What USB Audio Interface?

[thesmokingman]

So I've been gifted a senn e609 mic ... and I've got a macbook pro with garage band ... what's a good basic usb interface ($100 squeal limit) so I can start piddling around recording myself sucking at guitar?

[selfdestroyer]

For me, I went with a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 since it had the thunderbolt connection to my Mac Book and it would free up a USB connections for my controllers. I bet you can find a used one for pretty cheap these days. Its been working with every update of OS X and also Logic with no issues.

Cody

[Willybomb]

I'm going to have to say Focusrite too.  I'm pretty happy with my 18i6, just don't get to use it enough.

[jimilee]

For 100, go with the scarlette solo. It works great for me.


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[thesmokingman]

thanks ... will check out the focusrite stuff

[madbean]

Using a Scareltt 2i2 here and I like it a lot. Only problem I ever have with it is if my computer goes into sleep mode I sometimes have to unplug the interface and plug it back in through the USB port to get the ASIO drivers to re-start. That may just be my computer.

[jimilee]

Using a Scareltt 2i2 here and I like it a lot. Only problem I ever have with it is if my computer goes into sleep mode I sometimes have to unplug the interface and plug it back in through the USB port to get the ASIO drivers to re-start. That may just be my computer.

It's definitely your *cough*windows*cough* 

[peAk]

Using a Scareltt 2i2 here and I like it a lot. Only problem I ever have with it is if my computer goes into sleep mode I sometimes have to unplug the interface and plug it back in through the USB port to get the ASIO drivers to re-start. That may just be my computer.

It's definitely your *cough*windows*cough* 

Yeah Brian, should have paid 4x the price for a less powerful Mac

(runs for cover)

[stringsthings]

Using a Scareltt 2i2 here and I like it a lot. Only problem I ever have with it is if my computer goes into sleep mode I sometimes have to unplug the interface and plug it back in through the USB port to get the ASIO drivers to re-start. That may just be my computer.

It's definitely your *cough*windows*cough* 

Yeah Brian, should have paid 4x the price for a less powerful Mac

(runs for cover)

*giggle*  (also running for cover)

[thesmokingman]

its good to know macbook envy is still a thing.

[jimilee]

its good to know macbook envy is still a thing.

Boom, that just happened. What good is all the extra pc power if it doesn't work, or you have to reboot it for some ungodly reason? Bwahahahahaha


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[madbean]

One thing about the 2i2: doesn't have Midi In/Thru. I should have spent a little more and gotten one with it. But, my keyboard controller does Midi over USB so it's no a big deal. I actually like the Scarlett much better than the $300 Firewire interface I used to have and it was half the price, I think. Plus it also came with a free license for XLN Addictive Keys which is pretty decent.

[thesmokingman]

its good to know macbook envy is still a thing.

Boom, that just happened. What good is all the extra pc power if it doesn't work, or you have to reboot it for some ungodly reason? Bwahahahahaha


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I try to play nice but the mid 2015 macbook pro core i7 was the tits at the time I bought it and about the same cost as a dell xps. I triple boot so I'm well aware of how much more laptop you would need to get the same performance and battery life out of win10/server 2016 as I get out of MacOS.

[peAk]

Jokes aside, I like Macs. They're cute.

[Matt]

Scarlett 2i4 works great for me but might be a bit above what you want to spend