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When making a decision on which audio interface is right for you, the main things to consider are:

• Latency - This is clearly a big one. The audio processing latency of your computer + interface is a big piece of the total latency you'll experience in sessions. 
• Cost - Also obviously important to weigh in your decision.
• Features - The main differentiating features for most users are going to be: (a) how many audio input ports and what connector types do these ports accept; and (b) is it important to you to have MIDI in/out connectors on your interface. Beyond this, it's a matter of personal preference on brand and associated build quality and aesthetics. There are definitely design details that vary between the interfaces, but these are lesser issues.

All three of the bullets above are addressed in the comparative table below, in which you will find JamKazam's gear recommendations for audio interfaces for Mac computers. To be clear:

• JamKazam isn't selling these audio interfaces to you, and we don't have an interest in which interface you buy, so we don't have any conflict of interest or ulterior motive to push you in a particular direction. We are making recommendations to be helpful to our user community - because we've spent a good deal of time messing around with different interfaces, and we'd like you to be able to benefit from our experience. Our hope is that we can help you spend less time conducting product research, save money on your purchases by getting a product with great performance combined with a lower price, and also get a good quality product that will last.
• In the interest of full disclosure, JamKazam has set up an Amazon affiliate account, and the links to the products below use our affiliate code. This means that if you use the links in the tables below and buy any of these products, JamKazam will get a small % of the Amazon sale. The does not cost you anything, and it can help contribute a little money to helping us keep JamKazam running and improving.

OK, on to the actual audio interfaces. In the table below, we list many of the popular audio interfaces that sit in the price/performance sweet spot for use with JamKazam. If you already own an expensive audio interface for other uses, by all means use that one. But if you're grabbing an interface just to use with JamKazam, don't get hung up on spending a lot of money. More money doesn't deliver lower latency (for the most part), and you aren't going to be able to hear the difference in audio quality between a $100 interface and a $1,000 interface, especially for online play. 

One other piece of info that hopeful helps you sort through things and pick an interface. A "driver" is a piece of software developed by the company that makes an audio interface to control how the audio interface hardware operates. 

• If you are on a Mac, the current versions of macOS (e.g. Golden Gate and later) deliver extremely low latency on all interfaces, without the need to install a software driver. You should be able to get 5ms (milliseconds) or lower latency on just about any audio interface on a Mac, and it's plug-and-play, nice!
• If you are on Windows, you will definitely need to find the software driver built specifically for your audio interface by the company that makes your interface, and download and install it, in order for your interface to achieve low latency that gives you a good experience on JamKazam. With a good driver, you should be able to get into the 4 to 8ms latency range on Windows.

These audio interfaces are in no particular order.