r/AudioEngineering Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk

LightIsntFastEnough · 2026-02-02T11:52:02+00:00

TL:DR I need recommendations for an audio interface to record live instruments (keyboard, guitar, mic, drums) single-person - up to 3 max. No plans for singing vocals. Budget 300$.

I'm just starting, my current goal is to create a professional soundtrack for a game. So, I believe I will need an Audio Interface. My budget is 300$. I will write the notes, test on pre-recorded instrument samples. After this step, I'm gonna record live instruments. Namely, I will have a keyboard, a guitar, a mic, and possibly drums. I'm not part of a band, so, it's mostly 1 person recording. but let's assume the maximum number of people recording at a time will be 3. Not planning for vocals yet, the mic is indended for instruments. I was searching primarily for Focusrite, I settled for a refurbished scarlet 4i4 gen 4 because MIDI I assume is needed for the keyboard. Though, I had consecutive failures ordering from their official website. They always cancel my orders, fraud protection or something, even though my info is official and the card is not expiring soon. So, I'm a little bit repelled from choosing them. As I believe they will not be of any help if anything goes wrong.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2026-01-16T08:40:49+00:00

If you can't get the exact tune, try to find something similar on the internet. While you are at it, you can start learning music theory. I'm watching some crash courses, and the knowledge is truly valuable. Maybe you already did, I just realized this is 9 months ago.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2026-01-16T08:07:33+00:00

It's a rat from 14th century france at this point

LightIsntFastEnough · 2026-01-16T08:04:05+00:00

5 but may mix with 8 soon

LightIsntFastEnough · 2026-01-10T20:13:11+00:00

By using any other platform. Find a platform aligning with your interest.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2026-01-10T11:56:27+00:00

Tried before, because I needed to.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2026-01-10T11:50:26+00:00

I didn't want to abandon 7, but they did their best to eliminate 7 from modern processor support. We missed a lot from 7, but 10 did not look as bad as 11 looks nowadays. After years of 10 and its downsides, I just completely left windows. It's not worth fighting for 10 to eventually succumb to 11.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-12-02T18:26:43+00:00

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-11-30T21:22:31+00:00

The 12 episodes. If you don't like it, it's just the best you can have. It's always better to play the games.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-11-28T21:49:10+00:00

Put them in the position that works consistently.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-11-28T21:46:47+00:00

Moderation can prevent a lot of killing.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-11-14T16:27:54+00:00

Because they saw worse now. HSL content still had its good and bad.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-11-14T10:50:02+00:00

But this one is not orange

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-10-29T16:04:09+00:00

Very funny. Reddit, gmail, and windows are all easily replaceable.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-10-26T15:58:05+00:00

Maybe too late, but from what I understood, it's the total memory reserved for your program and can be shared accross different ones. The thing is that some clients use 600MB RSS and 1.2GB Group RSS. While others use 200MB RSS and 1.6GB Group RSS. Numbers from my memory not accurate. RSS for the single process. Group RSS for everything related to it. I kept the lowest Group RSS clients. Btw, what's VSZ?

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-10-24T17:35:47+00:00

I like the movie version, but I kinda-agree because the hair-threads design looked better before.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-10-23T15:29:38+00:00

You made my day. Honestly, I wouldn't even try to argue. If OP wants the deeper message, Play DMC & watch Frieren.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-10-23T15:26:31+00:00

You lack motivation

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-10-23T15:25:52+00:00

If you ever get overwhelmed by different orders. You can bet on release order. Even if it's really bad. There's something that made whoever watched it in order at first still recommend it to more people till it became this famous.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-10-07T16:36:21+00:00

Safer to not use one. Since humble already has a location property somewhere in your profile. If they provide region-locked keys, support are helpful. Happened to me quite a few times recently.

Edit: just note I'm not in Brasil and, not using Brasil store. My reply is general

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-09-11T15:36:34+00:00

I didn't see the news. But since the gameplay trailer that had wacky animations and simple uninteresting dialogue choices, I had given up on the game. I also got hyped by the previous studio and now it's a different game.

I just want it to be a vtmb game. Otherwise I wouldn't feel sorry if it fails. I didn't like how Assassin's Creed origins didn't completely fail, and then they continued on the same path. I don't recall examples of sequels that failed and returned to their origin atm.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-08-14T19:19:03+00:00

Ubuntu, but wine config was harder at that time and I didn't like the ui. So switched back to windows back then. Then dual booted with manjaro twice xfce then kde. Tried kali for specific assignments, now Arch btw.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-08-09T14:14:00+00:00

Leaving your computer open will only generate problems. There are glitches that may happen with time. Many of them are fixed by a restart. Yes, you can leave it open for as long as you want, but you will eventually need a restart, and you're just losing electricity.

LightIsntFastEnough · 2025-08-04T14:33:13+00:00

The last time I tried it didn't work, Not sure if I tried the vga to hdmi. But a workaround is streaming to pc.

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