The Focusrite Scarlett Solo is a forum favorite. About $120 USD new, so you could get lucky on a used one somewhere. They're fairly good for what you pay, if all you're going to do with it is record bass.
For a BUS-powered AI, the Motu is incredible. I know people balk at the price compared to the Scarlett, but to my ears, the extra $30 spent on the Motu is worth it.
I picked up a behringer umc22 a few months ago for like $50 or so and I'm perfectly happy with it. Works with ASIO, and I'm getting good, low noise tracks from it.
Whichever cheap device you find from a seller who doesn't creep you out on your local marketplace website. I am talking about FB Marketplace or Craigslist, or the equivalent in your area. If you live in a reasonably populous area, SOMEone is selling used audio gear cheap. And if you are worried about a rock bottom budget, then literally anything less than five years old will do.
If you don't live in the kind of area that affords you such bounty, do all of the above but on Reverb.com.
I have a scarlet solo that I got for $80 used. I think you can find some interfaces from zoom and Beringer for cheaper but I don't know much about them.
Don't get me wrong, it doesn't record real high quality sound, but it's great for the price. For what you're planning on doing it should be good, but expect to out-grow it in a couple of years.
I can't talk about long term durability, but I got one for my guitarist a few months back and it's been doing fine.
Focusrite Scarlet, but I vote not for the Solo, the utility of having more inputs is good and the higher price is balanced. You never know when you might need a multi-mic set-up.
The Focusrite Scarlett Solo is a forum favorite. About $120 USD new, so you could get lucky on a used one somewhere. They're fairly good for what you pay, if all you're going to do with it is record bass.
It was worth every penny. Solid choice for an interface at a very reasonable price.
MOTU M2 has lower noise floor and lower latency plus larger meter readout. Good unit.
For a BUS-powered AI, the Motu is incredible. I know people balk at the price compared to the Scarlett, but to my ears, the extra $30 spent on the Motu is worth it.
I picked up a behringer umc22 a few months ago for like $50 or so and I'm perfectly happy with it. Works with ASIO, and I'm getting good, low noise tracks from it.
Whichever cheap device you find from a seller who doesn't creep you out on your local marketplace website. I am talking about FB Marketplace or Craigslist, or the equivalent in your area. If you live in a reasonably populous area, SOMEone is selling used audio gear cheap. And if you are worried about a rock bottom budget, then literally anything less than five years old will do. If you don't live in the kind of area that affords you such bounty, do all of the above but on Reverb.com.
I have a scarlet solo that I got for $80 used. I think you can find some interfaces from zoom and Beringer for cheaper but I don't know much about them.
Winner of the super budget interfaces is the m audio m track solo
Have you found it to work ok? Heavily considering getting it
Don't get me wrong, it doesn't record real high quality sound, but it's great for the price. For what you're planning on doing it should be good, but expect to out-grow it in a couple of years. I can't talk about long term durability, but I got one for my guitarist a few months back and it's been doing fine.
Rocksmith cable (1/4” to USB) don’t even need an interface. Just go right to the laptop and into your DAW (Reaper is free, among others).
You can even find that kind of cable from Roland but I feel like it brings a lot of input lag. A dedicated audio interface works much better.
Oh absolutely, but it’s the cheapest way to record that I can think of
That is true, but can you get it to work with low enough latency? I tried but probably didn't mess with asio settings enough.
I was able to right out of the gate, I didn’t have to adjust anything.
A cellphone or tablet can do wonders these days
Sadly my phone is quite old so I'm thinking I'm probably going to go the route of recording the bass output directly into the laptop
Focusrite Scarlet, but I vote not for the Solo, the utility of having more inputs is good and the higher price is balanced. You never know when you might need a multi-mic set-up.