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Suggestions for a portable interface.
I just got a new M2 MacBook Air that I’d like to use to record an occasional guitar or vocal track. I wouldn’t be traveling with it and I’d be using it sparingly so I don’t need anything over the top. I would like for it to have a USB C connection and I love the option of mixing the direct signal with the playback. I’d be recording to a stereo track and the only plugins I’d be using is something like Guitar Rig 7 or a compressor and EQ.
My question is will latency be much of an issue with this type of scenario and is a blend direct/DAW knob really necessary? And what interface would everyone recommend. I’d like to keep the price around $150. Thanks in advance for any advice. |
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This is basically what I do (more or less). Take a look at Presonus Audiobox USB 96 devices. I don't know about Mac compatibility, so check on that. I only want to hear the processed signal, so I am turned up all the way on the mix.
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Re: Suggestions for a portable interface.
[QUOTE=itsjustmeee123;2692266]I just got a new M2 MacBook Air that I’d like to use to record an occasional guitar or vocal track. I wouldn’t be traveling with it and I’d be using it sparingly so I don’t need anything over the top. I would like for it to have a USB C connection and I love the option of mixing the direct signal with the playback.
Uh probably no... Assuming you are producing some standard vocal/electric guitar recording you likely should be recording to *mono* tracks, you will mix to stereo but why would you record to stereo? Are you singing into a pair of stereo mics? Trying to record to stereo is only likely to create a mess for you/not be as efficient/flexible as recording to mono and mixing to stereo. Start by finding some introductory tutorials on recording vocals and electric guitar (using amp sim software) with Pro Tools, on YouTube or Groove3 (paid videos and very good). Quote:
It may be useful to hardware monitor while singing but depends on how sensitive you are to latency. And if you are tying to say track electric guitar and sing at the same time you may have problems configuring a mix of hardware and software monitoring without a slightly more complex interface that includes per-input/output control of the hardware mixer in the interface. Quote:
Last edited by Darryl Ramm; 01-21-2024 at 05:40 PM. |
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I ended up going with the Audient iD4 MKII. It checked all of the right boxes for what I needed. |
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