Looking for a cheap, but decent enough audio interface to put in my home office. I have a nice one for my "creative studio" that I got last year, but since I work from home and grab a guitar on my breaks throughout the day, inspirations sometimes strikes and I'd love to record it straight to my DAW instead of just on my iPhone voice memo app.
Thinking sub-$100, and have looked at grabbing a gen1 Scarlett, but I know there are some other options out there for bare bones interfaces.
There are plenty of good options. You can check this out https://primesound.org/best-audio-interface-under-100/
I hate seeing the words CHEAP and AUDIO INTERFACE in the same sentence. It's one of the most critical links in the chain!
Focusrite is tried and true and they're running a sale to keep things under $100 if you don't mind a factory refurb.
Presonus Studio 24c/26c interfaces offer really good quality at affordable prices. Or how about an Arturia MiniFuse 1? It‘s even a little bit cheaper and has the optimal input level for Helix Native.