hey there,
i'm going to get a firewire interface soon (using a cheap m-audio 2496 pci card as of right now), and any input from you guys here would be greatly appreciated!
i'm mainly getting this to have more I/O options for reamping and the likes, plus also the ad/da converter quality.
regarding the preamps, well....basically, i don't really need more than 2 or so.
however, i'm thinking that if i'll spend that kind of money on a piece of gear, i might as well get something that i could use for recording drums, without having to upgrade again. i'll have to add though that this isn't exactly likely to happen - there's no way i can record drums in my house, the only possiblility would be our rehearsal space, but that's just a thought and nothing more really.
anyways, i'd like to have a piece of gear that i can do some serious recording with (no professional work though, just decent quality home recording) without having to upgrade again in a few years.
unfortunately, i'm a cheap bastard, my pricerange is only around 500euro, going used is fine though.
right now i'm mainly considering the m-audio profire 610 (maybe also the 2626, although i don't NEED the extra preamps as of right now), but i'm open to other suggestions of course.
the RME fireface would be way cool obviously, but unfortunately it's just out of my pricerange.
regarding the extra preamps, i'm thinking that a smaller interface with good converters but few preamps at whatever quality, plus an adat/spdif/whatever capability so that i could hook up some quality pre's later on might also be a reasonable alternative?
btw, i also have studio projects vtb1 preamp; any info on how the interface's preamps will compare to that one would be great too.
sorry, kind of newbish post maybe, but i have zero experience with interfaces so far...basically, i definitely want to step up and be able to forget about that part of my rig for the next few years, so to speak.
i'm going to get a firewire interface soon (using a cheap m-audio 2496 pci card as of right now), and any input from you guys here would be greatly appreciated!
i'm mainly getting this to have more I/O options for reamping and the likes, plus also the ad/da converter quality.
regarding the preamps, well....basically, i don't really need more than 2 or so.
however, i'm thinking that if i'll spend that kind of money on a piece of gear, i might as well get something that i could use for recording drums, without having to upgrade again. i'll have to add though that this isn't exactly likely to happen - there's no way i can record drums in my house, the only possiblility would be our rehearsal space, but that's just a thought and nothing more really.
anyways, i'd like to have a piece of gear that i can do some serious recording with (no professional work though, just decent quality home recording) without having to upgrade again in a few years.
unfortunately, i'm a cheap bastard, my pricerange is only around 500euro, going used is fine though.
right now i'm mainly considering the m-audio profire 610 (maybe also the 2626, although i don't NEED the extra preamps as of right now), but i'm open to other suggestions of course.
the RME fireface would be way cool obviously, but unfortunately it's just out of my pricerange.
regarding the extra preamps, i'm thinking that a smaller interface with good converters but few preamps at whatever quality, plus an adat/spdif/whatever capability so that i could hook up some quality pre's later on might also be a reasonable alternative?
btw, i also have studio projects vtb1 preamp; any info on how the interface's preamps will compare to that one would be great too.
sorry, kind of newbish post maybe, but i have zero experience with interfaces so far...basically, i definitely want to step up and be able to forget about that part of my rig for the next few years, so to speak.