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Posting to new thread: I currently have a E-mu 1616m audio interface that is actually pretty awesome (great DAC/ADC, good headphone output, tons of I/Os, etc), but has enough annoyances that I'm debating selling it and getting something else. I really don't like it's lack of hardware control for monitors, and the windows software is powerful but clumsy. Things I'd like: dial that controls volume output to monitors, really high quality DAC/ADC, and simple and powerful windows driver/software. I don't necessarily need a ton of inputs/outputs because I don't do much (any) analog to digital recording, and stuff like ultimate pre-amp quality for mics or whatever is more or less a non-issue as I'm on budget monitors in an untreated room and mostly just want something that doesn't irritate me so I can start working on electronic music production. I also listen to music a lot on this computer so DAC quality and headphone output quality can be weighted pretty highly. Budget is $300 or less, I'd wager. Not sure how much I can get for this 1616m on the used market, but it looks like I could see $100-150 max, so I have about 150-200 to spend on an upgrade/sidegrade. I'm currently looking at: Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/audio-interfaces/komplete-audio-6/ Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 http://us.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/scarlett-2i4 PreSonus Audiobox 44VSL http://www.presonus.com/products/audiobox-44vsl or 22VSL http://www.presonus.com/productvs/audiobox-22vsl
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I snagged a Komplete Audio 6 today and ran into an issue. Seems like USB audio interfaces don't necessarily play nice with USB wifi adapters. I get bad latency issues if I have a lot of network traffic. I tried moving the USB wifi adapter to different ports, but no dice. I'll probably just get one of those passive volume knobs that go in between the audio interface and the monitors and live with the 1616m, which really does have exemplary sound quality and a ton of i/o's, saving some cash along the way.
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Jan 3, 2014 07:13
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Radiapathy posted:Dunno what your specific setup is, but I experienced significant enough USB issues with the Komplete Audio 6 (different problems on both USB 2 and USB 3 ports) that I sold mine last year; and WiFi wasn't an issue in my case. I can see the WiFi adapter being a problem if you don't have it on an isolated USB bus, though. I was just looking at this guy: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PGMNRG/ The 1616m is honestly higher specs than anything in the $200 price range I think, so just throwing a monitor volume dial on it is going to result in higher quality than pretty much anything I'd replace it with. I just had new gear disease... 
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Jan 3, 2014 16:55
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