tascam us 122 or alesis io2 ? will either of these do what want?

[tom skool]

Hi all
can anyone help me decide which interface to get.

Basically I want to be able to record 2 separate audio tracks simultaneously, although having the option to record more tracks would be nice.

I've got a minimal budget and I'm currently looking at either the alesis io2 ( maybe the io2express, i cant see a difference?)

Or either the tascam us-122 or us-144. The 144 says its 4in and out, does that mean i could record 4 separate tracks simultaneously? It feels like a stupid question but it still only has 2 xlr and 2 jack sockets the same as the 122.

Any thoughts on which might be the better option? I would mostly be recording electric guitar with either two mics or one mic and a DI from the back of the guitar amp

I'm using cubase (vst!) on windows xp with 2.4 GHz and 3GB ram

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[jaygee]

The Tascam us-144 has 2 analog inputs (mic and line level) and a SPDIF (2 channel) digital input.
To record 4 tracks simultaneously would reauire you to purchase a 2 channel mic preamp with digital out.

I am unfamiliar with the Alesis io2, but many on this forum own a Tascam interface and seem to
be happy with the quality of the units.