After 6 months trying to masterize my OP1, I think I've finally found a workflow that suit me :) !
Most of the time, I use the OP out of my studio, record stuff to tape, record the tape's tracks through soundcard when in the studio, add some more elements with different hardware, and then arrange everything on my DAW, most of the time out of the studio. But sometimes, when I arrange my bits, I wish I can add stuff from the OP.
So I thought about a small/portable audio interface, something like an iRig or Line 6 Sonic Port.
What do you recommand that is small, with two (or a stereo) inputs and a good conversion quality ?
Well, I guess the soundcard I'm looking for doesn't exist yet :(
My dreaming interface would be the Apogee Jam with a stereo in, or a Line 6 Sonic Port smaller (like the non VX one) but Mac compatible. I think the Port VX is too much for me, too big, too expensive tand with a mic I'll never use.
Any Apogee Jam user here using it with an OP-1 in mono only ?
Oh really ? I saw this interface but I’m a bit afraid by Behringer. But as you say, because it’s pretty cheap, it might worth a try. Do you know the difference with the UCA222 ?
Ouch !
The audio technica Atr2Usb is damn cheap !
Well it’s obviously not the best AD converter on the market but it’s so ridiculously cheap I need to try it.
On the FAQ it says it can record stereo http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/accessories/de806038b48c13d7/
Oh yeah, you’re talking about the go mixer. Well, The number of input and the built seems pretty OK for the price, but I guess it’s probably the same chips as the behringer/atr2usb/any cheap converter.
I've ordered a StarTech.com ICUSBAUDIO2D (previously linked) and I'll report back my tests here. I just hope it will not sum the inputs into one mono signal as you say @docshermsticks.
I have the Roland GO:Mix. Worth the money, for sure. Works with both iOS and my Mac.
I had a Behinger UCA200 (the even cheaper one) that I was using that worked well enough but no monitoring option.
The GO:Mix is the last portable audio interface/mixer I'll ever need!
I can’t find the conversion spec, do you know it @flyingace71 ? Is it 16bits/48Khz like most of the portbale interface ?
Oh really ? I saw this interface but I'm a bit afraid by Behringer. But as you say, because it's pretty cheap, it might worth a try. Do you know the difference with the UCA222 ?
The Audio Technica one looks like this one which I ordered for 4 euros: http://www.miniinthebox.com/usb-to-audio-crystal-blue-sound-card-0-1m_p599488.html
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I need a bus-powered portable soundcard that works with iOS and Android and has phantom power, XLR and jack inputs. Does such thing exist?
Edit: Maybe I just need to get the GO:Mix and get one of these: https://www.thomann.de/gb/millenium_pp2b.htm.
yea i’ve got one that looks that like that too. adafruit sells them for like $5.
sounds pretty much the same as all the others i’ve tried.
plug-able makes another nice small one too in a lil different style package.