Laurence,

Yeah I saw that, but my main use would be guitar recording and XLR microphone. I don't see a need for phantom power in my situation. Thanks for your input though.

I read and it does seem to have an ASIO driver, which I think Vegas can handle.

Dave T2

Works fine on V10 on XP, ASIO.

geoff

Geoff, you have one? What do you think? It gets good reviews and is a decent price right now.

Dave T2

Even if I didn't need phantom power right now, I would go ahead and get it. The alternative, which is adding a phantom device down the road, makes it more expensive, rather than less in the long run. Just my perspective of course.

The difference between a good phantom powered condenser mic and a good dynamic mic is simply stunning. For singing I use a Shure SM87 which feels like a SM 58 in terms of how you sing with it, but sounds just so much better.

For what it's worth:

http://laurencekingston.bandcamp.com/track/refridgerator-art

Highly recommend the Alesis Multimix8 USB FX.

- No drivers needed (Win7)
- 4-XLR/line inputs
- Clean, quiet, natural sounding pre-amps
- Flexible i/o
- Insert on ch1 (for external processor like compressor)
- Instrument input on ch2
- Phantom power
-3-band EQ w/sweepable mid
- Built-in effects
- USB maintains connection to computer even when power is off so it's instantly available when powered on
- Inexpensive ($150 at musiciansfriend.com)

I used an Allen & Heath GL2 with a high-end sound card for several years and I much prefer the Alesis. The A&H had nicer preamps but the Alesis delivers a comparable result with far less effort and in far less space.

I absolutely love my Line6 Toneport UX2 for music. What I like is that I can add the effects in when I record, and have a mix of pre and post record effects. For example, I might record a guitar with an tube preamp, an effect or two, and some reverb or delay, but not record the time delay effects. Or I might want to record hearing distortion, but actually capturing a clean sound so that I can tweak it later. I like hearing reverb when I sing, but I don't want it on the recording. I also like that I can set up a record chain with maybe a nice vocal preamp, a little high-pass filtering, and a compresser with maybe 3:1 compression and a little downward expanding around the noise floor. Not every interface will do that sort of thing.

The downside is that it absolutely sucks at sample rate conversion. Play back 44.1k audio with it set to 48k or vice versa and it sounds absolutely horrendous. Also, keep in mind that the stock interface only includes a handful of DSP models. You have to buy the extra ones separately. I have more money invested in these models than I do in the interface.

I have the older discontinued UX2 model. The new one is called the "Studio UX2". Aside from the color, the layout is identical. I think the new one comes with more effects though.

The Studio UX2 goes for $199 but there is an older red model UX2 here for $79. Be aware that this would come with less DSP models included than the new model.

Not my main i/f (MOTU HD192 or Audiophile2496), but a 'knockabout' i/f on the PC at my other day-job . Works fine, not the quiestest in the world, but by no means noisy, And the monitor mix blend control is handy if that's what you need.

Got it very cheap, and won't go back to the previous Transit USB or the office installed upmarket SB,

geoff

Laurence,

The UX2 might be a bit overkill for what I need right now. but it gives me something to think about.

Recording does sound clean. Nice song.

Thanks

Dave T2

Guy S.

Looks good, but a bit out of my price range and needs right now.

Thanks for the response.

Dave T2