Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Audio card for mac From: "Picinali, Lorenzo" <l.picinali@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:28:27 +0000--_000_LO0P265MB3035FDBFB692D73C3B87D7AFBA3BALO0P265MB3035GBRP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Julia, we also generally use RME and MOTU interfaces, but if you want a cheaper op= tion which is anyway still quite good and reliable, we have successfully us= ed interfaces from the Focusrite Scarlett range. You have plenty of options= , and they are compatible with the Apple silicon computers. Best Lorenzo -- Lorenzo Picinali Professor in Spatial Acoustics and Immersive Audio Dyson School of Design Engineering Imperial College London Dyson Building Imperial College Road South Kensington, SW7 2DB, London E: l.picinali@xxxxxxxx https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/l.picinali https://www.axdesign.co.uk/ https://www.sonicom.eu/ ________________________________ From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx>= on behalf of Huyck, Julia <0000040b68901d31-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Sent: 27 August 2025 6:14 PM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Subject: [AUDITORY] Audio card for mac Hello all, I=92m replacing my ancient lab computers. Previously I used Fireface sound = cards but they are not compatible with my new iMacs and my budget is somewh= at limited. Does anyone have any recommendations for high quality sound car= ds that will work with Experiment Builder and Matlab? Will the onboard soun= d card be sufficient for psychoacoustic research? My computer specs are: iM= ac with Retina 4.5K display: Apple M4 chip with 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU, = 16GB, 512GB SSD Thanks, Julia Julia Jones Huyck, Ph.D. (she/her) 330-672-0249 (office) 330-244-6134 (mobile) Coordinator, Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium Associate Professor, Speech Pathology and Audiology Program School of Health Sciences | College of Education, Health, & Human Services Kent State University Hearing Research Group, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) Perception, Learning and Individual Differences (PLAID) lab 330-672-2415 | plaidlab@xxxxxxxx --_000_LO0P265MB3035FDBFB692D73C3B87D7AFBA3BALO0P265MB3035GBRP_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", = serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof"> Hello Julia,</div> <div style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", = serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", = serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof"> we also generally use RME and MOTU interfaces, but if you want a cheaper op= tion which is anyway still quite good and reliable, we have successfully us= ed interfaces from the Focusrite Scarlett range. You have plenty of options= , and they are compatible with the Apple silicon computers.</div> <div style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", = serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", = serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof"> Best</div> <div style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", = serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof"> Lorenzo</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" id=3D"Signature"> <div style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", = serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;" class=3D"elementToProo= f">--<br> Lorenzo Picinali<br> Professor in Spatial<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Acoustics an= d Immersive Audio</span><br> Dyson School of Design Engineering<br> Imperial College London<br> Dyson Building<br> Imperial College Road<br> South Kensington, SW7 2DB, London<br> E: l.picinali@xxxxxxxx<br> <u><br> </u><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href=3D"https://profiles.imperi= al.ac.uk/l.picinali">https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/l.picinali</a></span><= br> <a data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" data-linkindex=3D"2" rel=3D"noopener norefer= rer" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://www.axdesign.co.uk/">https://www.axd= esign.co.uk/</a></div> <div style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;" class=3D"elementToProo= f"><a data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" data-linkindex=3D"3" rel=3D"noopener nore= ferrer" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://www.sonicom.eu/">https://www.soni= com.eu/</a></div> </div> <div id=3D"appendonsend"></div> <hr style=3D"display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex=3D"-1"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" st= yle=3D"font-size:11pt" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> AUDITORY - Research i= n Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> on behalf of Huyck, = Julia <0000040b68901d31-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Sent:</b> 27 August 2025 6:14 PM<br> <b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Subject:</b> [AUDITORY] Audio card for mac</font> <div> </div> </div> <style> <!-- @xxxxxxxx {font-family:"Cambria Math"} @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Aptos} p.x_MsoNormal, li.x_MsoNormal, div.x_MsoNormal {margin:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif} span.x_EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:windowtext} .x_MsoChpDefault {} @xxxxxxxx WordSection1 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in} div.x_WordSection1 {} --> </style> <div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"#467886" vlink=3D"#96607D" style=3D"word-wrap:b= reak-word"> <div class=3D"x_WordSection1"> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal">Hello all, </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal">I=92m replacing my ancient lab computers. Previous= ly I used Fireface sound cards but they are not compatible with my new iMac= s and my budget is somewhat limited. Does anyone have any recommendations f= or high quality sound cards that will work with Experiment Builder and Matlab? Will the onboard sound card be su= fficient for psychoacoustic research? My computer specs are: iMac with Reti= na 4.5K display: Apple M4 chip with 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU, 16GB, 512GB = SSD</p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal">Thanks,</p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal">Julia</p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <div> <div> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"><span style=3D"">Julia Jones Huyck, Ph.D. (she/her= )</span></p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"><span style=3D"">330-672-0249 (office)</span></p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"><span style=3D"">330-244-6134 (mobile)<br> Coordinator, Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium</span></p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style=3D"">As= sociate Professor, Speech Pathology and Audiology Program <b= r> School of Health Sciences | College of Education, Health, & Human = Services<br> Kent State University<br> <br> Hearing Research Group, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)<br> <br> Perception, Learning and Individual Differences (PLAID) lab<br> 330-672-2415 | plaidlab@xxxxxxxx</span></p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"><span style=3D""> </span></p> </div> </div> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_LO0P265MB3035FDBFB692D73C3B87D7AFBA3BALO0P265MB3035GBRP_--