Hey guys,

I'm looking to buy a small 2-in/1or2-out audio interface. I recently purchased the M-Audio M-Track 2x2, I was lured in by USB-C but overall I'm not loving the interface.. It's great for the price just latency isn't the best and I was shocked by the size of it. I'm generally on the move so I need something small and compact.. it's massively oversized I feel like they could have made a much smaller unit with a better design as a result it feels quite cheap and hollow.

Anyway.. I've been looking at Focusrite Saffire units...these are very small, probably Solo or 2i2 but after reading lots of reviews I'm now on the fence. Apparently the latency is rubbish?

My only requirements are high quality headphone out, low latency and small-compact unit.

After a lot of looking around I've narrowed it down to several units.

Steinberg UR22, NI Komplete Audio 6 or the new Roland Rubix 22.

The NI is definitely the bigger of the units but comes in at a nice price extra inputs and lots of cool software additions. Would This be the way to go? .. Assuming it's overkill for my needs it's down to

Steinberg UR22 MKII or the new Roland Rubix 22.

Should I take a gamble on the Roland or will the Steinberg be a better bet?

Or should I be taking a look at something else? The price of the NI is about as high as I'm willing to go, so around £150.

Thanks

The 2nd gen Scarletts have the lowest latency in the price range, and they work well at high CPU usage unlike some brands. The new Rolands might be good too if they take after the quad capture but they haven't been released yet so nobody really knows until they get tested. Steinberg's interfaces have a solid reputation but the latency isn't quite as low as the 2nd gen Scarletts.

Thanks for the reply, I guess all the latency complaints with the Scarletts were from the 1st gen.

I'm still on the fence but have been leaning more towards the UR22mkII as the new Rubix is untested and it comes with Cubase Ai and would give me a cheaper route in to cubase.

However you have now brought the Scarletts back into the running.

:-/

Any other shouts for the Focusrite 2i2 ?

I can't decide!

[edit] Threads like this: https://www.steinberg.net/forums/vie...6319&start=125 don't fill me with much confidence.

FWIW, I tried a UR22mkii and the latency for me was HORRIBLE. I ended up with the Focusrite Scarlett Solo and it was much better but still not great. IMO usb interfaces really blow with regards to latency. Some folks here really praise the RME stuff, but they are lots more dough.

Good luck,

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Thanks for the input. I'm not expecting flawless results with latency... just the best I can get for my money.

Looks like the 2i2 may be the way to go.

if on a budget foregt about UR,Scarlett and get yourself a ZOOM UAC 2,USB3.0 there is no latency at all,you just plug and play and that's how it is should to be.