WHICH AUDIO INTERFACE SHOULD YOU BUY IN 2023? And Which You Should Avoid

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Great video brother!
I recommeded
I've never had any problems with my apollo twin x on windows ! Awesome!
I don't know why ppl talked sh*t about the thunderbolt connection it's better than regular usb.

A-men!

You come off as pretty dim and unexperienced. As a current UAD user, you can’t touch their level of quality (for the price) and especially their top-tier plugins. You sound like a bitter and pissed off PC user. Are you upset because they support Macs first? I guess you’ve never used Luna? Sorry if I come off as rude, but seriously, just tell people that if you are a PC user there might be better options at this time.

Good common sense video!
I use the MOTU M4 in my home studio and have been extremely happy with it.

Preach brother!!!! "Work on you're craft." Love it!!

Hi Jacob, Can you review the Sound Devices MixPre 3 II as an audio interface? The preamps are supposed to rival the top interfaces.

You like the audient over the ssl 2 + now?

I Used those old cassette-based recorders as well. SO easy and straight forward. Literally plug-and-play.
Getting into PC-based recording has been a long, arduous and confusing journey - largely thanks to constant changes and "upgrades" in connectivity and computer RAM. I've had a Firewire interface now for many years that works perfect. Except good luck getting any new devices that have firewire connections.
So now I've had a MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 4 for nearly 2 years, and there is not a single interface (that I've found) that uses that. There are a few Thunderbolt 3 interfaces and a slew of USB-C interfaces (which are designed with iOS users in mind).

I would really rather just go back to the straightforward simplicity of those older systems.

Great honest video! Thanks man

Great video. Today I had to buy a new audio interface, because my old 10 year old (bought used) onyx blackjack died. After about 30min research I picked up SSL2 in nearby guitar store. It sounds great out of the box, and includes fancy emulation of ssl's 4k "harmonic distortion circuit" (I say emulation because I am almost positive that this thing dont have any analog circuit, and just have some digital processing). Recorded short demo, mixed it, got same sound as with my old interface (which is fine with me at my current level). Recorded same demo with "harmonic distortion", mixed, ended up with lighter compreasion, lighter saturstion and had to drop the presence... Which brought me full circle to the same sound as my old blackjack.

Best one is the one you buy once. Don't go "cheap" and then have to switch when you get higher end gear later down the road

Are you saying anything with thunderbolt, stay away from it if you're using a PC?

Thanks for the great and honest advice!

Which computer should I use with the motu ultralite mark v

I'm still using the MOTU Ultralite MK3....on Firewire....

Thanks for the straight shooting clear and concise info. Its good to be reminded that skill is more important than gear. I upgraded to a babyface pro fs earlier this year, I sold the audient id14 mkii to and saved up for the upgrade. Its a wonderful, solid, reliable piece of kit with great software support for pc and really good customer support. I paid £700 new, forturnately I got it before all the price increases, its now £100 more! Anyway, its more than I will ever need for my situation. I have found myself doing less music making in recent months. Now I want to downgrade and get the audient to free up some cash, LOL! I will prob lose £100 or so. I'm not sure, I wonder if its worth just keeping it as it may pay off in the long run in terms of longevity. The RME offer driver support for a longtime. Anyway, my advice to people is to also take time and not be impulsive in making a purchase. Try to play it out mentally and be honest with yourself, will it be just a hobby, bit of fun on the side or more serious. Its so easy to waste money on gear as it loses value as soon as it is used. Its also worth waiting a year of so when new gear comes out for stuff to come up used and then see if its worth upgrading. Plus nowadays there is so many great interfaces on the used market for a lot less than buying new.

"Based on" is the phrase you use for citing reasons for an action. You do not buy or do anything "based off" something. If your decision condition were off of the thing you wanted to be its basis, that decision would not be based on that thing. This is all the same whatever your "base" is. You need to be on the base for that thing to be based. If you get off of the base, you are not based. You cannot base something "off" something else. You can only, in this kind of context, base something on something else. It's in the nature of a base.

If that's not clear, my apologies - I have not slept in three days thanks to the DEA and CVS (U.S. references - a soulless government agency and a soulless drug-store chain). I may sound a bit abstract.

I know - two generations of people were not taught English grammar and all these little connecting words confuse the hell out of us. That's why I fight the forces of error where I can.

On gear, buy from companies that design their own products. Better to save your nickels to buy from good companies than to save a few nickels and buy something from a horrible company (run by a horrible guy) that routinely steals the work of other people. Do that, and you wind up with good gear and you don't support bad people.

Be well, and get your sleep.

I just need an audio interface to run my Presonus Eris 3.5s. Any recommendations?

I just need one so I can go on GarageBand and practice music the reason why I want to use GarageBand that have all the apps I don't have to go out and buy app for my guitar which one would you use

Do you have any experience with the Audient iD24? Seems perfect for my needs.

Thank you so much for this video !

