What interface, A/D, or D/A are you using?

[jim1960]

This will be the last list as I think between the daw and microphones lists, all the most commonly asked about elements are covered. If you can, please let me know the cost of the unit if bought new today. This weekend, I'll put all the lists into a single thread. If an admin won't pin it, at least it's just one bookmark.

Interface
Apogee Duet2 ($695) (alohachris)
Apogee Element 46 ($895) (sdelsolray) (min7b5)
Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt ($2500) (Doug Young)
Apogee Rosetta 200 (used $400-$700) (Mbroady)
Apogee Rosetta 800 (used $600-$850) (Bob Womack)
Audient ID14 ($300) (Wrighty)
Audient ID44 (700) (Knives&Guitars)
Avid HD Omni ($2500) (KevWind)
Behringer UMC404HD ($180) (phcorrigan)
Behringer XR18 ($600) (phcorrigan)
Focusrite Clarett OctaPre ($700) (FrankHudson)
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 3rd Gen ($500) (FrankHudson)
Focusrite Scarlette 2i2 Gen 3 interface ($169) (Bob Womack) (Chipotle) (FrankHudson)
Focusrite Scarlette 2i4 ($230) (TBman)
Frontier Designs Dakota Montana (used $300) (RRuskin)
IK Multimedia AXE I/O (FrankHudson)
Mackie Onyx / Blackjack ($130) (Rudy4)
M-Audio Air 192/14 ($300) (slowhand)
Metric Halo ULN-2 ($1600) (alohachris)
MOTU 828es ($1000) (gwlee7)
Motu M2 ($170) (slowhand)
Motu Ultralite AVB ($650) (ChuckS)
MOTU UltraLite Firewire ($550) (endpin)
RME Babyface ($795) (alohachris)
RME Fireface UCX ($1600) (Mbroady)
RME Fireface UFX ($2300) (gwlee7)
RME Hammerfall DSP 9632 ($530) (runamuck)
Sound Devices MixPre 3M (used $450-$500) (RodB)
SPL Crimson ($1000) (runamuck)
Steinberg UR242 ($180.00) (DanR)
Universal Audio Apollo Twin interface ($899) (Bob Womack)
Universal Audio Apollo X8p ($3300) (jim1960)
Zoom H5 ($280) (RodB) (TBman)

A/D
Mytek Stereo 96 A/D ($900) (rick-slo)
Mytek Stereo 192 ADC ($1000) (ChuckS)
RME Fireface 802 ($2000) (Cocobolo Kid)

D/A
Bryston BDA-2 ($2845) (Cocobolo Kid)
Lake People RS06 ($750) (ChuckS)
Pro-ject Pre Box S2 Digital ($400) (ChuckS)

A/D-D/A
IZ RADAR 24 (used $1300-$2800) (RRuskin)
Lucid 88192 (used $800) (sdelsolray)

[KevWind]

Interface
Avid HD Omni ($2500) (KevWind)

[ChuckS]

Interface
Motu Ultralite AVB ($649) (ChuckS)

A/D
Mytek Stereo192 ADC ($995) (ChuckS)

D/A
Lake People RS06 ($750) (ChuckS)
Pro-ject Pre Box S2 Digital ($399) (ChuckS)

[Rudy4]

Mackie Onyx / Blackjack $130 new

It does what I need it to do and has controls on an angled top surface so I don't have to stand on my head to see them!

[rick-slo]

Mytek Stereo 96 A/D
Various D/A

[AcousticDreams]

Been waiting for my new Audient ID44. Back ordered from my dealer...3 months now, as of tomorrow Oct 7!.

Going to cancel that order tomorrow and order from Another Dealer who has it in stock.

Audient ID44 4 channels $699

[DanR]

Interface-
Steinberg UR242 ($180.00)

[Doug Young]

Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt ($2500)

[Cocobolo Kid]

Interface, A/D:
RME Fireface 802 ($2000)

D/A
Bryston BDA-2 ($2845)

[runamuck]

SPL Crimson
RME 9632 using John Hardy M1 preamps (although i prefer the Crimson's for most things.)

[slowhand]

Interfaces - Motu M2 ($170) & M-Audio Air 192/14 ($300) when I need more inputs.

[Wrighty]

Audient ID14 - around £200

[RodB]

I use 2 Recording Interfaces (They can connect directly or record to an SD card):

Sound Devices MixPre 3M - no longer available - replaced by MixPre 3 II (Floating point 32-bit, like the Zoom F6) $680 + $99 (for the Musician plug-in)

Zoom H5 - still available - $280

[Bob Womack]

On the work DAW, D/A and A/D for the money channels is an Apogee Rosetta 800 and the rest of D/A and A/D is handled by a Yamaha DM2000 console. Both of those communicate to the DAW via AES and a sixteen channel Lynx AES card.

I put together a second DAW package to take my audio-post-for-video-and-film work home and spec'd a Focusrite Scarlette 212 Gen 3 interface ($169) for that package. It works well and sounds quite nice. When the plague descended the company had just installed about eight of these in editing suites and eveyone loved them so I benefited from their experience. That may have been the easiest installation I've ever done. It seamlessly interfaces with the Neundo DAW software.

A third system in my room uses a UAD Apollo Twin interface ($899). It does well and sounds great. It interfaces with both Sound Forge and Cakewalk because two different divisions in the company are using those different programs.

Bob

[alohachris]

Aloha jim1960,

The Apogee Duet2 ($695) & RME Babyface ($795) should be added to the "Interface" list. They are the most popular QUALITY two-channel interfaces on the market because they are portable, the price is smaller, they're better-made & the sound quality is pristine. They are BY FAR much better choices than the C$#P entry-level stuff from Focussrite or Presonus. And better onboard preamps than the Audient ID44 ($695).

Moving up, the Metric Halo ULN-2 ($1600) is a great choice.

For many years, also owned an Apogee Ensemble.

alohachris