New Multi-Track Sound Interface?? Wondering if I really want to buy this...

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so I've been looking for a really long time for a multitrack recording solution for my computer, so that I can avoid the learning curve of a self-contained digital multitracker.

the only problem is the prices...I've been hard-pressed to find anything like this under $500. So tonight I was just about to give up entirely, and I stumbled across a kind of poorly-designed looking website of a company called Affordable Musical Endeavors, which claims to manufacture a 7-channel USB interface, called the MultiCord.

My question is if anyone in here has bought one of these, and is it a good product? I'm a little suspicious of the fact that the business just opened (or so the website says) and that the price is so low...$100

I'm torn on whether or not I should take the plunge and try one out...I mean it's not as top-notch as some of the alesis io units and so forth, but when I e-mailed the owner of this place he said that for a price the units could be "custom built to include xlr connectors, phantom power, and other user-specific features."

Anyway, the website is www.affordablemusicalendeavors.net23.net, maybe if you've stumbled across it, the picture will jog your memory.
 
USB is dodgy for anything over a few channels. USB works in BURSTS, not sustained continuous transfers and does not have the bandwidth we need.

Firewire rules for lots of simultaneous i/o.... even Motu stumbled with the usb version of the 828mkII.

Here's a good guide and tested suggestions that work: http://www.tweakheadz.com/soundcards_for_the_home_studio.htm
 
Ethan is right. PCI is definitely superior to USB for audio. I used to use a 2 channel usb device. I was fairly pleased with it.

Then I needed more inputs, so I got the 8 in 8 out Echo Layla 24/96. It puts far less of a load on my computer when recording multiple tracks than the 2 channels of usb did. I can also mix and playback more channels, and use more plug-ins, with the PCI based Layla.
 
Actually that was always my dream, back in the days before USB was real big, and I actually had a desktop tower :)

I remember there was one in particular that they always had in the pro sound and stage lighting catalogs, but I never had the cash to get one.

This one seems to be suitable for my laptop, now that it's my primary computer. I was thinking of trying out an io26, which has more features, as well as firewire, but I might take the dive for this cheaper one, after talking with someone at the company and making sure it's legit.

Anyway, I'll let you know if I hear anything. Thanks.
 
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