best audio interface with RCA inputs

[maxsoren]

A lot of the material I am going to be working with is on cassette.  I have a decent cassette player.  It has RCA outputs.

Are there any audio interfaces which are compatible with cakewalk by bandlab that have RCA inputs?  

Any that are still in existence (being manufactured?)?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[Base 57]

Get an interface with XLR inputs and a couple RCA adapters.

[pwallie]

Have you tried just rca to mini jack?

/cheapncheerful

[Mr No Name]

you'd want something like the NI audio 8 dj , designed to be used with timecode vinyls on decks, has 2 pairs of rca line inputs .

[msmcleod]

I use this thing for sampling.... best £17 / $20 I ever spent on Amazon:

Absolutely no issues with quality, as there are no mic-pre's... as long as it's got a good line signal going in, you'll have no issues.

The only downside is no official ASIO drivers.... well, actually there is an old 32-bit one that does work ok (if you can find a download for it), but for 64 bit use WASAPI or (dare I say it...) ASIO4ALL.

I use SampleRobot for sampling, which takes around 24 hours to sample an 128 patch synth... so to ensure I'm free to use my DAW / Office machines, this only gets used on an old laptop.

In saying that... ANY decent audio interface with 1/4" line inputs will work - a RCA to 1/4" adapter (or ready made up cable) will do.

[maxsoren]

Thanks for all the input.

I have a uca222 but was concerned about the ASIO driver thing... but it sounds like consensus is that rca-to-1/4 jack is the best option if using an interface with ASIO.

any suggestions as to a good interface that would have stereo 1/4 jack inputs

 

Edited November 24 by maxsoren

[Amberwolf]

5 hours ago, msmcleod said:

I use this thing for sampling.... best £17 / $20 I ever spent on Amazon:

Absolutely no issues with quality, as there are no mic-pre's... as long as it's got a good line signal going in, you'll have no issues.

The only downside is no official ASIO drivers.... well, actually there is an old 32-bit one that does work ok (if you can find a download for it), but for 64 bit use WASAPI or (dare I say it...) ASIO4ALL.

I use SampleRobot for sampling, which takes around 24 hours to sample an 128 patch synth... so to ensure I'm free to use my DAW / Office machines, this only gets used on an old laptop.
 

I guess that means it has clean enough sound input if ti works for this purpose?

I have one that I have not used yet, only connected to verify it worked, picked up at Goodwill for a couple bucks a while back (kept as a spare interface "just in case").  If it's decent and actually has a real (low latency) ASIO driver, I can use it on the old HP rack server I'm currently setting up as a new main system.

 

A quick google finds a "64 bit" version of the driver here

https://gearspace.com/board/music-computers/1316473-behringer-asio-driver-lower-end-interfaces.html

that I've attached to this post in case it is useful (but I have not tried it yet!) and goes away on the other site.  It says  it is for the "UMA25S, UCA200*, UCA202, UCA222, UFO202, UCG102, iAXE393/624/629 and many more." 

 

There is a note in the thread

Quote

"It seems that Behringer stopped using the original Texas Instruments PCM2902 and started using an cheaper equivalent from CoolAudio (v2902). My guess is that it changed the id that is used by the installer to recognize the connected device. The original Behringer ASIO driver only recognized the hardware ids USB\VID_08BB&PID_2900 and USB\VID_08BB&PID_2902.
You can check the codes of the non-working UCA222 by connecting them to your computer, running dxDiag and going to the sound tab of the UCA222 and look for the hardware id. If it is not one of those two, then that is the reason. One alternative you have, then (besides ASIO4ALL) is the multi-brand ploytec driver. They have a free demo (which beeps every 30 seconds), but the commercial one costs 49€...
Another alternative would be adding the corresponding new hardware ids to the busb2902.inf file, although it most likely will not work. I tried with an unbranded chinese device with a PCM2704C and it failed, while with the ploytec driver it worked."

 

After getting that one, I used it's filename wiht 32 in place of 64 to google for the othe rone and found ithere

https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=1689325

I've also attached that (but again, haven't tested it). 

 

BEHRINGER_2902_X64_2.8.40.zip BEHRINGER_2902_WIN32_2.8.40.zip

[57Gregy]

19 hours ago, maxsoren said:

any suggestions as to a good interface that would have stereo 1/4 jack inputs

I can't say I've ever heard of one. Why?
Just use input 1 for left and input 2 for right, or however you want to connect it.

[Sock Monkey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcDGKuBJ2VI

From this video there is this list that shows the few interfaces that have RCA. M audio makes 2 that are under $100. They both have ASIO drivers but are only 16 bit. For transferring cassettes that's  not an issue. It's an upgrade!  I have one of those old Behringer UCA RCA boxes. It uses Class Compliant drivers so is fine for playback and would also be fine for Cassette transfers.  But if you want a real proper interface get the Motu M2. It has both RCA and proper balanced Combi jacks.

I have the M4 and it is a all round great interface feature wise. I love the way I can totally mix in the live mike with the Daw playback. The headphones are LOUD and I can quickly mute inputs. All on the front. And it has those real Meters. Did you know Motu started in 1980! They were the first sequencer on a Mac. I just learned this today.