Right now im using the Akai EIE pro ( http://www.akaipro.com/product/eiepro ),
but somehow im not 100% satisfied. i think its not good for my needs but i really dont know.

I could get in the next days a Steinberg UR22 ( http://www.steinberg.net/it/products/audio_interfaces/ur_serie/modelle/ur22.html ) for about 80 bucks and i wanted to ask if it would be an upgrade in the quality of Sound and maybe even latency?? mainly using midi only 1 mic

or are there any other suggestions which one gives some good stats. how about the Focusrite Scarlet 2i14 ? could buy it for 100 bucks...


im using live9 & windows10


have a nice weekend!

 

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I don't know about the EIE pro.. never heard of it in fact..

I will say the UR22 is a good one to try, especially at $80. The pres are very good. No problem for me.
One problem is clipping with the guitar Hi Z pre. You can get around it by adjusting your guitar volume till
it stops. Unfortunately Steinberg has never seen fit to address this, even in later "enhanced" versions of this interface.

So yes, try the UR22, but don't go out and spend extra money for a newer version.

cheers

 

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I used a UR22 for a few years and wrote a pretty comprehensive article about it here

Long story short, it's a great audio interface, especially if youre using Cubase with it. There are just a few minor flaws which I wrote about but otherwise, if you're on a budget and looking for a solid audio interface, you'd be hard pressed to find a better one at that price point.

 

The obvious difference is that the Akai is limited to 24/96 whereas the Steinberg supports 24/192.

 

after years of having a Motu utralite i sold it (crap windows drivers) and got a UR242 ( which is the same as UR22 just 2 more inputs) and im very pleased with it Great drivers , great interface the D-pre preamp is pretty good for the money and most importantly the latency is amazing for something of such value. i can run it at 64 samples for most my tracking . the 242 also has DSP which is great for lantecy free input ... like vocals after your done tracking . its got midi in & Out and you can connect it to an iPad the only neg thing is its can't be powered over USB you have to use the included power supply which can be kinda wonky if your out and about with it but really thats the only bad thing and for me its not a problem as it just sits in my studio. its a great value for the money oh and if your using cubase its integrated right in the inputs of the daw so ni fiddling around with an external mixing app. im actually thinking about upgrading to the UR44 .

 

Is there any 150$ usb box out there that doesn't clip with el. guitars? Focusrite, Steinberg, Presonus - all seem to have this problem. I think I'd be better off with UX1 with Pod Farm for guitar recording, but I wanted better preamps for vox and 24/96 or 24/192 along the way.

 

cool thank you very much guys for all your inputs! gonna buy it

 

@aymat ... sooooo you're that dude eh? read that one many times... about my little monster..not to mention

what a handsome devil you are as well .. I bet that pic has gotten you laid countless times! ( just bustin' eggs man )

 

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LOL thanks, @HerrDurr! That photo has only be good for scoring me work projects unfortunately hahaha

Still havent found a way to work up the ladies with talk of 24-bit/192 kHz audio interfaces ;)

 

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sry for this dumb question but: is the ur22 better than the focusrite scarlett 2i4? since the ur22 has more khz but idk if thats relevant

 

I don't have a clipping problem with my UR242

 

Steinberg UR22 without looking back. My 2nd hand experience tells me that the preamps are cleaner and that the monitoring is a bit more powerful with mono level checking, DIM (a nice thing, lowering the monitor output level to a prearranged level quickly) and internal DSP effects when you want to directly monitor with that microphone of yours. It might also come with a lite version of Cubase, which might come in handy.

 

UR242 is not 150$, maybe second hand, no interest in that. The difference I see in 242 is PAD function, which prevents signal from clipping. But UR12 and UR22 don't have PAD switches, so... After watching a comparison video, I think I'll go with second gen Focusrite Solo. I liked Focusrite preamps better. Also, they updated it with 24/192 recording and even if clipping issue is still not resolved in version 2, I'll use XLR connection to eliminate the problem.

confirmed, Focusrite fixed clipping issue in second gen interfaces. great news. this was the only issue stopping me. now it's a no-brainer.

 

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I paid 157€ for my UR242 no idea where your shopping but never pay retail ;)

 

157€ is still beyond 150$ budget and it's hard not to pay retail when your only option is to order from Amazon and you're not interested in used devices. Anyway, I'm glad Focusrite came up with great new features in second gen Scarletts, so I'm definitely going with them. Thanks for nothing.

 

oky boys i got the ur22 and i must say its a HUGE upgrade to the akai EIE pro ! holy shit never thought to be such a big difference :D thanks guys

 

I have a Mackie Blackjack (also $150) that seems to get along with my guitar pretty well. The inputs have a Hi-Z switch. But FWIW I've barely used the two together so maybe those problems exist and I just haven't encountered them.

 

While it might work for Mac users, theres no existing support for Windows 10 unfortunately. I wrote a short article about the the Blackjack here: http://www.joelcarlo.net/new-mackie-blackjack-v3-0-driver/

Its too bad. Personally, I really enjoyed the Blackjack when it actually worked.

 

Good news, I'm using it on Windows 10 right now. Just run the installer in Windows 7 compatibility mode. Will check your article in a minute

 

Ah , that is good news! How stable is it? Are you getting any pops and clicks? Might have to revise the article to make note of it.