In conversation with Dankmar Klein: How to find the perfect interface

Beat/ Hi Dankmar, glad you found the time. What do you think are the most important points to look for when purchasing?

Dankmar/ If you want to make high quality microphone recordings, the audio interface of choice should have good preamplifiers and converters. If you don‘t want to work only with virtual instruments, the number of microphone and instrument inputs should fit. Simply put: a band needs a bigger audio interface than someone who “only” wants to record vocals and a guitar at the same time. And the interface should come with good drivers to ensure stable operation. Last but not least, low latency is also important in order not to lose the fun of playing!

Beat/ And what are the typical pitfalls with audio interfaces, where should you be particularly careful?

Dankmar/ Unfortunately, sometimes people buy audio interfaces that are too small and then after a while you realize that you want to connect all your synthesizers and drum machines at the same time, or that you want to record with other musicians, but unfortunately you only bought an audio interface with two inputs. Another trap that I sometimes see is that you want to save 20 or 30 euros on the purchase and are „punished “with an unstable and possibly bad sounding audio interface.

Is it possible to say in general how cheap hardware differs from high-priced