M-Audio Fast Track USB or Line 6 Toneport UX1 noob help!!!!

[smme5150]

Hi guys, noob here. Noob to this site but been playing 15yrs. Been recording old school and want to jump into the computer (laptop) recording world and first need a decent but inexpensive (budget) interface. I've been studying the hell out of these two and feel like these are the 2 best in the budget market. Both seem to have very low latency and seem to come with similar software.

Was getting ready to buy the M-audio Fast Track and pair it with Sonar 6 XL, been then I couldn't help but see all the positives for the Line 6 and the Ableton lite 6 software. I play melodic hard rock and need some good rock tones.

another thought was just picking up a line 6 flextone 3 or Spider 3 and running that in via the firewire route. Thoughts on the Interfaces and amp differences as well as the software are appreciated.

Scott

[guitarkirkster]

I can't vouch for the M-Audio but I just started using a Line 6 Toneport GX into Audacity recording software. The Toneport comes with 18 amp models and 11 cabinet models. The software is Gearbox and works flawlessly on my laptop and the cool part is the access to hundreds of presets and tones of some of the greatest players. Line 6 did a nice job of emulating the settings of the amps and with one click of the mouse, you can have a nice "Brown" sound of Eddie or straight in your face Pantera shred. Has a real nice Clapton preset too. This is all my own opinion though. Good luck in your decision.

[axeshredder]

i have the m audio fast track and a sure sm-57...i get great recordings and the tone matches