• Hey there,
    so I'm thinking about upgrading my "homestudio" setup to actually be able to record something.

    I'm using Reaper and am quite comfortable with that as a DAW but am lacking in the interface and monitor department.

    Because I'm a cheapskate and not at all professional I'm thinking about buying a focusrite 2i2 and a swissonic MM-3 Monitor set. Any experiences with these or recommendations around the same pricepoint?

    I'm mainly planning on using this for podcast recording, the odd 2-person podcast or so, and instrument shenanigans.

    Thanks!

  • I don’t know about those specific monitors but at that price point they’re not likely to be particularly accurate. I’d probably get a decent set of headphones that will remain useful even if you upgrade and use whatever speakers I already have for vibe/stereo checking/etc.

  • I'm curious to see what you end up doing. I think it's my shitty little U-Control UCA202 that's causing much of the noise in my setup. I don't really want to commit any money to this though when I'm just fucking about (synths are excluded, these are just cool to play with) but given I'm playing all this quite low to not piss off neighbours, when half the signal is noise it's a bit shithouse.

  • swissonic MM-3

    I've got some Personus Eris E3.5, which are similar in size, and price, and get good reviews. I like them a lot, but, yes, you'll need headphone as well as any 3.5, or similar, speaker won't let you hear any bass (on the Eris I think the low is 80)

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