Which Audio Interface and DAW?

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I want to start recording myself over tracks and I’ve been researching audio interfaces - I’m getting pointed towards the PreSonus AudioBox GO and the Studio One DAW which I believe is bundled with it.

The other one I’m been shown is the fender one? (cant remember the name)

This will be for very basic use at the monent and I have never used a DAW before so completely new to that aspect.

I will be recording on a PC although I’m led to believe mac is better (I dont think i’d ever get one however)

Any thoughts on the Presonus or any other suggestions to look at? I’m not adverse to spending more than the £60 the presonus is if its a much better product but I definitely dont need anything overly complex at this stage.

Thanks in advance

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Check out this thread: What's your favorite DAW?

This also might be of interest: What's Your DAI (Digital Audio Interface)?

I’m just learning but use Reaper.

Fender owns PreSonus.

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Most of the consumer grade DAI’s that are decently regarded online will suit you fine. The Presonus is good. Go for it.

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I have the Presonus Audiobox Go and I can vouch that it’s been great so far (2+ years). No problems whatsoever.
Regarding DAW, I personally only have experience with Ardour (free) and Reaper (free but nags you to buy the licence). I much prefer Reaper honestly and paid for the licence within a few days of trialing it out.

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I just went on aliexpress and got a nice chineesium audio interface, works great, was like 50 bucks

and I use free DAW, also works great, if you not doing it seriusly to record some official stuff, the chineesium will do fine

the one I got is 32bit one, 2 channels, called Bomge BMG-22S

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Point of clarification: Reaper is not free, they just have a very lenient trial policy.

(And yeah, i see you have made the actual purchase)

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I’ve just pulled the trigger on this so arriving tomorrow :slight_smile:

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I imagine theyre all made in the same place anyway :sweat_smile:

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very true…, scary to think how much western tax companies are charging for china made stuff

atleast the made in west stuff has reasons to be expensive.. :þ

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Yes it’s not free but their trial policy is Winrar levels of leniency…I’m sure people do get away with perpetual “trial” mode, but I decided to “vote with my money”, as it were.

And more back to the topic, congrats @dnewton1982, you’ll like the DAI I’m sure and in my opinion, it does get bonus points for being tiny. I’m kinda scrapped for space lol

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Not mine (I’ve licensed it for years now), but kinda funny:

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Yeah exactly what I was talking about, meme material

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Reminds me of Steam reviews saying a game they have like 2000 hours in is garbage :rofl:

r/TwoBestFriendsPlay - Negative Steam Review From User With 2,000 Hours Logged Sending Mixed Signals - The Hard Times

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Focusrite Solo + Reaper is my combo right now. I use it for practice without the need of an amp and of course for recording from time to time.

PD. DAW is just for recording, for practice is not needed.

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Actually super useful for practice- I mean it’s a free drum machine, and for most DAW far better at it than a BeatBuddy.

Also built in metronome, etc.

All in all an outstanding practice tool.

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I use a Focusrite Scarlett Solo and GarageBand, which comes for free on the iPhone. Works really well.

GarageBand is also fond on Apple’s MacBook and iMac computers, but I just use the phone version as it’s super convenient.

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Ardour is still open-source, but unless you are willing to compile it from the source code, you’ll have to pay for the installer

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Is this from your Reaper install? I assume you know that Reaper licenses are good for the current major version and the next one. Maybe your license is out of date? I bought my first Reaper license on v2, so it was good for v2 and v3. When v4 was released, I bought a new license ($60) for v4 and v5. When v6 was released, I bought another one for v6 and v7. It’s on v7.66 now, so I’m good until v8 is released. Reaper is so capable, that $60 for years of updates is almost free, especially if I compare that to a $60 dinner out, which exits the body less than 24 hours later. :rofl:

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I have a spare set of monitors lying around from my djing days, what would be the purpose of hooking those up? Headphones to listen to your playing and speakers for the track?