If I select DirectSound, I do see the iRig HD 2 input/output, but of course, the latency is ridiculous. I see ASIO4ALL v2 options as input/output, but that only yields intense high pitched feedback. When I run Bias FX 2 or Bias Amp 2 and select ASIO, I cannot find my iRig HD 2 at all. However, I hooked things up on PC and installed ASIO4ALL drivers. I also have all the Bias software for iOS on my iPad Pro. Scenario: I just bought the Bias Amp 2 & FX 2 bundle today for PC. I'm certain I'm not the first person with this problem. I've been googling around and searching all over for answers but I cannot find one for my situation. But get started by getting started, buying something simple and inexpensive and learn, and later you can spend a few $k to few $10k on fancy interfaces.Hey gang - hoping for some help here. spend time looking over interfaces on Vintage King or Sweetwater web sites. And finally your budget.Īnd if you don't understand anything there you can google or read up on stuff, or maybe it is stuff that does not matter. How is the interface powered? How easy/well done us the front panel use/setup. What interface(s) are supported to the computer USB 2, USB 3, Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt 3, PCIe card, DigiLink, Dante, etc. Does the interface support digital connections needed, might be none, or S/PDIF ADAT/SMUX, MADI, AVB, Dante, etc. What is the likely support life time of the interface (esp for continued Driver updates). Does the vendor provide an ASIO driver? is that a high-quality driver with few known issues? How good is the vendor support, especially for driver update/compatibility with new OS releases etc. The number of mic preamps and DI inputs it had internally, or you use external preamps into line inputs, the quality of those internal preamps, what hardware monitoring/internal mixer capabilities it has (if you want to hardware monitor), what the minimum latency is (depends greatly on the driver and proper computer specs/optimization allowing operation as small IO buffer sizes), what monitor controller features it has if any, how many headphone outputs it had, and are they all discrete outputs so you can send separate headphone mixes to them? What front panel metering there is. Look at RME as an example vendor (they make very nice, arguably higher-end, stuff and also sell audiophile headphone amps), I have multiple RME interfaces and am very biased towards them.Ĭonsiderations in buying an interface include: the number and the types of inputs and outputs it has. But then so much of "audiophile" stuff is just masterbation. None I am aware of offer built-in cross feed capability. Like the ability to drive high impedance headphones. Those that try, or at least want to sell to folks looking for that, will talk about it. Yes higher interfaces can have "audiophile" like sound output. Start simple and just get going doing stuff and learn. Need simultaneous output then run both outputs to separate audio monitors, run both outputs to a monitor controller or small mixer, some higher end interfaces have monitor controllers/hardware mixer capability built in (but may be clunky/awkward to use). What you want to do beyond that is up to you. Do you need to listen to Windows sound *while* you are using Pro Tools? other programs can use the interface when Pro Tools is not running. The audio interface you get for Pro Tools typically does nothing to allow you to listen to Pro Tools and Windows sound simultaneously, its only playing back Pro Tools-that is the point. Patch the recording interface and computer sound to a pair of stereo inputs and connect your headphones or studio monitors to the mixerĪnd with an audio interface how would that allow me to listen to both Pro Tools and Windows sound simultaneously? The affordable solution is to grab a small mixer(think Alesis, Alto, Behringer, etc) with at least a pair of stereo inputs. The expensive(but better) way is to use a monitor/source selector like a Mackie Big Knob, Presonus Monitor Station, etc. So, ask yourself if you NEED to use Pro ToolsīTW, if you need to be able to listen to Pro Tools and internet sound at the same time, there are a few ways to do it. Either of these options can do anything Pro Tools can do when it comes to audio production. If that's not something you're up for, then there are some other options that are definitely worth a look, such as Reaper(free to try and cheap to buy) or Cakewalk by Bandcamp(formerly known as SONAR) which is totally free. Yes you can run most PC's with ASIO4ALL, but at the sacrifice of Windows sound when you run Pro Tools, OR, be willing to buy a suitable interface(which can be very affordable). Good advice already, but here's my own 2 cents: To use Pro Tools successfully, you need to be willing to work within the requirements.
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