Today I say goodbye to my old friend of battles my audio card that has accompanied me since 2004. After a couple of weeks of electrostatic problems everywhere I almost went crazy and my wife sends me to a psychiatric. I discovered that my Maudio has already worked everything I had to work on.
I have to get a new one as I am playing my music by the realtek motherboard sound device.
I’m wondering right now how is the soundcards market. The truth is that I find that now everything is much cheaper and more to choose from.
For now I am about to buy Focusrite Scarlett Solo 2nd Gen. What’s your opinion about best soundcard to buy? I play in a selfcontended studio so no needs for mic/instruments in
As I can understand seems that Scarlett is the nowadays trending soundcards brands. It’s cool as the offer so many diferent models to satisfy diferent clients needs.
Thanks MidnightSnap
I use Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 2nd gen on Win. There are pros and cons, but overall I’m pleased with it. If you have money - RME is a better option though.
If you have a good budget, I advise you to buy UAD Twin MK 2 (Duo/Quad) if you have Mac or PC with Thunderbolt, or RME Babyface Pro (or something from RME). This sound cards have top quality converters and very stabile drivers. I don’t really like Focusrite, it’s so buggy and unstable(I talk about budget models), but it’s only my experience.
I agree with the RME Babyface suggestions. I have an RME Fireface 802 and it’s great. If you don’t need any mic/inst inputs then the babyface is a good choice.
How nice to receive so many answers and so fast. I think I will meditate these days but the decision will not be easy. It is clear that there are different ranges and qualities for these equipments.
Maybe I buy something cheap but good quality to solve the situation of replacing my card and if I’m making more money with my music in Audiojungle maybe in the future I will buy very high quality equipment like Universal Audio or RME
