define decent.
what features do you need?
I sold mine to get a big fat MOTU and to be honest I miss the Saffire a lot. It was fabulous.Can't go wrong with Focusrite. Got me a Saffire Pro 24 DSP, extremely happy with it. But that's firewire so it's not for you. I'd look at the Saffire usb series of I were you.
Apogee One, Duet if you can spring for a little more.
Not sure about the adapter thing and how well it works, but I always go firewire for audio interfaces. It's not a bandwidth issue (even though that's a concern for older USB ports), it's a matter of latency. USB tends to take more time for the round trip than firewire does even though USB 2.0 can do it with a slightly bigger pipe. I've also had some flakiness with too many USB devices over the years; firewire has always been rock solid for me.One last thing....If I go with the a Focusrite model, am I better to go with a USB or Firewire version...or is there much of a difference? My new MB Pro has 2 USB3 ports and 2 Thunderbolt ports that I can connect firewire to via an adapter.
Thanks,
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Not sure about the adapter thing and how well it works, but I always go firewire for audio interfaces. It's not a bandwidth issue (even though that's a concern for older USB ports), it's a matter of latency. USB tends to take more time for the round trip than firewire does even though USB 2.0 can do it with a slightly bigger pipe. I've also had some flakiness with too many USB devices over the years; firewire has always been rock solid for me.
As for USB3.0 I am not 100% sure if there are any devices that fully utilize anything that it brings to the table, but there could be backwards compatibility issues as well.
All my personal opinion and experiences so that means it's not the only way to do it, just the way that I prefer.
GO USB!!!!One last thing....If I go with the a Focusrite model, am I better to go with a USB or Firewire version...or is there much of a difference? My new MB Pro has 2 USB3 ports and 2 Thunderbolt ports that I can connect firewire to via an adapter.
Thanks,
D