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Thank you so much Per - I will pass your experience on to my friend. I'd forgotten how daunting it all is when you're new to this game :-) Lop on G > > > There are two scenarios here. > > 1) If she already owns a mic pre amp that she prefers. > Then she could go with one of the least expensive firewire interfaces > that supports line level. I dare to recommend the Echo Audiofire2 > which BTW also has digital ports, since I sometimes use one myself. > Over here I own a Presonus VXP analog mic pre amp with great filters, > compressor and expander functionality and that analog box gives me a > better sax sound than anything else I have tried. I used to bring it > together with a line level computer audio interface but I don't do > that anymore because it is uncomfortably big, being a normal rack > mountable device. > > 2) If she needs also a mic pre amp. > Then she could go with the little more expensive firewire interfaces > that also offer built-in mic pre amps. I have an RME FireFace400 that > is know for having good mic pre amps. But it doesn't sound as good as > my analog VXP rack box mentioned above. Good enough though. There are > some less expensive interfaces that also work well (MOTU Ultralite, > ESI, TC Electronic Konnekt... and some more) but I can't recommend > them since I have not used them but went directly for the FF400 > because of mic pre amp fidelity reasons. > > Since she is not planning to run the Pro Tools software I would advice > her to not buy any of the Digidesign supported interfaces (M-Audio > etc). They are very good with Pro Tools but can be annoying with other > software. Augustus Loop is available as AU and VST, as far as I know > not yet as an RTAS plug-in either (the Pro Tools format). > > -- > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > www.looproom.com (international) > www.myspace.com/perboysen > www.stockholm-athens.com > Win £3000 to spend on whatever you want at Uni! Click here to WIN! |