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Trantor « Perfect except drivers, preamp, headphone ... »
Published on 10/11/13 at 02:57I bought this interface to record guitar and vocals, just in order to listen to me and correct me. I plugged in entering the microphone singing and microphone combo.
My choice of this interface was motivated by the price, the correct opinion here and there and little resources to a PC to rotate. (We are still in USB1, it can turn with little memory and CPU). I was able to connect an old laptop that was given to me (although I have since received a workstation slightly less old).
UTILIZATION
This interface problems of co-habitation with the sound cards of all pc on which I connected. Obviously, it would have to do it there (which is not always possible).
On the other hand, if it is disconnected while a program is using the pc crash, but if it is connected during a pc goes to sleep, it crashes too.
As she served me as a PC dedicated to recording, it was bearable.
GETTING STARTED
Installation was carefree but cohabitation with some programs (guitar pro, for example) is laborious ...
OVERALL OPINION
Next record, nothing to say. The quality is there, above what my ears perceive.
Side connection, everything is also: the headphone jack, the headphone mix input / pc, direct broadcasting, I lack nothing.
Or that gene, the preamp input: I do not know judge its quality, but it has no progressive: 1/8 of the race, a weak signal passes to a saturated signal.
I fixed it by buying a two preamp inputs.
Same for the headphone output: my headset is high impedance and the output volume is too low (it is very correct on a low-impedance headphones). So, I had to buy a headphone amp.
In summary, if you have a regular headset and you should not change too often the entry level, it's a great interface.
A remake, everything depends on the likely cost of an interface with a preamp worthy of the name, but it must be much more expensive. If not, well, I'm satisfied.
My choice of this interface was motivated by the price, the correct opinion here and there and little resources to a PC to rotate. (We are still in USB1, it can turn with little memory and CPU). I was able to connect an old laptop that was given to me (although I have since received a workstation slightly less old).
UTILIZATION
This interface problems of co-habitation with the sound cards of all pc on which I connected. Obviously, it would have to do it there (which is not always possible).
On the other hand, if it is disconnected while a program is using the pc crash, but if it is connected during a pc goes to sleep, it crashes too.
As she served me as a PC dedicated to recording, it was bearable.
GETTING STARTED
Installation was carefree but cohabitation with some programs (guitar pro, for example) is laborious ...
OVERALL OPINION
Next record, nothing to say. The quality is there, above what my ears perceive.
Side connection, everything is also: the headphone jack, the headphone mix input / pc, direct broadcasting, I lack nothing.
Or that gene, the preamp input: I do not know judge its quality, but it has no progressive: 1/8 of the race, a weak signal passes to a saturated signal.
I fixed it by buying a two preamp inputs.
Same for the headphone output: my headset is high impedance and the output volume is too low (it is very correct on a low-impedance headphones). So, I had to buy a headphone amp.
In summary, if you have a regular headset and you should not change too often the entry level, it's a great interface.
A remake, everything depends on the likely cost of an interface with a preamp worthy of the name, but it must be much more expensive. If not, well, I'm satisfied.