It's super easy to use, sounds awesome, comes with free software (without needing 'unlock' codes), has awesome amp modeling technology, sounds great with more than just guitars, has 2 XLR inputs for mics (which recently got me into doing more ambient/noise work), and pretty much all-around rocks. I liked the reviews on the site and I needed an interface to record my guitar with.

I bought it from guitar center for a little less than $150. I've been playing guitar for only a few years, (drums for 10+, bass for about 5, keys for maybe a bit longer) and more recently making electronic music for my project Time Zones and Area Codes. You certainly wont end up with Pro Tools professional recording but it is a great way to learn. It has everything you need to get started and is fairly easy to use. I think this is the best little package you can get for $200 or less. This isn't really a complaint for the interface, but they could have included a tutorial on how to use Reason with Albeton. It also needs to be able to record inputs simultaneously. I wish you could select the input you are recording with on the interface itself and not in a program.

Each program is only a trial version but they all are very usable to start out. Once you figure out how to use reason, it is also a powerful program. The phantom power button is clearly labeled. Both of the mics have a gain control and there is a headphone level and an output level. The controls are very easy to use as well. The Pod Farm plugin has some neat sounding presets and you can get some decent sound by tweaking EQ. If you have your latency settings set right, the interface has very small latency even when you are recording a processed signal. If you are using the Ableton software that was included, it guides you through to get the interface set up. All you have to do is plug in, make sure you have the right input selected and record. It came with everything I needed, software and all, to get started and learning the basics. I shopped for many different units but I felt this was the best thing for a beginner to learn to record on. I bought this unit from an ebay store for $189. It also comes with Ableton Live Lite, and Reason Adapted. The interface comes with Pod Farm software which is a modeling plug in. It connects via USB, and supplies phantom power. There are two footswitch controls and a stereo monitor in. It has two analog quarter inch outs and a Spdif digital out. It has a head phone jack, also quarter inch. This is an entry level recording interface with two XLR inputs, two quarter inch instrument inputs, and two quarter inch line in's.

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