Firewire Adapters? or Good USB Interfaces

[Lowberg]

Hey guys, I've been doing a lot of home recording for sometime now, up until now I've been using a Line6 UX2 as my interface and its been working well, but I am wanting to be able to record drums or anything that could use more than 2 inputs at once,

The only problem is, my dell laptop was built only with USB2.0 connections and no fire wire connections

I've been looking for USB interfaces with larger tracking capabilities, but ive really only been able to find the Tascam US-1641 (which i did a little research about and heard WAY too many bad things about) and the Line6 UX8 which is so new so I cant find any reviews on it.

I was also wondering if buying a PCMCIA card firewire port for my laptop, would be a workable option. I don't know if it would be as effective as normal built-in firewire ports or cause problems.


If anyone could help me out or point me in a good direction that would be awesome!

 

[jhrv]

EDIROL UA-101 USB 2.0

 

[Metaltastic]

A Firewire card can be just as effective as a built-in firewire port, sometimes moreso - though I'm not sure which are good and which aren't, so that's a question best answered by someone else. But the good ones are definitely out there!

 

[006]

Yeah dude, get yourself a FireWire PCMCIA card and you're set.

I would recommend a Focusrite Saffire Pro 26i/o for the interface. I own one and LOVE it. I also have a MOTU 8Pre which I love. The 8Pre is connected to the Saffire via ADAT, also I have a Behringer ADA8000 running into the Saffire via ADAT. So I am 24-track capable

What is your budget for an interface?

~006

 

[Lowberg]

trying to keep it under 600 bucks, I'm not trying to make a "professional studio" just trying to get something that works that i can use for fun and works well and sounds good.