I am currently considering a new digital interface for recording.

Hey Guys,

So I am new to recording and have a few questions. I recently purchased a Saffire Pro 40 Firewire interface.

My friend is lending me his computer to record, but it needs an internal hard drive and PCI firewire card. I also need an external hard drive for storage.

So lay it on me: what is important in selecting each of these?

Portable interface advice.

Hello,

I have a studio rig I'm fairly happy with, but I want to be able to record me and my guitar while I'm away from home, on my XP based laptop.

Question one:

Any recommendations based on the following criteria?

-<$400

Hey Guys,

I'm brand new to the recording game and was wondering what the best budget preamp/audio interfaces were for home recording. I have a new macbook pro and want to record guitar and vocals.
In terms of budget I probably don't want to spend much more than $200 as I'm also buying a mic.

Any help would be awesome, thanks :)

Looking for the best value one of these.

I have a 2011 macbook pro and am looking for an interface to use, opinions on best value with phantom power for inputs?

I've heard to stay away from prosonus and m-audio is OK but not much else, and advice will be helpful.
For use with an SM58 for vocals.
Also for recording guitar.

I messed up my firewire ports on my MOTU 8pre.. I was in a hurry and plugged it in upside down. I'm figuring thats whats wrong with it (it won't switch over to interface mode). Anyway, I took it apart and it looks simple enough to replace them, but I can't find them anywhere. If anyone knows anything of this sort please let me know. Thanks

I have a allen and heath zed r16 and it has a 6 to 6 pin and 6 to 4 firewire lead with it.I want to run it with my pc.Used to use delta 66.

Do I need to replace this card and put a firewire card in?If so any good ones recommended or do they all do the same job?

Thanks all.

Hey guys,

I'm new to the whole recording game, and I'm trying to get started. Here's what a buddy of mine uses, with pretty good results, and what I'm trying to approximate:

-Podfarm
-PreSonus Firepod (not sure what model)
-SM-57
-Cubase
-EZDrummer/Drumkit from Hell

What are the core differences between USB and Firewire? How many I/O can each handle simultaneously, what are the data transfer rate differences, advantages or disadvantages of each? Are there limitations?

Ive been recording for about 9 years and use a desktop. My pc is a workhorse but I need to have mobility

Just got a quad core laptop with a ton of ram, more than capable of handling recording but they dont make laptops these days with firewire, mainly cuz its not a highly used consumer input...

I use a Focusrite saffire pro 24 channel recorder