MIDI recording

[Nevermore]

Hi all. I'm about to purchase a usb interface to record with my yamaha dtxtreme 3 through midi. any suggestions?
No need for many channels etc, i'm more concerned about stuff like low-latency etc.

Thanks

[Davo-London]

You want a 2 channel USB interface such as:

Edirol UA 25EX
Tascam US-122
etc.

These have two inputs (jack and mic), midi in and out, separate phones vol control, monitor out and usb connections to the PC/mac.

They are very useful. You can then record as amidi tracks or audio tracks onto your PC/mac.

Davo

[Nevermore]

what about the m-audio fast track pro and EMU 0404? are you familiar with them?

[Mediocrefunkybeat]

what about the m-audio fast track pro and EMU 0404? are you familiar with them?

Both of those would work.

[Nevermore]

so it doesn't matter that much which one i get?

[Mediocrefunkybeat]

Well both of them have MIDI I/O, which is what you need. You'll probably also need some MIDI cables. A pair of preamps is handy if you wanted to set up a pair of mics to record a band practice or the like. Both of them look ok, but I can't say without first-hand experience. If you can, try to look for them in a shop and inspect the build quality. Build quality can be a decent indicator of the internals. Does that sound crazy to some people? Possibly - but in my experience it holds up. I've seen some TERRIBLE interfaces and they were all built very badly, and vice-versa.