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Best audio recording interface for $300 (home studio)?

Most bang for the buck?
PROBABLY used.

+Apogee (Duet), TC Electronic (Impact Twin), MOTU (UltraLite), Presonus... all look good+

For use with latest Logic Pro and eventually PT 9 possibly.

*Electric & Acoustic Guitars and Vocals...*

Thanks!

iMac 2.8 GHz 24", Mac OS X (10.6.6), 6 GB RAM

Posted on Mar 4, 2011 11:51 PM

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Cov99 Author

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Mar 13, 2011 11:51 PM in response to QtheMusic

QtheMusic wrote:
+1 for Saffire.

to add fx to a zero latency mix. There are other ways to do that.

How do you do that?? A lil out of subject but sounds good...

Cov99 Author

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Mar 14, 2011 12:10 AM in response to Andy Ry

Andy Ry wrote:

IMO, the most important 'extra' is the ADAT light pipe input, which is included with the more modestly priced Saffire Pro 24.

This way, you can expand your system with another 8 i/o via ADAT when you're ready - no other Mac interface offers this option at this price point.

I think this is very important, I like the idea!
So for my budget it comes down to the Saffire Pro 24 and the TC Impact Twin... maybe the 2 firewire ports would be useful? [Apogee One won't be enough, but thx muffinhead80]

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Cov99 Author

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Mar 31, 2011 12:14 AM in response to Cov99

I'm going to try the Focusrite Saffire PRO 24.
Nothing but good things on the preamps, great price and looks sexy

chorleyman

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Aug 16, 2012 3:27 PM in response to Cov99

Apogee, MOTU and RME have produced interfaces to work with Mac OS (well before it became OSX) for quite some time and they do seem to want to keep up with that, so they are a very good bet.

Focusrite stuff does seem to be pretty good though, I use one of their hardware things when recording an audio track as an input for vocals or acoustic instruments - it has good compression and EQ, for when you want that kind of thing before it gets recorded.

Best audio recording interface for $300 (home studio)?