… and I want to spend a lil money in a new usb-audio-interface for producing via ableton. All audio interfaces I´ve spotted out there were USB 2.0 connectable… so USB 3.0 isen´t that new… so why isen´t there any audio interface out there with USB 3.0 support?
And second question… Which kind of audio interface is best for electronic music production with ableton (I wanna spent less than 300€). Until now I used a Yamaha audiogram 3 (111€). But this is a recording soundcard… and I don´t use any of its inputs…
actually you answered this yourself
Yes you have been following information that 3.0 was released and how long its been around but
to the industry standard, 3.0 is still very new as not too many DEVICES are compatible with it yet
I read a thread recently over at the gearslutz forum of this same topic. They all pretty much came to the conclusion that a usb 3.0 interface wouldn’t technically offer anything more than a 2.0 interface. Crazy right? Some sort of techno mumbo jumbo says that although it’s a faster connection it cannot offer a more higher quality sound, well at least in theory anyway. Plus there really isn’t a need for it right I guess. I mean do we REALLY need it? I’ve been gettin by just fine.
As for a soundcard recommendation, I don’t believe there are any interfaces specifically targeted toward a certain genre. Not sure how to go about that really. So any soundcard will do. You just need to decide how many ins & outs you need. Will you be recording any instruments or vocals? If so how many would you need mic’d up at the same time? How about hardware synths? 2 inputs would be nice so you could record them in stereo. I’d suggest you hit some online shops and check out the different interfaces they offer. Sweetwater has been good to me in the past and they got a pretty huge selection of music equipment. I can’t even begin to tell you how valuable a resource a catalog can be. When I was a teenager I would get that guitar center catalog every month and just read the description of every guitar, amp, and pedal that caught my eye. Then I discovered that youtube was more than just funny videos and started watching reviews. Then I hit the forums. Now I’m am an “expert”
You obviously havent done your research, you really think you are gonna have so many inputs and outputs going through one usb port that its gonna exceed what usb2.0 can handle? Let alone 5 GB/s bandwidth!? … the answer is no.
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