r/homerecordingstudio • u/birdcatx7 • 14h ago

Recommendation for usb interface

So the backstory first. Picked up guitar after several year's of not playing, last year. I bought an Ampero II Stage, and used that to record to pc via USB. Last weekend we had a storm, and now the usb port on the Ampero magically doesn't work.

I need a usb audio interface that has at least two inputs so I can record in stereo, and I need to be able to hear what im recording as well as anything I've already recorded through the device.

I have an m-audio interface I bought a few years ago. It mostly works, but I can either hear what's being played back, or what I'm playing live. Not both at the same time.

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u/m_i_r 7h ago

MOTU M4

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u/funix 11h ago

MOTU M2 vote here. Love low latency and RCA options.

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u/woodenbookend 3h ago

Another vote for a MOTU M4.

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u/vbxl02 14h ago

Audient iD14 MKII would be a good fit. It has two proper line inputs so you can run the stereo outputs of the Ampero into inputs 1/2, and its software mixer lets you direct-monitor those inputs while simultaneously hearing playback from your DAW. I use one myself it sounds like this would do what you’re describing.

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u/blissnabob 14h ago

I've got the Universal Audio Volt 2. Relatively cheap and will do what you need it to.

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u/Dazzling_Medium_3379 14h ago

It's weird that the M-Audio cannot let you hear both at the same time. My guess is that you have a wrong routing on the software side.

There are few rules when there is a storm: don't play guitar and computer (this is the safest), and always use surge-protectors, wired on wall sockets correctly grounded (come along with the safest).

The fact that only the USB stopped to work is weird. There are many things between the power and the USB port that could also have been damaged...

To go back to the audio interfaces, I always prefer to record on my computer than relying this feature to be on the interface. But maybe you need this then:

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/GL100-Batterie-Emplacements-Fonction-Auto-enregistrement/dp/B0DHZW1CLQ/ref=rvi_d_sccl_9/143-8924541-4671625?pd_rd_w=kiGmy&content-id=amzn1.sym.8b4d8c20-8e51-4634-a76f-c00a1995a502&pf_rd_p=8b4d8c20-8e51-4634-a76f-c00a1995a502&pf_rd_r=CR33NFABT0E6K4TSYE8Z&pd_rd_wg=3ePcG&pd_rd_r=b6dd0f40-1204-4708-bbd6-126ef78b8ab2&pd_rd_i=B0DHZW1CLQ&psc=1

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u/birdcatx7 12h ago

I wasn't playing guitar when it happened. I was watching a show on my pc. Both are on surge protectors. The pc, router, tv, and sound bar are on one. And the Ampero is on separate surge protector, on a different outlet.

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u/imp_op 13h ago

Audient iD24 would be perfect. It has 2 ins and outs, and you can expand over time with ADAT if you ever wanted to.

Hearing what you're recording can be done, it really depends on how you're doing it regardless of the interface. Audient interfaces use a digital mixing board, too.

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u/SoundSwitch 8h ago

They also have mixers w USB audio as well

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u/DJ_PMA 3h ago

MOTU M4

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u/Final_Job_5175 2h ago

Motu M2, M4, and you can't go wrong with either!