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In the fall<\/span> of 2006, I decided emo was out and IDM<\/a> was in. Fueled by the hope of becoming the next Four Tet or Aphex Twin, I marched into my local Guitar Center and purchased an audio interface to convert my guitar and vocals into ones and zeroes, then mangle them in Ableton Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When I got home, I plugged a brand-new M-Audio Fast Track Pro into my Windows desktop and immediately hit a brick wall of audio driver configuration hell. I eventually got the thing to work after hours of troubleshooting, but latency\u2014the gap between when you make a sound and when it hits your computer\u2014rendered the box unusable.<\/p>\n

I was tempted to throw the Fast Track out the window and sample the sound of it hitting the pavement with an analog tape recorder. Instead, I went back to Guitar Center, traded the interface for a Line 6 DL4 delay pedal, and set my sights on ripping off Explosions in the Sky in a proper band setting.<\/p>\n

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Had something quick and painless like the Universal Audio Volt 876 existed at the time, who knows where my life would be now. I probably wouldn\u2019t be opening for Four Tet and Fred Again \u2026 at the O2 Academy, but my entr\u00e9e into computer-based music would have gone much more smoothly than it did in 2006.<\/p>\n

For the Masses<\/h2>\n

Audio interfaces have come a long way since then. Prices are down, quality is way up, and latency is negligible in most home studio environments. Interfaces that pair with proprietary software and drivers still exist, but the genius of class compliance\u2014meaning you can plug a device into your computer without needing the aforementioned\u2014makes it easy for audio gear manufacturers to build boxes that are effortlessly plug-and-play on most operating systems. Even iOS and Android, in many cases. Anyone can find a decent-sounding interface on Amazon for $200 or less and plug it into their iPhone, then plug in a cheap mic and mumble their way to TikTok superstardom.<\/p>\n

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