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Audio interfaces convert microphone and instrument signals into a format your computer and software recognize. The interface also routes audio from your computer out to your headphones and studio monitors.

It acts as the bridge between the music you create and your DAW (digital audio workstation). Audio interfaces often include built-in preamps, headphone jacks, and monitor controls, and they come in various types to accommodate Thunderbolt, USB, FireWire, Ethernet, and PCI connections. Plus, audio interfaces are available at several price points, from budget-friendly units to advanced professional models. If you plan on making music using a computer, you'll need an audio interface!

need help choosing audio interface!

Hello everyone! My name is Santiago, I'm from Argentina. I'm an absolute newbie...and my english kinda sucks, so...sorry about that. Anyway, here's the thing: I friend of mine is going to USA, so I'm giving him some money to get me an audio interface, but the thing is that I have no idea what to get. I'll give you some ideas of what I'm looking for:

Audio Interfaces - Ive chosen 8 but which one would be best?

Hi All!
Edit: The list of audio interfaces is at the bottom of this post in code tags, its the only way I could lay it out in a table format.

Ok so ive decided for my beginners home studio I need an audio interface as I would like to record vocals, acoustic guitar, base and some other instruments (sometimes together, sometimes individually).

Adding an audio interface for imac and garageband

Hi,

Firstly-Sorry in advance for the length of this question! I've been playing with a mac intel imac OS X 10.4.7 and garageband just using line-in ports for electric guitar/inbuilt mic for acoustic guitar and vocals for a while now and I'd like to get it to sound a bit better using an audio interface...

Time to upgrade my home studio (step 1: audio interface)

Hey all,

I’m looking to finally upgrade some of my home recording equipment and I’d love some advice on the direction to go.

I’d like to be able to record 6+ tracks simultaneously to logic or live (2 vocals, 2-3 miCD amp, drum mics, midi instruments) on my macbook pro (2.4gHz/OS10.5)

Need some help! ~$300 audio interface

Hey everyone. I have Sonar home studio 6 and have been running sound through my crappy sound card with a borrowed dirt old mixer so I need some help. I was wondering what to get between firewire and USB that is both mac and pc compatible considering I’ll be getting a mac soon. Also I was wondering which would be more suitable for my cause, an interface or a mixer.

Audio interface for an iMAC

Hello all,

I am looking for a simple solution to record acoustic guitar (perhaps a bit of electric too) though an iMAC (2.0 GHz processor with 1GB memory) using GarageBand. I’ve been playing for quite some time and just want a simple/inexpensive solution to capture my practice sessions.

I’d like to be able identify an audio interface to support the following: