Myself and the Community College Theatre I work in us QLab.
The student/staff (myself and friends) as well as the staff (if/when they use QLab) all use MacBooks/MacBook Pros. The college has a PreSonus FireStudio which is used as a DAC to input into our sound board. (Use of the built in DAC and line amps in the laptops produces a terrible sound.)
I personally own and use a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 interface.
QLab (Mac OSX)
Figure53.com
Price ~ $1-500 (dependent on license type: Daily-Full non expiring license.)
PreSonus FireStudio
Presonus.com
Price ~ $500
Focusrite Saffire Pro 24
focusrite.com
Price ~ $299
This setup has been 100% reliable, can run multimedia as well.
The audio interface doubles as a unit to capture and record live sound and playback audio.
The student/staff (myself and friends) as well as the staff (if/when they use QLab) all use MacBooks/MacBook Pros. The college has a PreSonus FireStudio which is used as a DAC to input into our sound board. (Use of the built in DAC and line amps in the laptops produces a terrible sound.)
I personally own and use a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 interface.
QLab (Mac OSX)
Figure53.com
Price ~ $1-500 (dependent on license type: Daily-Full non expiring license.)
PreSonus FireStudio
Presonus.com
Price ~ $500
Focusrite Saffire Pro 24
focusrite.com
Price ~ $299
This setup has been 100% reliable, can run multimedia as well.
The audio interface doubles as a unit to capture and record live sound and playback audio.