If you don't need DSP, there are heaps of good options. The Audient Evo 4, SSL 2 and Motu M2 are all excellent at affordable prices. If you need DSP on a budget, the Presonus Revelator IO24 is decent. Anything better will cost you significantly more and often comes with additional complications (Zen Go) and Apollo (on windows).

Thank you, this video is greatly appreciated!

Is behringer ADA 8200 worth to plug adat with Audient id 14 mk2 as.. ASP 800 is expensive..
What ill be the difference in sound quality..
Waiting 4 ur reply.. Sir.

Have a Scarlett 2i2 2nd gen that I've had for a few years and it still runs like a champ. Now I just need some better monitors as my Mackie 3s are starting to wear out.

Do i need to wait for a new Apollo hybrid for home studio? I want to switch from a legacy PT10 Black Lion 002 to an Apollo 4x and Luna with all the UAD plugins being offered and that I already have...

Can you please help me which one to choose over the id24 ssl2+ and blacklion 2x2 i realy need to get one of these but i don't realy know which one should i buy.. ?

all i know from exp is...never buy a focusrite...unless you love constant pops and crackles in your tracks. and no..its NOT my pc because the focusrite is the ONLY interface that does this for me

Hi Jacob - Are you sponsored in any way by Audient, MOTU or any organisations selling their products? Just out of interest. It would be good to know. I must admit your recommendations do sound genuine.

I would like to get your opinion on the SSL 12

So true. And same applies to most consumer products in life :)

I'm choosing by privacy policy mostly. Here's one I won't get... Ableton live... User generated data legally can mean any music you create they can collect. I'm no lawyer , but I know it "can" mean this. Policy::: 2. Ableton Account User, Ableton Product Customer::: (ii) The processed data are

IP address, name and contact data, user name, language settings, data of the registration of the Ableton account, account events, communication data and usage data, content preferences, user generated data.

Im on PC and have had a Motu M2 the same month they were released. The preamps are great, also a very clear and consistent sound for mixing without any coloration.

I've been running my Scarlett 18i8 3rd gen without an issue. Lot's of in's and out's, realible and built solide. Focusrite is a steady unit with an easy user friendly software.

This may sound pretty obvious, but its the Marketing & Hype the manufacturers of these devices that get people too hung-up on the minuscule differences and get blown out of all proportion!

Whats important is that a particular device meets all of your needs and is going to last a long time - and you have also done what you can to minimize or eliminate Bad acoustics in your studio environment!

I went with a Minifuse from Arturia, because it checked all the boxes for my particular needs: I was getting tired of the silly & cumbersome Breakout Cable (for hooking up Monitors & Mics to it) fom my previous Duet and the Clicks & Pops it kept outputting to my speakers, so I knew I needed a device that had the sockets housed into the unit body for more robustness and to keep everything tidier… the Minifuse is completely pop & click-free when putting my Mac to Sleep & Waking it up! As an added bonus (that swung it for me) was/is the fact that its the ONLY audio Interface I know of that has a USB Hub built right in to it, because I was fast running out of ports for my everyday devices.

I will buy SSL2. It's enough for me to work.

Its about latency for me. Once I have about 40 tracks going with 15 or so vst's my scarlett 2i4 struggles. I've been eyeballing the rme ucx II. Any suggestions? My pc is way more than I need. I barely touch cpu and memory in this situation.

Isn't there an audio interface, say under $500, that has USB C, ADAT in/out, 2 headphone jacks, midi in/out?

The logic you give for not upgrading your audio interface every 5 minutes (sometimes sooner!!!) is why I am still rocking a 2017 vintage Lenovo Yoga 920 laptop. It is still running fine. Are there newer laptops? Sure. Do they have any advantages over mine (i7, 16gb, 512gb SSD and a great screen)? Not any worth the nearly $2000 I'd be spending to get them. If you don't chase shiny stuff you will keep more coin in your pocket... Great video.

Holy flashback from the early 00´s. I havent seen a Tascam Porta since then. Yikes how time flies.

I have the id22 and the id14 mk2, i prefer how the id22 sounds on the outputs going to speakers, also like the volume knob better

You should tell people this is for noobs up front.

Subscribed, great video.

Neumann MT48 or Apollo X4 forget the rest

Neumann LOL

good content

Well , well ... Looks like I'm one of the few who had no problem with Thunderbolt and UAD apollo X on PC. Well, it s true , I had calculated the PC config for this interface .. Lol

Besides that, for me it was their very expensive plugins that made me leave them and the aging Vst 2 system as well as its weak dsp chips for the price.
But she has a good sound, that's for sure.

I agree with you: UAD will be releasing new high-end models soon (before the end of the year) my nose tells me so.

At that time, I will see if one of this new series interests me.

I'm looking for interface with audio at the top and minimum latency, line in (8 or 16) 2 microphones input minimum.
I'm thinking of one of the latest RME or Lynx Aurora latest version.

Are you talking about M2 chips? It's what ?
THANKS

My fav audio gear reviewer 🙏

Skillz and knowlege is the key. Some people with knowledge can make a good sounding track with budget audio interfaces.