Interfacing with South Africa
Posted on | August 26, 2008 |
“Hello Paul,
We are starting a small recording studio with basic equipment to start off with. Unfortunately equipment is pretty limited in choice we can get in stores and at our budget range. Anyhow, we looking into a recording interface to buy and got to two interfaces to choose from. I am not sure which to go for as both sounds good. Price wise they go for almost the same here in South Africa.
I believe [brand XYZ] has its legacy and would been a great buy regardless; however, [brand ABC] does look like it could be a great choice as well.
What [brand XYZ] does not have is the 192 kHz recording ability, but we will not be using this soon anyhow. The main idea is to do small demo recordings for our students and do radio adverts as well as backtracks.
Any advice would be welcome.”
Thanks for the note. It looks like you’re in the $500 price range. I don’t know what your requirements for simultaneous inputs is, but I’m guessing the more the better. I’ve never been a fan of [brand XYZ]. And I don’t know much about [brand ABC] other than their analog modeling acumen.
I would recommend MOTU and Presonus as they both have quality preamps.
I wouldn’t let non-192 deter you. I think it’s a waste of disc space. I recommend people record at 24/48, as most A/D converters spec to about that anyway.
Hope this helps!
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