Originally Posted By: Wyndham
I have a midi to usb m-audio midi to usb cable but wondered if the focusrite 4I which has midi in/out would give a better /cleaner signal and more control.


It probably will make zero difference to your recorded MIDI quality (since MIDI is just low-bitrate digital data, so there is no such thing as better/cleaner signal in that case), but the upside is that you'd have one USB cable for both audio and MIDI instead of two, which can be a huge deal with today's computers.

The Scarlett 4i4 is generally considered a good unit, so long as it meets your needs - it can record 4 audio channels at a time, though only two can connect directly to microphones (the other two can connect to line-level devices like guitar effect processors or outboard mic preamps). Sound quality for recorded audio is probably much better than the EWS88D.

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