Hey guys,
I'd like to digitise some of my vinyl. I was going to simply purchase a phono to jack cable and run this onto my desktop pc... I then remembered last time I did this years ago in a different setup I purchased a dedicated internal sound card to achieve this, since on board sound sucks usually.
I'm looking for a USB sound card or audio interface to help here, but I'm getting really confused!
I looked at the Focusrite 2i2 or Audient i4 for example, but the things which confuse me:
1. If they accept line inputs, some seem to only accept one, and I'd need 2, one for ea h channel?
2. I saw a YouTube video of some dude using the 2i2 and it seemed very fiddly, he needed to set the gain nobs manually on each input, mess around when processing it tons just to get it in stereo! - I sense he may be doing something wrong, but it concerned me.
Anyhow I thought I had stumbled upon what I wanted last night, Soundblaster x-fi HD, (not an audio interface I know, but audiophile quality stateed, and vinyl ripping as a use case!) but I was a little suspicious, as Soundblaster for me has never been associated with professional gear... That led me to the review on here (very helpful) and convinced me this wasn't worth it.
My requirements are very simple, and lots of the audio interfaces have well beyond what I'd need.
My budget is less than £100, I've seen quite a few in this range, but unsure as to whether they'd work or not. Behringer is an interesting one, I'd usually associate it with budget stuff, and indeed, the thing that looks like an old Walkman seems naff, but the u-phoria range I'm not sure I should write off straight away.
I'm convinced I should be able to find something more like £50-60 too.
So yes, I'm just a it confused, and feel my requirements are pretty simple! Any help or suggestions much appreciated. Oh and for the record I intend to go from my amplifier line out, not directly from my turntable.
Thanks in advance
I'd like to digitise some of my vinyl. I was going to simply purchase a phono to jack cable and run this onto my desktop pc... I then remembered last time I did this years ago in a different setup I purchased a dedicated internal sound card to achieve this, since on board sound sucks usually.
I'm looking for a USB sound card or audio interface to help here, but I'm getting really confused!
I looked at the Focusrite 2i2 or Audient i4 for example, but the things which confuse me:
1. If they accept line inputs, some seem to only accept one, and I'd need 2, one for ea h channel?
2. I saw a YouTube video of some dude using the 2i2 and it seemed very fiddly, he needed to set the gain nobs manually on each input, mess around when processing it tons just to get it in stereo! - I sense he may be doing something wrong, but it concerned me.
Anyhow I thought I had stumbled upon what I wanted last night, Soundblaster x-fi HD, (not an audio interface I know, but audiophile quality stateed, and vinyl ripping as a use case!) but I was a little suspicious, as Soundblaster for me has never been associated with professional gear... That led me to the review on here (very helpful) and convinced me this wasn't worth it.
My requirements are very simple, and lots of the audio interfaces have well beyond what I'd need.
My budget is less than £100, I've seen quite a few in this range, but unsure as to whether they'd work or not. Behringer is an interesting one, I'd usually associate it with budget stuff, and indeed, the thing that looks like an old Walkman seems naff, but the u-phoria range I'm not sure I should write off straight away.
I'm convinced I should be able to find something more like £50-60 too.
So yes, I'm just a it confused, and feel my requirements are pretty simple! Any help or suggestions much appreciated. Oh and for the record I intend to go from my amplifier line out, not directly from my turntable.
Thanks in advance