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USB Mixer vs Audio Interface: pros and cons?

#21
Tunaman said:
What surprised me is we aren't going USB 3.0 yet
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Even 128 tracks at CD quality wouldn't come near to saturate the bandwidth of USB2.
USB3 isn't necessary in any way to record audio.
As a reminder, CD quality=1.41 kbits/s, USB2=480Mbit/s.
These are theorical rates but they show how much room you got.
The main issue with USB is processor load and USB3 doesn't fix it.
 
#22
Jazz Ad said:
Even 128 tracks at CD quality wouldn't come near to saturate the bandwidth of USB2.
USB3 isn't necessary in any way to record audio.
As a reminder, CD quality=1.41 kbits/s, USB2=480Mbit/s.
These are theorical rates but they show how much room you got.
The main issue with USB is processor load and USB3 doesn't fix it.
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Good info.

I'm not sure where the bottleneck is... what I do know is that we are close but I'm prioritizing live mixing needs more than recording. For my live needs I'd need a 1620i at the least & thats mad expensive... plus I'd probably need a laptop upgrade too. I bought this bad boy for $280, pentium dual core

Right now I'm looking for an external interface that can do 8+ tracks through USB.
 

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