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<blockquote data-quote="Grendel" data-source="post: 1664859" data-attributes="member: 15821"><p>That depends on what he wants to do. Is he a guitar player? Keyboard player? Drummer? Does he want to record vocals or more than one instrument at a time? There's all kinds of low end interfaces out there. If he's just getting started, and just wants to record himself playing guitar and singing songs that he's written or working on, then a two-channel interface would work fine. If he wants to record a whole band at the same time then you are looking for something that will record 8 channels or more at a time.</p><p></p><p>Check out the <a href="http://www.presonus.com/products/productListing.aspx?ListingType=1" target="_blank">USB interfaces by Presonus</a>. Presonus is a good company for home studio and bedroom studio equipment, have good software and support and several different interfaces at different levels and are Mac and Windows compatible. The <a href="http://www.fullcompass.com/product/351435.html" target="_blank">Audio Box USB</a> can be had for about $150. If he doesn't have headphones or a microphone yet, the <a href="http://www.fullcompass.com/product/400420.html" target="_blank">Audio BOX USB Studio bundle</a> is an ok deal, though the headphone and microphone are very low end. But the interface is decent, has two combo XLR/1/4" inputs that can be used either with microphones or directly with instruments like electric guitars and basses, has MIDI i/o so he can hook up MIDI keyboards and drum machines. </p><p></p><p>If you call Full Compass and order over the phone, you will likely get a better price than what is listed on their website.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grendel, post: 1664859, member: 15821"] That depends on what he wants to do. Is he a guitar player? Keyboard player? Drummer? Does he want to record vocals or more than one instrument at a time? There's all kinds of low end interfaces out there. If he's just getting started, and just wants to record himself playing guitar and singing songs that he's written or working on, then a two-channel interface would work fine. If he wants to record a whole band at the same time then you are looking for something that will record 8 channels or more at a time. Check out the [url=http://www.presonus.com/products/productListing.aspx?ListingType=1]USB interfaces by Presonus[/url]. Presonus is a good company for home studio and bedroom studio equipment, have good software and support and several different interfaces at different levels and are Mac and Windows compatible. The [url=http://www.fullcompass.com/product/351435.html]Audio Box USB[/url] can be had for about $150. If he doesn't have headphones or a microphone yet, the [url=http://www.fullcompass.com/product/400420.html]Audio BOX USB Studio bundle[/url] is an ok deal, though the headphone and microphone are very low end. But the interface is decent, has two combo XLR/1/4" inputs that can be used either with microphones or directly with instruments like electric guitars and basses, has MIDI i/o so he can hook up MIDI keyboards and drum machines. If you call Full Compass and order over the phone, you will likely get a better price than what is listed on their website. [/QUOTE]
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