Best Audio Interfaces Under $500

[matonanjin]

People begin to learn guitar and more often than not, at some point, want to record themselves.  There are different motivations for this, to record a song to share with a friend, to share with an instructor for critique, to post on a forum such as this.  If for no other reason,  I think most will agree it is educational   For me that first self recording was that, educational.  And every bit as depressing but we are not going to go on that tangent!

Whatever the reason may be, a post usually follows asking how to get started.  And one of the revelations during that conversation is usually that one needs two things: an audio interface and a digital audio workstation (DAW).  Hopefully this will help the new student to recording find the first half or this equation, the audio interface. 

Sweetwater just published:

9 Best Audio Interfaces Under $500 Shootout – Take a Listen!

Hopefully, in the not too distant future perhaps someone will find and post a similar "shootout" comparing the DAW's.