Terry Brookshire Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I have narrowed it down to these 2. I produce house music and will never, at least in the near future, record any live instruments. I will only be plugging monitors into the interface. the first is a package deal that I could then resell the Mic/Phones to bring the price of the interface down: http://cgi.ebay.com/Native-Instruments-Audio-Kontrol-1-AT2020-Mic-Phones_W0QQitemZ370254403380QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5634e1d734&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 the second is just the interface, but it is firewire over USB: http://cgi.ebay.com/Focusrite-Saffire-LE-Firewire-Audio-Interface-CABLES_W0QQitemZ370255687225QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5634f56e39&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 any help would be appreciated! i have been eying these forever and finally landed a decent paying job.... so now is the time. planning on getting rokit 5's also.... unless you have other suggetions in the 300/pair price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Firewire over USB??? It's only firewire. I would definitely go with firewire, so pick the Focusrite. Better quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I don't think any of those will give you better monitoring than what you already have on the built-in output of your mac. The only thing you'll gain from an interface like this is a couple of mic pres etc... which you say you don't need. Use the built-in out on your mac, until you get enough $$ to get an Apogee Duet. That's the first real step up from the built-in out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Brookshire Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Interesting David, I was under the impression that any external card was better. Thanks for stopping me from spending on something I don't need. How will I be able to use monitors with just 1 1/8 output from the iMac? I thought that was a other reason for an interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Interesting David, I was under the impression that any external card was better. Thanks for stopping me from spending on something I don't need. How will I be able to use monitors with just 1 1/8 output from the iMac? I thought that was a other reason for an interface. Well depending on your monitors and their connections, with something like this: http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,85/brand,zzounds/fit,400by400/p23696B-7a59e286bab2a597802ce9c9a5127336.jpg While this is not the most professional way to go about it - neither is using an el cheapo interface. In fact Apple takes a great amount of care in designing their built-in interface, which really isn't that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Brookshire Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Cool I will give that a shot when I get the monitors. Then save up or a duet. I always thought the duet was specifically for mobile recording, and wouldnt really benefit me for what I need. Thanks for setting that straight. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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