Hey, hows it goin. I'm currently lookin at gettin some gear together with a mind to set up a small home studio. I've been 'DJing' for near on 10 years now, I have some small level of production experience, and I have friends who have years of production experience behind them, but this is the first time I've been in a position to realistically look at buying my own set-up. Too much cash spent on records in the past I guess!
Anyway, I need some advice on a few pieces I'm looking at, and one is a Tascam Midi/Audio Interface. Or 3 to be precise. They are the US-122, US-224, and US-428. (probably one of the later since I'd like the hands-on properties of faders preferably)
Basically I'm lookin at producing Drum & Bass and Breakbeat primarily. I'm running Cubase SX 2 on a Vaio 2.8GHz laptop. With this in mind I wont be doing a lot of live recording such as vocals or instruments, and most of my studio will be software based, not outboard synths and samplers. BUT I do want to have the midi in/outs for availability, and my decks are probably gonna be routed through the interface as audio for recording purposes.
SO.... my not-so-quick question is DO LATENCY PROBLEMS COMMONLY OCCUR WITH USB BASED INTERFACES??? These are all USB 1.1 based units, and answering this question could probably answer a few other questions for me along the way. I am looking at a USB 2.0 device (Behringer BCA2000) as an alternative, but obviously want to find out what I can about these devices too. So please, throw your input this way....
Cheers
Mikey
Anyway, I need some advice on a few pieces I'm looking at, and one is a Tascam Midi/Audio Interface. Or 3 to be precise. They are the US-122, US-224, and US-428. (probably one of the later since I'd like the hands-on properties of faders preferably)
Basically I'm lookin at producing Drum & Bass and Breakbeat primarily. I'm running Cubase SX 2 on a Vaio 2.8GHz laptop. With this in mind I wont be doing a lot of live recording such as vocals or instruments, and most of my studio will be software based, not outboard synths and samplers. BUT I do want to have the midi in/outs for availability, and my decks are probably gonna be routed through the interface as audio for recording purposes.
SO.... my not-so-quick question is DO LATENCY PROBLEMS COMMONLY OCCUR WITH USB BASED INTERFACES??? These are all USB 1.1 based units, and answering this question could probably answer a few other questions for me along the way. I am looking at a USB 2.0 device (Behringer BCA2000) as an alternative, but obviously want to find out what I can about these devices too. So please, throw your input this way....
Cheers
Mikey