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27th April 2009
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| Gear interested Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Thread Starter  | Some Audio Interface Advice
Hello all. I'm fairly new to the board and have a question for the pros! My wife and I are hobbyist musicians and we are looking to do some basic recording on my iMac (~15 mos old). We will need one or two instrument inputs, one mic input and MIDI. Our music instructor pointed me in the direction of a few interfaces and I was wondering if anyone had some experience with them, and if so, what do you think. The devices are... Lexicon USB Audio Interfaces | Sweetwater.com Lambda PreSonus USB Audio Interfaces | Sweetwater.com Any experiences good or bad would be great to hear. Thanks for your time! -Seth |
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27th April 2009
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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I have a couple of friends who use the Audiobox (presonus). They've never had a problem with them. I mix a lot of their stuff and it records well enough. Cheers, Cam
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27th April 2009
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| Gear nut  Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Sweden
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i would advise you to stay away from the Lexicon ones, those are not good The definitely the audiobox
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28th April 2009
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| Gear interested Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Thanks for the input  Any other opinions/experiences? Thanks! |
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28th April 2009
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| Gear addict  Joined: Jul 2005
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Never used a presonus interface, but I love mostly everything RME makes. As far as software goes Cubase 5 studio would be excellent for MIDI and fairly affordable. If you wanna kill to birds with one stone you could go the protools route with a mbox 2 (software and hardware). Personally I use cubase but have been a protools user in the past. If I were on a mac, needed a smaller interface and software, I would probably go protools.  Mike EDIT: Just noticed the price of the units you were looking at and they are a little under both of which I mentioned. If you hear good things about the presonus, thats bundled with Cubase LE 4. Since version 5 is out now you might get a upgrade for free, worth checking into. | |
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28th April 2009
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| Gear addict Joined: Mar 2009 Location: adirondacks
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Presonus works well. Good way to get your feet wet.
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28th April 2009
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| Ultimate disciple of tone  Joined: Jan 2009
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I would recommand RME FF400 or 800.
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