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«  not convinced »

Published on 05/26/13 at 06:16
Its affordable price and good reputation in the field of avid. I wanted to record some guitar parts, and try me singing ....

Sennheiser Microphone, Guitar yamaha, electric epiphone casino, Vox AD30VT amp, Korg A3 and G3 zoom effects, depending on the mood.

I think the question of the connection does not arise since ca flows from source on this interface! 6.35 for the guitar and XLR microphone.

config:
Intel dual core 2.5ghz, 8GB ram, win 7 64 bit.

UTILIZATION

drivers have nothing to be ashamed of. Even better, without having to install the official, windows takes care of its own USB connection, it can not be simpler. Avid seems to be the soft side software, and SHIFT, do not count on it too?

No, what makes me the note stopping beauty (and answers the passage various issues) is the inability to record a guitar in stereo using Audacity software Swiss army knife extremely powerful and royalty free.

Whatever we do, though nebulous menus hack in the sound card, it is always the same: the guitar was right, the left microphone, even by mixing in mono. Why not use the included software, t tell me you?

Because I know by heart audacity, and when I buy a USB recording interface, I refuse to be imposed upon me such and such software, I want to do what I want with it, I paid, point, Ableton or Steinberg does not interest me.

the unit and its original drivers are unable to mix the guitar recorded in stereo, only software that overlays the reconaisssent can. Farewell delay and other stereo phaser funny zoom above.

Latency is imperceptible, but after such a disappointment, it does not matter.

GETTING STARTED

Installation is very simple. a USB port, a jack and an XLR microphone at the end, anyone can do it.

config FOLLOWS her even, no incompatibility deplore the hardware level or software, see my resumé above.

The manual is in PDF on a CD, this is the norm now, but the good old paper would have been more fun.

OVERALL OPINION

3 months that I use.

No other model tried, if not hacks to save me.

I like most, its simplicity.

What I hate, mono sound recording off dedicated software.

A product that breaks the price, it's not as bad, but imposes unacceptable constraints to enjoy.

I never would do such a choice if I had known!