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  1. Reaper is also worth looking at - cheap and highly regarded.
  2. It might be called an audio interface but it is a soundcard, just an external one.
  3. John Entwhistle - his playing is quite extraordinary. I do like Lemmy in his Hawkwind days and on the first Motorhead album.
  4. Originally posted by where02190 USB1.1 is notorious for latency, as it's only capable of 12MB/sec, vs the USB2.0 and FW 400MB/sec plus capabilities. Surely that's just bandwith and not latency. It may have some affect on latency but I don't think that usb 1.1 interfaces are notorious for latency. That suggests it's almost impossible to get a usuable latency setting on USB 1.1 interfaces but most people get perfectly usable settings.
  5. Originally posted by cacheek What about the latency issue? Won't USB give bad latency. I do have the highest grade USB (2 or 3. something high speed), but I didn't know if that would help. M-Audio does advertise a zero-latnecy firewire though. USB won't give bad latency unless the drivers for the audio interface are poor and your computers not set up properly. That's true of firewire as well. USB 1.1 interfaces can handle less inputs and outputs due to limited bandwith but these are the most common USB type and there's many people using them without problems. They mainly have 2 inputs. There's no such thing as latency free, only so small you don't notice. I imagine the M-audio zero latency refers to direct monitoring where the signal is sent straight to the outputs as well as the computer. Most interfaces do this.
  6. The first thing you need to decide is how many inputs do you need. Can you get by with just two inputs or do you need more. And how much do you want to spend.
  7. Abelton Live is an excellant program. It's reputation is an audio manipulation tool for audio tracks and audio loops and the ability to do things on the fly. This makes it's really good for using audio tracks and loops in a live situation. It has developed a lot and while it's still fine for this it's become a true all rounder which has been widley adopted. It's one of the biggest success story in music software in recent years. Yes you should continue with it.
  8. Perhaps the Edirol UA25. Has guitar input and Sonar LE for recording, instruments and effects.
  9. There quite a few options. The Black Box looks good and the price has come down recently. There's the new Line 6 Toneports and the M-Audio Jamlab, which is simple and cheap. I use a Boss GS10 which has been much reduced in price. What you get will depend partly on what effects you want and what software you have. If you don't need more effects, or want something slightly different the Black Box and Jamlab look like good options.
  10. Boss BR532 or my Pentium-M laptop with Edirol UA1X.
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