Uhmmm people whom do recording studios tend to be 'sound snobs' and note things like MP3 should burn in hell, and so on as they have a very fine sensitivity to sound (they can pick out a cymbal when the average 'idiot' might hear a 'ding' ) and thus want and will spend for the best audio possible they will get. It also depends what your outputting from the computer to, specialized headphones? To a mix deck? etc. all determines what you need (more USB? USB3? Digital Audio Out? etc.). You might want to consider what you will connect this to as a 'recording studio' and make sure it is compatible (ex. do they still use software ONLY works on XP?).