Need new recording interface

StrummersOfThunder · Post by **StrummersOfThunder** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:18 pm

Right, final pod farm UX2 melt down tonight. No more can I take.
Never had a clean run with this unit, always made my lappy shit itself, crash etc.
And the usb port in the back of the unit has always felt crappy, fragile and loose. Went to use it tonight and noticed one of th 4 pin things was pushed in. Pluggd in and it went briefly , then intermittently , but then gave up to ghost.
Took it apart and the whole input thingo hub needs replacing as the fine part of one lug is snapped through. Not worth sending it off, and its out of warranty. Just over it too.
So good excuse to buy a nice bit of kit.

What it needs to do:
Plug in dynamic and phanton power condenser mic for recording guitars and vocal.
Be compatible with a simple usable plug in set upfor effects.
Budget less than $400.

Ideas?

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:00 pm

I use this http://usa.yamaha.com/products/music-pr ... udiogram3/ great little unit that I scored for $50 of Tm

StrummersOfThunder · Post by **StrummersOfThunder** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:31 pm

Looks cool. Yeh, looking at things, the price of gear has come down a lot since I was last looking.

bender · Post by **bender** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:35 pm

The world is your mollusc. There are loads of options, even new ones.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:38 pm

I use this http://usa.yamaha.com/products/music-pr ... udiogram3/ great little unit that I scored for $50 of Tm

I use Audiogram6, also from TM. I find CuBase4 a bit hard to learn though

What are you using it with?

StrummersOfThunder · Post by **StrummersOfThunder** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:43 pm

I have reaper. But I'm open to change,
Tascam or presonus iTwo look like ok options?

StrummersOfThunder · Post by **StrummersOfThunder** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:51 pm

benderissimo wrote:The world is your mollusc. There are loads of options, even new ones.

Throw me some ideas , three are too many to choose from!

Eruera · Post by **Eruera** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:53 pm

I find sweetwater pretty good as a virtual catalog

http://www.sweetwater.com/c695--USB_Aud ... s/low2high

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:06 pm

jvpp wrote:
I use this http://usa.yamaha.com/products/music-pr ... udiogram3/ great little unit that I scored for $50 of Tm
I use Audiogram6, also from TM. I find CuBase4 a bit hard to learn though

What are you using it with?

kristal

bender · Post by **bender** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:01 am

StrummersOfThunder wrote:
benderissimo wrote:The world is your mollusc. There are loads of options, even new ones.
Throw me some ideas , three are too many to choose from!

Any of the sub-$400 Focusrite stuff from the Rockshop (via Dave) would get my vote, particularly from the newer Scarlett range. Some of them can also be used with iOS devises.

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:42 am

benderissimo wrote:
Any of the sub-$400 Focusrite stuff from the Rockshop (via Dave) would get my vote, particularly from the newer Scarlett range. Some of them can also be used with iOS devises.

wow just checked their page and yes ben is right, some great stuff here, esp the scarlett bundle if you need headphones and a mic

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:53 am

When I get my shit together I'm looking to upgrade to one of these: http://www.rockshop.co.nz/shop/recordin ... i-i-o.html $299 is bloody good buying I reckon!!

aliasceiza · Post by **aliasceiza** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:02 am

Or just the 2i2 if you don't need midi, $50 cheaper!

StrummersOfThunder · Post by **StrummersOfThunder** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:34 am

2i2 looks good to me

aliasceiza · Post by **aliasceiza** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 11:41 am

StrummersOfThunder wrote:2i2 looks good to me

I was researching the 2i2 just yesterday because I'm thinking about getting one for it's mobility, seems to be all good, can't find anything wrong with it on the world wide web, well, nothing that matters anyway!

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