Audio Interfaces

How to choose an audio interface suitable for your needs.

If you're looking for an audio interface, we can recommend the most important and popular brands that other users have purchased. Look for audio interfaces from Steinberg, Antelope, Focusrite, RME, M-audio, or Universal Audio, where we've noticed a great interest in sound quality. If you're looking for a DJ audio interface, you can focus your search on Native Instruments, Numark, Behringer, or Alesis.

There are countless models of USB interfaces, and the choice is guided not only by the budget you're willing to invest but also by your needs. Those recording as a hobby or to replay their performances for study purposes can opt for basic models. However, if you want to produce your own album in Home Recording, then it's better to opt for a more performant audio interface, up to professional products for recording studios or for those who demand the best.

If you want to experiment with recording your guitar or bass on a computer, consider purchasing the Behringer Guitar Link UCG102 interface, an entry-level, economical product that can help you understand the possibilities of home recording.

Alternatively, if you already have a clearer idea, look at models like Focusrite, M-Audio, Steinberg, or Universal Audio, just to name a few.

To delve deeper into the topic of USB audio interfaces, for overviews on some of the best models and more, you can read the post published on MusicalStore2005.com titled: External audio interface, which to choose: Universal Audio, Focusrite or M-Audio?

The information online about this topic is often confusing and scattered. With so much choice on the market, it's difficult to have a clear idea about what suits your case and what does not. What do you really need to make music? Why should you need an external audio interface when your computer already has an internal one? Are you tired of the annoying delay between when you play and when you hear the sound processed by the computer to the speakers? Your computer was not made for this specific job. External audio interfaces are. The integrated audio card in the computer is not optimized for converting analog sounds into digital. This means, in plain language, that it's not optimized for recording the various instruments of a song.

The USB audio interfaces are an essential component for being able to record via PC on software because they have inputs that allow the connection of balanced cables, like those used for microphones, or line inputs, i.e., the classic jacks used by instruments like guitars, basses, and keyboards. These inputs also have potentiometers for input signal control and many other functions depending on the type of interface you want to use.

The audio interface ensures that all signals are optimally managed to be transferred to the recording software. Moreover, these devices allow recording multiple tracks simultaneously, clearly depending on the inputs allowed by the interface.

The connection to the PC is done via a USB port which, thanks to its speed (and the quality of the audio interfaces), is capable of making latency levels due to audio signal communication imperceptible.