Well I have not used the interface you are talking about, but I have used a Presonus FirePod which is basically the same class of hardware. There is no way to get a huge drum sound out of the Presonus unit. It just blows. And from what everyone says around here, the M-Audio stuff sounds worse, although keep in mind I haven't used one... The converters are not the same quality, the preamps are not the same quality, etc.
It's up to you how much you can spend on recording, and then it's up to you to decide what you want to buy first.
As was said by someone else already, start with your drums themselves, and your room. You can't get good drum sounds out of bad sounding drums. Learning to tune your drums and what drums, heads, sticks, cymbals to buy to balance your sound is the best investment you can make regardless of price. Quote:
Originally Posted by dave_w  I guess what I'm curious about is if putting some sort of expensive preamp before my audio interface will drastically improve sounds. Or what else could possibly go between my mics and audio interface to improve the signal.
Remember I'm new to this... so feel free to make me feel a little stupid. |