solo is fine if you're not intending to do anything big with it

solo has one xlr slot,2i2 has 2, 2i4 has 4

cheapest i see is a used one for $90

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Focusrite-Scarlett-Solo-B2-2-x-2-USB-2-0-Audio-Interface-PreAmp-Refurbished-/221990117245?hash=item33afa45f7d:g:bI4AAOSwe7BWu5MB

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Focusrite-Scarlett-Solo-Digital-Recording-Interface-With-USB-Cord-Fast-Shipping-/272328570154?hash=item3f680c352a:g:vjcAAOSwWZ9XoNQ5

But at that point it's not really dirt cheap any longer, which I believe was otherwise the point

the 2nd gen just came out so people are selling all their 1st gens cheap

@comfy I have one with more channels

ah, yeah, I keep seeing the 2nd gens everywhere

2nd gen only has improvements for musicians, 1st gen is fine for people talking

how does it go into the computer Stalin?

The scarlets look like they use the USB interface, unless thats just the lower ones

I use a thing I made to plug it into 3.5mm

yeah it is, usb interface

my one was too

I had phantom power supply and audio interface side by side

but with focusrite you'd only need one box

plus it has dedicated drivers so you'll get some improved PC audio out of it

my old interface clones my existing realtek drivers

The behringer uses dual mono .25' (or 6mm?) out, which is simple to make an adapter for

I saw them as recommended sales

$4 for one of the cables that makes it into a 3.5mm

how does it power? into the wall?

I just wired my own from junk, and @comfy yes

not bad

I need to get into making my own wires

Its easy to ghetto rig

gf's headphone cable died on a bus trip once and she made a new wire out of random shit she had in her pocket

Wot

she's handy with electronics

Does she carry around a soldering iron?

or repaired the wire, I forget what she did

she told me after a commute, I'll have to ask what she did

I'm useless at fixing things

trying to learn

managed to break a £150 arcade stick "fixing" it before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqAK2icl28Y

I assume you mean joystick as for what its typically called in the US

I make it a point not to try to fix things

it's typically called a fightstick these days

thanks to street fighter IV