in another thread in this forum another user said he was using, i think it was roland ext usb soundcard, because his card would adjust the incoming levels automatically , which is quite handy I think,
also my focusrite doesnt work without the pc being powered on … dont know if I would go for that option again …
other than this, i have no static, no noise, pretty happy with my ext usb soundcard (PC)
I had a 18i6 for years, never had any trouble with it. It lacked outputs though so now I have a motu 828mk3. One thing I noticed that it has a lot more headroom to work with. You can turn it up way louder, balance quiet/hot signals better etc. Outputs are used for external FX.
you can go broke going down the rabbit hole of high-end interfaces/mixers… tube pres blah blah
My suggestion would be to grab an Apollo Twin Duo + a mackie VLZ mixer to start (you could always keep them for live performance/mobile recording down the road), or if you’ve got money to burn buy an Apollo Quad + focusrite 18i20 and you will have plenty of I/O and high quality pres.
I would opt to get a mixer without an audio interface, and stick to one of the newer mackie joints with onyx pres. 16 channels of that + a proper audio interface and you should be good to go without compromising flexibility.
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huh ? hmmm. charming, yet I am suspicious… do you know me from weekly beats? … have we touched knobs yet in another dimension?
thanks for the compliments …
TrabanT: you should double-check that the Scarlett can’t be put in standalone mode. All the Focusrite interfaces I’ve used in the past had this option.
hey Accent … I checked, dont think it can do standalone, it is powered via usb … didnt find any info on the internet that confirms your thought … beep beep boom