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imgettingcloser · 4th November 2009

First of all, thanks for all responses, as you can I am also new to forum. So I have permission for a few newb questions since I am completely new to the recording world. Haha. I was actually suggested this website from the music forum on my local CL, so I figured I'd check it out.

Anyways, to what I am trying to shoot for. What I am mainly going to be recording is guitar, and maybe some vocals. I would like some advice on an audio interface that meets my needs. My laptop has plenty of power and plenty hard drive space, 2gb of ram, and is equipped with 32 bit Vista. My gear is a Les Paul standard, Ibanez FL9, 535q wah, Boss DD3, and Sunn Beta lead 2x12. Now I would like to record my gear eventually, but this is mainly for use to be saved on my laptop and then directly mixed in a program. I am leaning more towards Cubase since I have fooled around with it a bit, but I am up for other options and preferably pretty user friendly. Basically the price range I am looking at spending is between $200-350. I have seen a lot of things for the Line 6 pod stuff and it being one of the best ways to go, also, I have seen a lot on NI Audio Kontrol 1 and Line 6 UX2 being a great semi-entry level unit. I have been doing a ton of research and haven't come up with any conclusions. Haha. Can you help me out?

4th November 2009	#1
imgettingcloser Gear interested Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 8 Thread Starter	Need advice on a good first audio interface. First of all, thanks for all responses, as you can I am also new to forum. So I have permission for a few newb questions since I am completely new to the recording world. Haha. I was actually suggested this website from the music forum on my local CL, so I figured I'd check it out. Anyways, to what I am trying to shoot for. What I am mainly going to be recording is guitar, and maybe some vocals. I would like some advice on an audio interface that meets my needs. My laptop has plenty of power and plenty hard drive space, 2gb of ram, and is equipped with 32 bit Vista. My gear is a Les Paul standard, Ibanez FL9, 535q wah, Boss DD3, and Sunn Beta lead 2x12. Now I would like to record my gear eventually, but this is mainly for use to be saved on my laptop and then directly mixed in a program. I am leaning more towards Cubase since I have fooled around with it a bit, but I am up for other options and preferably pretty user friendly. Basically the price range I am looking at spending is between $200-350. I have seen a lot of things for the Line 6 pod stuff and it being one of the best ways to go, also, I have seen a lot on NI Audio Kontrol 1 and Line 6 UX2 being a great semi-entry level unit. I have been doing a ton of research and haven't come up with any conclusions. Haha. Can you help me out?