as long as you're just transferring stuff you can use the highest Buffer size/latency possible, if that's what causes the drop outs.Tom Wanderer wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 8:18 am I'm considering a new interface. I currently use this one from M Audio;
http://www.audioadapter.net/sites/defau ... -track.jpg
I know...in the scheme of things it probably sucks, but I've only ever used it as an A/D converter to get mixes from the 8 track onto the computer or to digitize cassettes. I use Audacity and keep things absurdly simple. The M Audio has pretty much everything I need and not much I don't, but I do get dropouts sometimes and have to redo the transfer. I was looking at some Universal Audio stuff that looked nice and simple like the Volt 276, but then saw it boasts to make your recording sound "vintage" at the touch of a button and that it has a dumb built in single button compressor. No thanks. The SSL2 looked cool too, but it has a 4K button that does...something. I don't want crappy podcaster features. Just something really basic and simple with good conversion. I know people here use the Focusrite Scarlet, but is that going to be any different that what I'm already using? Also, I see the new version (2i2) has an "air" button which is more signal processing nonsense. I know I could just not use these built in effects, but I don't want them in the first place.
Is it worth changing horses if what I've got is working for me with the occasional hiccup?
If you can find a used RME Fireface 800 or 802, I've never had any issues with them in the last 10 years!