philamag87
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USB Interfaces
Anyone have any experience with any of the following: Presonus Audiobox, Presonus Audiobox 22VSL, ART USB Dual Tube, Focusrite Saffire 6, Focusrite Scarlet 2i2, Focusrite Scarlet 2i4? Which one has the lowest latency? I have a laptop with Windows 7 64bit, i3 2330M 2.20GHz processor, 4.00GB RAM and 443 GB hard drive. These all fall in the range of $150-$200. I will be using it with Music Creator 6. Not doing anything fancy. Starting with acoustic guitar and vocals. Thanks for the help!
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57Gregy
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Re:USB Interfaces
2013/02/10 23:34:14
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I believe all but the ART will give you low latency. I say that about the ART because it states in the ad, "no special drivers needed". Kinda like 'plug and play'. It may be fine, though.
I use an older Focusrire Saffire and it has worked almost flawlessly for... 3 or 4 years.
I've heard good things on these forums about the Scarlett, too.
Shucks, I'll go ahead and say it; get a Focusrite.
You might want to pose this question in the Cakewalk Hardware forum for a wider range of opinions.
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philamag87
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Re:USB Interfaces
2013/02/11 07:32:24
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Thank you for the response Greg! I think Focusrite is the way to go and I will take your advice and post my question over on the hardware forum
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Guitarhacker
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Re:USB Interfaces
2013/02/11 08:06:25
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Yeah... ditto....
I too use the same Focusrite interface Greg uses..... I've had it for the entire time I've been here.... 5 or 6 years now.
I don't even use a mixer board.... plug straight in to the Saffire, hit record and go. Pristine and super clean vocals and guitars recorded with a mic..... I absolutely love this interface. The Focusrite line has superb, world class pre amps built in so no mixer is needed.
I don't think the exact model is available any more but if it dies, I would be at the big box music store tomorrow buying another Focusrite.
My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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philamag87
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Re:USB Interfaces
2013/02/11 09:05:19
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Thanks Guitarhacker! I am looking at the Saffire 6. Is the 24bit/48KHz good enough?
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57Gregy
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Re:USB Interfaces
2013/02/11 09:53:18
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philamag87
Thanks Guitarhacker! I am looking at the Saffire 6. Is the 24bit/48KHz good enough?
CD quality is 44.1 kHz @ 16-bit. Most advise here to use 24-bit, and more samples can't be bad. It should be good enough. 
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Re:USB Interfaces
2013/02/11 12:46:10
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yeah... I record at 24 bits...... 44.1khz It's good enough for crystal clean recordings.... higher sample rates are not really audible to the human ear and suck up more real estate on a hard drive. In a home studio 44.1/24 is where you want to be. I think the Saffire goes clear up to 96khz.... but that is overkill.
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My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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michael razor
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Re:USB Interfaces
2013/03/01 05:26:11
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57Gregy
I believe all but the ART will give you low latency. I say that about the ART because it states in the ad, "no special drivers needed". Kinda like 'plug and play'. It may be fine, though.
I use an older Focusrire Saffire and it has worked almost flawlessly for... 3 or 4 years.
I've heard good things on these forums about the Scarlett, too.
Shucks, I'll go ahead and say it; get a Focusrite.
You might want to pose this question in the Cakewalk Hardware forum for a wider range of opinions.
Hi All!!
Just to agree with Greggy; My Scarlet (18i6) has been flawless with X2 and it must be Idiot proof because it literally set itself up for me!!
No discernable latency/lag--I have mine set to 2ms.
I'm really delighted with the Scarlet.
ETA: Isn't the Saffire still USB 1?? I know it is older?
X2/X3 Producer MC 6 Win 7 64bit / i5 2500k @4.2GHz /16 GB memory/256 ssd /1gb 7200 rpm HDD Focusrite Scarlet 18i6
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57Gregy
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Re:USB Interfaces
2013/03/01 09:59:34
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Isn't the Saffire still USB 1?? I know it is older? This particular Saffire is FireWire.
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