Advice on iMac and audio interface please

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grueser3
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Joined: 03 Jul 2016

17 Dec 2017

Think I’ve decided on an IMac 27, 32gbs Ram, I7 cpu, 512 gb ssd. First question is which audio interface would you recommend, and should I use USB or thunderbolt? And do some interfaces let you use both? Also what drivers should I be installing, ASIO, or am I to use core audio? My budget is $500 for the interface. and my keyboard controller hardware are Yamaha Tyros 3, and Yamaha MOXF. I did use a MacBook Pro before, but it had bad latency, but I didn’t have and audio interface back then. I’ll be running Reason 10. Any suggestions would be much appreciated, as a lot of this is confusing to me. I am barely a novice and primarily use this for my personal pleasure in my home studio.
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botnotbot
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23 Dec 2017

Thunderbolt is definitely lower latency but I'm not sure what you will be able to get inside your budget. The Clarrett 2 in / 2 out is probably inside your budget but then you won't be able to have both of your keyboards plugged in at the same time (unless you go mono for each).

I don't know if Presonus has shrunk their Quantum into smaller units but that is supposedly the lowest latency Thunderbolt on the market.

grueser3
Posts: 64
Joined: 03 Jul 2016

23 Dec 2017

Thanks botnotbot, I’ll check that out, don’t neccesarily use both keyboards at the same time. Thanks for the info

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