Comments on: Why Do I Need An Audio Interface Designed For Home Recording?

By: sept

sept — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:06:40 +0000

I can’t find any forum here.

By: brandondrury

brandondrury — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:55:31 +0000

Septi, I’d recommend you post a thread in the forum (which better facilitates these kinds of questions) before you shell out $500 for an adapter alternative.

Brandon

By: septi

septi — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:53:27 +0000

well, I’ve Alesis IO2 but in my (damned) city I can’t find any non-split cable (two mono male jack to one stereo female jack) to match the output jack from it for connecting the speaker, I’m using an active speaker. So I’m planning to buy a Line6 TonePort (approx 500 thousands - 600 thousands rupiah rather than to upgrade speaker which cost approx 700 thousands rupiah). Gee..! these all cost me so much money!

By: Artez

Artez — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:23:18 +0000

I have a USB 2.0 to MIC Speaker 5.1 Audio Sound Card Adapter 552,do I need to get a audio interface in order to record correctly? What I mean by correctly is where it will sound professional,like no static or clicking or cliping? That sort of stuff? I am a beginner,i need help real bad

By: Dario

Dario — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:46:57 +0000

Hello, I have the new Tascam US1641 which has two Digital inputs (they look like RCA jacks)

Can I connect my keyboard (KORG N364) using a regular mono 1/4″ cable and connecting an adaptor (converts 1/4″ plug to RCA male jack) and connect it to one of the ‘Digital In” inputs?

By: brandondrury

brandondrury — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:47:27 +0000

I personally don’t find the difference between a built in audio interface and the USB $100 recording card so astronomical.

Really? Fire up a synth or sample in your recording software and hit a note on your MIDI controller.

Brandon

By: Alexander Dorian

Alexander Dorian — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:42:42 +0000

I personally don’t find the difference between a built in audio interface and the USB $100 recording card so astronomical.
You’d get better support with a dedicated audio software and usually some functions that you don’t see in a built in card, such as 1/4 inputs and maybe phantom power. The converters are really not light years ahead, either.
There is a driver package, ASIO4All that usually works with built in audio cards achieving lower latency than some more expensive commercial packages.

There was a question about drum sounds - I’d suggest NI Battery for drums or a hardware drum machine like the Boss Dr. Rhytm 880. A sampler will probably also do the job - you can buy sampled drum sounds and load your software sampler with them and trigger them that way.

By: Al Tomchik

Al Tomchik — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:40:55 +0000

Your article confirms what I’ve been told by a friend who has some experience in home studio recording. Moreover, he feels that the only way to go is with an external souncard via firewire. What is your opinion?

By: DJ RITZ

DJ RITZ — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:50:40 +0000

USE REDRUM ON REASON 3.0

By: Sept

Sept — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:40:21 +0000

I play guitar and need audio interface/soundcard with the cheapest price but with very low latency and have good result. And I need a drum sound/loop for the beat. I want to record my music by using my PC, so, what kind of souncard should I have?
I still have a trouble in using Fruityloop for drum sound, is there another else software for drum loop that I can get?