Audio Interfaces

The new M Box 2 Pro is the first portable Pro Tools interface that connects via Firewire rather than USB. As a result, users get more I/O, a phono preamp and word clock support among other bonuses.

Lexicon's latest addition to their alphabetically inspired soundcard range is friendly to both your desktop space and your wallet .

Is an all-in-one mixer, MIDI controller and audio interface the perfect solution for digital DJs and live laptop artists?

With their latest Firewire interface, Presonus promise high audio quality at an affordable price, thanks to the use of software controls instead of physical knobs.

I have an Emu 1820M audio interface and I would like to get more simultaneous inputs into my DAW software using the Emu...

Focusrite's Saffire already offered an awful lot of Firewire interface for your money, but the new LE version could just be even more of a bargain.

A compact analogue mixer that also acts as a stereo USB audio interface.

With even the cheapest soundcards now offering 24-bit, 192kHz recording, is it still worth investing in high-end converters? Lynx certainly think so...

Most computer audio interfaces don't offer the RIAA equalisation required to attach a turntable directly, but ART's neat problem-solver is designed to do just that.

Soundscape have always been renowned for the stability of their DSP-based PC recording systems. Their latest development is a unique new way of integrating native CPU power into the Soundscape environment.

It may look like just another mixer, but this new entry-level model from Alesis also packs in a hefty 18-input, stereo-output Firewire audio interface. Too good to be true?

If you need more audio interfacing, do you really have to trash an interface that's otherwise perfectly satisfactory and buy a bigger one? Maybe not, as ways of using several smaller interfaces together are becoming easier to find.

Line 6's latest products are USB boxes that turn your computer into a low-latency amp-modelling system.

Mackie's new 10-in, 10-out breakout box includes an internal DSP mixer, MIDI connectivity, and four of their high-spec Onyx preamps.

M Audio have packaged a fully featured control surface with motorised faders, an 18-input Firewire interface and eight mic preamps in one box — at a very competitive price.

If you fancy Tascam's FW series of Firewire interfaces but don't need their control-surface features, the new FW1804 might be just what you are looking for.

Firewire and USB 2 interfaces have their advantages, but if you need serious channel counts at high sample rates, the PCI card still rules, and ESI's heavyweight recording system caters for a huge range of input and output formats at up to 192kHz.

When it comes to computer audio interfaces, what is it that we are really paying for and how does the price relate to the quality of the A-D/D-A converters?

We demystify the powerful internal routing and mixing engine within Emu's recent popular range of computer audio interfaces.

Digidesign have given the most affordable interface in their Pro Tools range a makeover, with a new case, new preamps and some additional features.

I own a Focusrite Liquid Channel (which is great!) and would like to connect it to my MOTU 828's digital input...