<footers removed by admin> --- benjaminblack100 <benjaminblack100@...> wrote: > Hey Folks, > > Just got a dual G5 action, and need to choose an interface. Budget > is up to maybe $750, unless for a bit more, I could get something > amazing. Would love to spend less. Don't do THAT much pure audio > recording, but would love to have it sounds great when I do. > > What I care mostly about is low latency, low maintenance, low > problems. Wondering whether PCI could be good to let the Firewire > disks be separate from the audio path. > Any suggestions on interface type, brand and/or model are most > appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Benjamin Black, Producer/Composer, Los Angeles Aw, the age old question. I've asked this one myself, as have countless others. I don't have any real answers, but I thought I'd get the ball rolling for you. PCI is faster, by how much is the question. Latency will probably happen (to some degree) regardless. Since you won't be mobile with the G5, you will probably want to go PCI. When this question has popped up before, many people chime in to say RME. http://www.rme-audio.com/english/index.htm I don't use RME products so I don't know anything besides the fact that they're popular, and expensive. Personally, I have a G5 and I use an Edirol FA-101 firewire interface. http://www.edirol.com/products/info/fa101.html Why, you ask? My budget was a little shy of yours (~$500) and instead of buying a sub-par PCI card, I decided to go firewire, so that when I can finally afford a nice PCI interface, my firewire one won't be completely useless (I could get a laptop to go with it). This may be relevant to you or not, just something to think about. If you go firewire, the Edirol is definately not bad, but the word perfect doesn't come to mind either. Still, the Edirol will do the job nicely, with crisp recording quality. The RME firewire is supposed to be superb (~$1000+?). Also, the (firewire) MOTU 828mkII (~$750). I don't think much of the M-Audio Firewire 410, but that's just from hear-say. I don't know any specific PCI to recommend. In releasing your question to the masses, you should probably specify what you want the interface to be capable of. Have many in/out? Digital in? Phantom power? etc. Good luck. Lots. Regards, Mark Aitken