Favourite multi in/out AUDIO INTERFACES (without pre's) £400-700 mark

[xjkx]

Hey there,

Long time lurker. Im looking to replace my trusty m-audio 1010 which I have used pretty much without hitch for the past 6 years. Ive finally come round to the time/money and need to upgrade to something a little better and wondered if someone had any advice on interfaces in this price range they had used without problems, and also that have a great sound. It needs to be able to run on PC and XP 64.

PCI is preferred simply because everyone I speak to seems to think it is more reliable but am open to other suggestions.

I need the extra outs the 1010 has to send to some outboard fx/processor

requirements:

- I need to have at least 8 outs (4 stereo pairs including the main outs) and probably the same amount of line inputs.

- Does not need any pre's (although do not mind having them)

- Needs Midi in/out

- £300-700 (about $500-$1000 although I won't be able to get it for as cheap as in US)

If anyone had any suggestions that would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[dalley]

Echo Digital Audio Corporation

[xjkx]

Thanks for that suggestion. I have looked at the layla line before. Just wondered if it is a significant step up or whether there was something better that had surfaced in the past couple of years (third generation layla was 2005).

Thanks

J

[RTR]

M-audio 2626..great ad/da for the money!!

[dalley]

Originally Posted by xjkx

Thanks for that suggestion. I have looked at the layla line before. Just wondered if it is a significant step up or whether there was something better that had surfaced in the past couple of years (third generation layla was 2005).

Thanks

J

probably not with the features you listed AND a PCI interface (in that price range). Most everything is Firewire/USB/etc, I think the Audiofire/3G products have held on pretty well the last few years.

[space2012]

drivers are very important..
8 I/Os with bad drivers are a waste of $$$.

soundcard or converters with bad wordclock are a waste of $$$.

wordclocks with bad power or bad cables are a waste of $$$.

but if you carefully select what you buy it will be amazing.
...
the new motu 828mk3 has nice AD converters.
new DDS clock.
but its firewire,

firewire will never be as good as pci, when it comes to latency.

if i were you, i would save more $$$$. for something like Sonic Core Xite-1,
anyway... i think is better to buy a better clock with clan power & silver cables than a new interface,
better cables also is nice.


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