Recording interfaces...

Here's an Echo2 USB for $260: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Echo-Echo-2...469281?hash=item2caf96fe21:g:F~AAAOSwYqxXiuUg
The touch interface really brings the form factor down to a super slim package, which was important for me as I've already got so much crap in my bag that I haul around.

 

What are you recording to? I see the unit has slots for media. It looks nice: Tascam is an old name in this game: there used to be some lovely portable stuff that I couldn't afford. Not as expensive as Nagra, But still out of my league.

Sometimes, at classical concerts, I see an All-India-Radio crew recording. They have a couple of digital Nagras. Probably $8k to $10k of equipment on the table in front of them <tongue-hanging-out>

Back back to the ripping... I'd rather be recording to a PC, with easily-visible wave form in front of me.

 

I am very excited for this unit to come out.

https://www.arturia.com/products/audio/audiofuse

 

I'm recording to a 64GB CF card, which is the max size listed in the owners manual, but on the Tascam website under compatible media, several 128GB cards are also listed. However 32GB is the max for SD cards, and USB sticks/drives are only able to archive (copy to or play files from), no recording can be done directly to them.

Initially I had the unit on the platform below the Nighthawk pre and Schiit Sys, but a faint humm was creeping into the system as @Chris F described in one of his posts. Down to the bottom rack it went and the humm was gone, and everything was very quiet again.

My first impression's are that the Tascam does a better job than my old setup (Yamaha MG10XU USB mixer --> Audacity or Vinyl Studio). The rip has less glare/harshness, and subtle detail is better preserved in the transfer process. It also brings back the days of my childhood sitting at the radio/boombox with a blank tape, my finger hovering over record and waiting for a favorite song to be played so I could capture it on a mix-tape

Unless there is a nasty click or pop (I will manually remove it in a sound editor), I have no intention of loading the ripped track and adding any processing. I want my rip raw, just like it was spinning on my turntable

 

Thanks, JK47... Happy Ripping!

 

Wow that's an impressive feature packed little box!

 

It does look like a great little box, but the problem is that many people who just want to do ripping, or other stuff with analogue or digital i/o interface to the hifi just need a 2-channel interface, and not all the other connectivity.

Which brings me back to the Juli@...


(PS... interesting that this arturia interface comes from company with a range of music-making equipment)

 

I missed that as I only skimmed the first page. Definitely a solid option. I also record and mix at home, use MIDI etc so its versatility is appealing to me. The mic pres seem really super impressive in how clean they are. The ADCs should be too. Sadly it seems the market is small for budget, high-quality ADCs so they just aren't very feasible. The soundcard approach makes a lot of sense to fill that need. But for me, I'll be glad to not rely on my big rack-sized pro gear from years past (hello Firewire!) to record some quick VO, do a rip etc. with any decent resolution.

 

I thought it might be a one-product-wonder company, not likely to last long, so I clicked on "products." Couldn't have been more wrong. I scrolled down... and down... and down... And they kept on coming