However, on a gig, if anyone gives you a hard time about coming out of a headphone jack, tell them to go play in traffic. Because, the more you layer tracks on top of each other, the more that noise adds up and becomes very apparent, which can cloud your mix. In a recording studio, I will go along with that as you want to do everything you can to reduce any hint of output noise. In terms of sound quality, most audio purists will argue that 1/4" outs are cleaner than a headphone jack. On smaller gigs I often forgo my audio interface and come straight out of the headphone jack and into my mixer. However, this is becoming less and less of an issue as computers get more powerful. In some cases, an audio interface takes on some of the processing burden so your laptop’s CPU is not pushed so hard. I can route individual soft synths to separate outputs of my mixer if need be. This is plenty of individual output control for my obsessive-compulsive side. The audio interface I use is an M-Audio ProFire 610 which gives me four stereo pairs of outs.
I have two different mixers that I use for live shows depending on the venue and which routing options and control I will need. All keyboard amps have built-in mixers that range in their features so actual hardware control of your outputs will be as feature-rich as your mixer allows.Īudio interfaces like Howie’s M-Audio ProFire 610 provide an array of inputs and outputs for better control over your sound during the show. To answer the question: the main advantage of having an audio interface is that, depending on the interface itself, you can have more outputs going to your mixer so you can have quick hardware-not virtual-access to control your outputs in terms of volume, EQ, effects send and any other parameters your mixer channels allow you to control.ĭepending on your preference, you may like to have actual knobs to turn to control those aspects of your sound. What would be the benefit of adding a audio interface to my rig, or any other piece of equipment? Let's start with the audio interface. All I have right now is a Roland keyboard amp. You mentioned that, during live performance, you just go out of the headphone jack into a mixer, but I don't have a mixer. The only other way to connect my computer to the amp would be to go out the headphone jack on my computer, which is not 1/4 inch, so I would need to stick a converter on the end of my amp cable. Now I'm wondering if I need to get an audio interface that will connect my computer to my amp.
I have a MIDI interface (one of those M-Audio things that goes into the USB port on my laptop). I want to start running my keyboard, via MIDI, through my computer and using that setup on gigs. I’d like to share the exchange and hope it helps you too. I received an email through my site with some questions about gigging with a laptop-specifically about the need for an external audio interface.
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