[RWP] Recommendations on a USB sound device with asio?

[Patrick Perdue]

How many simultaneous tracks do you want to record? Do you need multiple 
inputs and outputs? Do you need midi ports, optical or sp/dif I/O? What 
about microphone preamps?

If you just want a good, solid  2x2 USB interface, take a look at the 
Emu 0404.
http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?product=15185
You probably can't get cleaner than that in a USB interface. Unlike most 
USB interfaces, this one is a true USB 2.0 chip, so you'll get better 
asio performance than most USB devices offer, which are really just 
USB1.1, making them 2.0 compattible.

Or, you could try the Lexicon Alpha or M-Audio Fasttrack, which are both 
cheaper, though I'm pretty sure the Emu has better converters in it, and 
better performance overall.

If you need more I/O options, M-Audio has FastTrack Pro's going up to 8x8.
At that point, I'd be looking at firewire interfaces though, maybe 
Focusrite or PreSonus units.

Also, your Yamaha Motif XS8, assuming you still have it, has m-lan 
built-in, which functions as a firewire sound interface with the proper 
drivers and software installed. The advantage to this is you also get an 
optional control surface, if you want to map things from your keyboard, 
such as knobs and sliders to control tracks and effect parameters, and 
the keyboard's transport controls to operate the DAW. Admittedly, this 
m-lan integration was designed by Yamaha specifically to be used with 
Cubase, but the basics can work with just about anything with any kind 
of control surface support with enough time and effort.

On 8/11/2010 2:03 PM, Jes wrote:
> Okay Derek, which usb audio interface would you recommend then?
> Jes
>
> On Aug 10, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Derek Lane wrote:
>
>> wonder if the m-audio fast track pro would do it?
>> Honestly unless you're tracking several people live in 1 pass, multiple ins and outs arn't as critical as a clean signal path would be, for example.
>> So, if you have the ability to play keyboard  and guitar at the same time, and need those discrete for later mixing, then you'd be set with just 2 outputs.  This also holds true with the more practical solution of overdubbing 1 part, then adding the  others.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Engebretson Jr."<d.engebretson at comcast.net>
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>>> Reaper doesn't play nice with the Presonus AudioBox.  Just as an FYI.
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