ot: Reasonably priced audio recording interface?

[Multiversal]

What do you guys use.. and could you steer me in the right direction for a good one?

 

[Multiversal]

I was thinking maybe Line 6's toneport? I owned a POD way back in the day when they first came out, and I was very pleased with how they sounded in my computer..

Line 6 TonePort UX2 USB Recording/Modeling Interface and more Sound and Recording Cards / Audio Interfaces at GuitarCenter.com.

???

 

[Sweat]

L6 tone portis cool or the M-Audio interface very resonable

 

[Multiversal]

Yeah, M-Audio would've been my other choice.. hmm..

I'd really like to hear some sound clips, but I can't find anything and I've googled the shizzz out of it.

Thanks for your reply, bro.

 

[Ricman]

+1 for the toneport. The GX has everything I need.

 

[DT1607]

I would say m-audio aswell. I got the firewire 410 and its more then i need and great . I did pay 300 and something $'s for it though but they do have some for under $100 I think.

 

[NorM]

Alesis has some fine USB and Firewire mixers that are reasonably priced. I have one of the Firewire mixers and it has worked really well for me.

Te kludge I use to have before the firewire mixer was impressive but I sold that junk on ebay and bought the mixer and made $50.

 

[Jimmyb]

I'm using an M-Audio Fast-Track Pro, which seems pretty good.

 

[Dead-Eye]

USB or Firewire? Just for guitar? How many channels do you need?

 

[Enc3f4L0]

I recently bought a Presonus Firebox. It's a pretty cool unit.
2 preamps, low latency drivers, midi ins/out, direct monitoring.

Check it out.

 

[GWDavis28]

Here is a link to the M-Audio stuff.

M-AUDIO - GuitarBox - Complete Music Production System for Guitarists

Sorry I can't help out here, because I stink and I'm afraid to record myself for fear of giving the whole thing up and selling all my stuff.

EB used these at the Desert Bash and I thought they sounded pretty good.

Glenn |B)

 

[colinboy]

i got a Digitech Gnx4 for xmas and its has some great features including pro-tracks plus from lexicon for recording etc.

 

[germangallardo]

I was in the same boat as you, and decided to save for a couple of months and invest in something that would last me.

I ended up buying a MOTU Ultalite Audio Interface, I use it on my iMac with Logic Pro and let me tell you it works like a charm I'm in love with this thing. Extremely well built, small, light, enough connections, virtually no latency powered by firewire but it has an AC adapter anyway you name it, it's more expensive than the other interfaces suggested and while I have not tried the other units this one IMO is well worth the cash.

 

[Multiversal]

Latency was definitely an issue I was worried about.

Hmm..

I'm gonna soak in all these replies.. thanks folks.

 

[rickjohns]

Motu products are definitely awesome contenders. I have an 828mkii, I've owned it for close to five years and have absolutley no problems with it. Fantastic device, with an Adat converter and a set of 8 mic pre's I can get 20 channels in, and 5 different stereo mixes out, great for picky players who want to hear themselves louder than everyone else when tracking. Works with both Mac and Windows, and they have both a firewire version and usb 2.0. I bought it new for $749, not sure if it is cheaper now. MOTU.com - Welcome to MOTU

 

[MrMusashi]

there are many good cards out there.. more info on what you intend to use it would making a suggestion easier

guitar alone? you gonna sing? at the same time you play guitar?
record a complete drumset at once?

also a budget hint would be nice

MrM

 

[Multiversal]

At the moment just recording guitars, maybe a little vocals.

Budget really isn't an issue. Money can be made.. and God's got plenty of it. But, I'm not looking for something too outrageously priced.

 

[SteveB]

If you don't need to record more than two things simultaneously, go for the Presonus Firebox. It's decent, affordable, and well supported.

If you need to record more things simultaneously (like a live drum kit) you'll need something bigger and more expensive like Presonus Firepod or the newer one.. Firestudio or some such thing.

The MOTU stuff is great, probably better than Presonus, but if you're not splitting hairs the Presonus will work for your application.

 

[whitestrat]

I use a PODXTLive for the guitars. Everything else for me is generated by some friends from another forum.

You can hear the samples in my siggy...

 

[MrMusashi]

if you got a mac get an apogee interface.. they are absolutely awesome! (and expensive..but you get what you pay for )

if you are on a budget get the presonus inspire 1394.. it can be linked so if you play in a band and every member got their own card you can just add em up and get more channels at the same time. they also have a nice software collection included.

only negative thing i got to say about it is that there is no "analog" controls on it. you have to use the software mixer to control it.. for some that is worse than all the spammers joining in here lately.. for others its no big deal at all

hth

MrM