05-20-2020, 11:38 PM
Going forward, I will only recommend Mark of the Unicorn for a cross-platform interface. I have not been thrilled with Focusrite at the lower end of their line (I have 2 Saffire units that work well, but they are Firewire, dead technology).
I have a friend with a MS Surface/Win 10 using a Scarlett 2i2 2nd gen; her latency is 5x higher than mine (she has to use a USB hub)
I recently bought a MOTU Audio Express that is outperforming everything I have ever used before, except for M-Audio Delta 1010 in a custom-built PC (that rig was a lot of work to configure!). The MOTU has only 1ms higher latency, using a USB connection to my MacBook Air
As long as you're not trying to run more than say 6 channels in/out, then USB 2 is fast enough, and almost everything in use today has USB 2 support
I have a friend with a MS Surface/Win 10 using a Scarlett 2i2 2nd gen; her latency is 5x higher than mine (she has to use a USB hub)
I recently bought a MOTU Audio Express that is outperforming everything I have ever used before, except for M-Audio Delta 1010 in a custom-built PC (that rig was a lot of work to configure!). The MOTU has only 1ms higher latency, using a USB connection to my MacBook Air
As long as you're not trying to run more than say 6 channels in/out, then USB 2 is fast enough, and almost everything in use today has USB 2 support