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Unread post by trippinants13 » Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:10 pm

ISO a USB or PCI card interface within the $100-150 price range. I want to record three channels simotaneously. Not really interested in a mixer, but an interface that can record guitar and vocals together. The mbox costs too much and only does two channels. Would also like to be able to connect computer to home theater stereo recevier. Forgot to add that a headphone jack is a necessity.
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Unread post by Brock » Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:08 pm

Never seen one with more than 2 channels that cheap. I'll be on the lookout, though, because I'm in the market for the same thing.
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Unread post by trippinants13 » Fri Jun 25, 2004 7:35 am

ebay had a few. I searched really hard yesterday and the cheapest was the USB-122 by Tascam. I read some reviews and everyone hated it.
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Unread post by Brock » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:20 am

I have an M-Audio Audiophile USB and I love it, but it's not 3 channels.
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Unread post by geekmug » Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:44 pm

I have never looked at multichannel recording devices, I find most of them blurring how many "inputs" and how many recording channels there are.. annoying.

Anyways, if you get two stereo devices you will have clock sync problems, but I know there are some out there that will allow you to use an external clock, in which case you don't have that problem and magically get 4 channels.. usually this is cheaper than a normal 4-channel deal, but it's kinda a kludge..

But, clock drift is kinda subjectively noticable, and we are avoiding expensiveness..

Oh, and always choose PCI before a USB 'cause the 40ms of USB lag is horrific :-p .. I think two PCI soundcards would be sufficient if you correct the start delay.
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Unread post by Brock » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:38 pm

I'm looking for one and i'm going FireWire over USB. I prefer my laptop so PCI isn't an option (PCMCIA is, but bleh).
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