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#273505 - 15/03/10 11:01 AM USB Interfaces
chrispardo chrispardo Be Nice (I'm New!) Registered: 30/06/02 Posts: 39 Loc: Stafford, England	Hey all, I'm happy with my current recording set up (Shure 57 beta / Rode NT1-A into Soundcraft Compact 4 mixer for pre-amp & phantom power), but my old PC is becoming frustratingly sluggish. Pretty much the only reason I've kept it is for the Audiophile 2496 soundcard. Can anyone suggest a replacement USB interface so I could use my higher-powered laptop instead? I don't need any pre-amping or anything, just a way to get the stereo RCA outputs from the mixer into the laptop via USB. Any thoughts/suggestions?
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#273513 - 15/03/10 12:33 PM Re: USB Interfaces [Re: chrispardo]
stickyfiddle stickyfiddle Spam Commander (Forum Council Member) Old Timer Registered: 22/04/04 Posts: 4956 Loc: Oxford	Line6 POD studio is supposed to be very good. I haven't used one tho.
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#273530 - 15/03/10 03:42 PM Re: USB Interfaces [Re: stickyfiddle]
Noise_Maker Noise_Maker Professional Forumite! Registered: 23/10/07 Posts: 930 Loc: Usually on the Sofa	I use an M-Audio Fast Track Pro. Not the cheapest but am very happy with it. _________________________ Guitars: Kimbara Strat Copy : Cort G250 : Variax 600 : Crafter TC045/N Amps: Kustom 16 Watt Jobby Other bits: Digitech RP250 : BYOC Octave Fuzz : M-Audio Fastrack Pro AI : Guitar Rig 4 and Reaper http://www.myguitarblog.co.uk
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#273688 - 16/03/10 05:23 PM Re: USB Interfaces [Re: Noise_Maker]
Blues_Dev Blues_Dev Forum Council Member Professional Forumite! Registered: 20/01/10 Posts: 135	I looked into this recently, the best bang for buck I could find was this: http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/78819 pod farm also comes with it and is meant to be pretty good. Plus it come with the recording software etc. Edited by Blues_Dev (16/03/10 05:23 PM)
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#273823 - 18/03/10 01:43 PM Re: USB Interfaces [Re: chrispardo]
chrispardo chrispardo Be Nice (I'm New!) Registered: 30/06/02 Posts: 39 Loc: Stafford, England	Anyone heard anything about the Cakewalk UA-1G? Comes bundled with Sonar LE which would be useful. I've been using Sonar 4 PE for the past 5 years, but that won't work in Windows 7. Different topic I know, but has anyone tried Sonar LE? Think switching to a different DAW program might be difficult now; I use so many of the additional effects and synths I have for 4.
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#274928 - 09/04/10 02:31 PM Re: USB Interfaces [Re: chrispardo]
The Tiggs The Tiggs One of the Regulars Registered: 08/04/10 Posts: 80 Loc: Derby	I have an Alesis iO\|2 which works fine for me. The built in pre-amp is a bit naff for vocals / very quiet accoustic stuff though where I'd really like a high pass filter and an input compressor / limiter. This might not matter to you.
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#276477 - 22/05/10 07:31 PM Re: USB Interfaces [Re: The Tiggs]
Gilles C. Gilles C. Professional Forumite! Registered: 09/04/10 Posts: 266 Loc: Dunstable, UK	E-mu 0202 isn't bad either. _________________________ Vintage V100HB (Les Paul style) Behringer X V-Amp Marshall Valvestate 80V
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