Good (inexpensive) USB Soundcards compatable with reaper 64
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Hello all, I would like to have a pretty powerful portable studio option when I'm away from my main setup and I know alot of other musicians share this sentiment. Can anybody recommend a good portable USB Soundcard with the following specs: *Small physical footprint for use with laptop *at least 2 1/4 inch output jacks *at least 2 1/4 inch input jacks *able to work with windows 7 64 *Low latency *Price Range: at or below $200 if possible. *Mic input (Not required, it would just be a plus) As you can see I really dont need alot of bells and whistles. I basically just need something I can run monitors through and plug in the occasional instrument. I have checked the specs of several units online that all claim to work with windows 7 64, but I wanted to hear from Reaper's brain trust in order to find out what is tried and true. my system specs are: Windows 7 64 i5 core processor 2TB HD, 8Gigs Ram Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance
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RE: Good (inexpensive) USB Soundcards compatable with reaper 64
ART USBDUALPRE - Its cheap, 2 in - 2 out and works with ASIO4ALL drivers. I picked one up on whim to just rip in some vinyl on my old notebook so I could free up my main rig. It works really well, low noise (once I fixed the ground loop with my notebook) and it installed easily. I dont know how it works Win7 64x or how the latancy is since I just run it right into SoundFordge but it might be worth a look at for the price.
RE: Good (inexpensive) USB Soundcards compatable with reaper 64
umm not low latency.. nice interface but..
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RE: Good (inexpensive) USB Soundcards compatable with reaper 64
Lawrence knows a little about those VSL interfaces. Good stuff I hear, and fairly easy to setup almost zero latency monitoring too, via the onboard mixer. In the 150 to $200 range, there are two very simple interfaces I know about that you may wish to check reviews(and driver issues) for. The small Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 and 6i8 are supposed to be neat. The larger model is a little over your budget but has an onboard DSP mixer that you can do low latency monitoring with. The Mackie Blackjack is solid, and has analog monitoring onboard via a dedicated knob, but I don't know how good the drivers are. Check reviews, and look for the negatives. Nobody who owns these units will ever be impartial, because everybody spending more than change on a coke will be inclined to recommend their own purchases. ALWAYS!