enough for mixing (from cubase) like 12-20 tracks with at least one pluging on each of them. I don't even know if the interface has anything to do with it, or is it just the computer?

 

[caneris]

here is some good info on buffers http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep10/articles/qa0910-2.htm

basically if your computer is crapping out during play back increase the buffer size
the lower the buffer size the lower the latency but that can increase pops and clicks depending on your CPU

someone can probably explain that better than i can but that should help

 

[Cryo114]

One thing I've recently discovered is, if i have anything else data or power intensive running on my usbs I can't have my latency as low. Usb mice and keyboards are fine for example but fire up my external hd of dvd drive and it squeals. Without that I can drop it down to 4ms total latency, which is fucking amazing for me considering that best i could do before was 19-20.

 

[onqel]

buffersize and blocksize basically describes the same thing.. samples in each buffer and the resulting latency in ms..

 

[ttrentt]

I am really happy with my audiobox 22vsl.

 

[torqueofficial]

Hey, thanks guys for the advices, I ended up buying a MOTU Audio Express.

 

[ballstix]

Do you have active or passive pickups?