attention audiophiles...

[agentrayevyn]

This is mainly a post for people like stingmeyer, fleetfootmike, djdavejumpers, and all of you wonderful people involved in recording music to some degree

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[djdavejumpers]

Maudio owns.
There is a Firewire device, which has more bandwidth than USB. Always consider Firewire over USB if the price is affordable. Your Mac laptop has firewire port, right?
This supports 24-bit/96kHz audio resolutions, which is pretty good. You will be able to use this for profesional recordings too.
The Front-panel microphone in (XLR) has 48v phantom power (Phantom power is needed if you get a nice cardiod microphone), gain control and clip LED.

It does not have MIDI, though. But neither the Fast Track USB.



M-Audio Firewire Solo $199




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If MIDI is a concern, you could get a separate MAudio USB MIDI interface for $39

[agentrayevyn]

I was originally looking at something with firewire but it's so hard to find stuff with it. At least 3/4 of what I've found is USB... I guess because it works for both Mac and PC and PCs typically don't have firewire. The world would be a better place if they did.

I'm kinda liking the idea of being able to have two mics going at one time...

[djdavejumpers]

If you need to hook this to a PC that does not have firewire, you can add a firewire port, with a PCI card, for like $23.

[djdavejumpers]

here's one for $7 bucks


Or this one for $6.50

On www.pricewatch.com or froogle.google.com search Firewire PCI.

[djdavejumpers]

of ebay.com

Here's one for $1

[agentrayevyn]

I wouldn't use my PC to record stuff for anything... too big to move, too easy to drop, and too messed up already. My little iBook is just waiting for a challenge. :)

[djdavejumpers]

ah then you shall get a Firewire interface.