firewire audio interface choices for a newbie

Posted on Feb 07, 2005 07:55 pm
Davo
Member Since: Feb 07, 2005

Hello all - I'm a bassist looking into picking up an external audio interface for my laptop for recording some scratch tracks to play around with for a dub/reggae project. My guitarist recommended I check you guys out, so I've been lurking around here for a bit - very very cool site!

In a nutshell, I'm looking for an interface to plug into my firewire port (from what I've read here firewire is the way to go?) that will allow me to take a DI from my head for the bass, record grooves from my Alesis SR-16 drum machine, and record some mic'd hand percussion. I've looked quite a bit at a number of options out there, but given how many there are, I really have no idea which one I'll be happiest with. I recalled a recent issue of Bass Player Magazine mentioning the M-Audio Firewire Solo, which almost looks just right, but I'm worried the lack of a MIDI I/O would limit the use of my drum machine. So, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. And if I haven't provided enough info, feel free to yell and scream at me...

Regards,
Dave

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