toza Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Hi! Here's my problem. I have to choose between two soundcards. Both are SB Live 5.1, but one is model SB0060 and the other one is SB0100. I heard only that the SB0060 is better for modding. Did anyone have expirience with some of the above? Thanks in advance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double miu Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 i have sound blaster live ! 5.1 24-bit...it's quite good sound card but not so good for music making...yeah i've heard that it can be modded - just install drivers for audigy should works fine on it.... but...i dream about better card even maya II ... sound blaster is quite sucky in producing i think so if you have any possibilities and enough money buy something else than sb live e-mu audiophile is very very good promoted by musicians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznik Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 i read so many threads by sb owners complaining about glitches, problems and stuff recently... better go for something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toza Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Thanks for help. So can anyone recommand some cheap, but good soundcard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double miu Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 better cards cheap means approximetely about 125 $ (i counted from plns so i may be wrong) the chepeast better card i think is MAYA mrk II but this is also nothing special but very better from sb live and i think better from audigy...if you are ready to spent few more bucks i think that one the m-audio audiophiles models would be the best choise . Also counting from plns it can be bought by aproximetaly 230 $ ... but i think you want regret it...very fast and stabile asio,high samplerates and low noises and sound destrucion profile... i dream about one of this but i wont have one so fast unfortunetly first of all i have to buy midicontroller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toza Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 dream about one of this but i wont have one so fast unfortunetlyI think that too... Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznik Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 audiophile esi juli@ both good and in same price range check some reviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharma lab Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 SB is a complete waste of money for music. You are seriously better off buying an older sound card from a better company (even 2nd hand), than buying a Sound Blaster. I've found lots of good deals on older 20 bit sound cards from Echo on eBay. Got a barely used Echo Gina 20 bit with break out box (4 in / 4 out) for a friend for like $65 US. I have yet to be disappointed with an Echo product, having now used 2 different soundcards from them. If you can't afford a decent soundcard....wait until you can... seriously! The difference is very well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Buddha Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 i had a SBlive 5.1 with asio4all in it , never got problems with it.produced "Metamorphosis" with it. Now im a proud owner of a Terratec DMX6Fire , cant even compare with creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toza Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Buddha thanks for a positive reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharma lab Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 i had a SBlive 5.1 with asio4all in it , never got problems with it.produced "Metamorphosis" with it. Now im a proud owner of a Terratec DMX6Fire , cant even compare with creative. 627905[/snapback] I'm not trying to be argumentative, but notice you had to use 3rd party drivers to get it to run properly. I've done the asio4all route with SB card as well, with mixed results. And what if asio4all decided tomorrow that they were done, or wanted to charge for the drivers. What about when problems arise later on? For any piece of computer equipment I buy, I always check out their support section, & see what problems people are running into. But more importantly, I see how responsive the support is to fix problems, and how often they are issuing updates to address known issues, etc. It's nice when it works out of the box, but when it doesn't, what kind of help are you going to get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznik Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Buddha thanks for a positive reply! 627919[/snapback] sure you can have luck and your system runs well with a sb... but the amount of threads i read, just made me tell you better go for something else. i also recommended all those ppl to use asio4all, and with a few ppl it worked, others still search for a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toza Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 All in all, it's not a bad soundcard, just isn't as professional as it has to be , but for the starters, like me , I think it would be good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Buddha Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 yes toza sblive is pretty good for a starter. to the rest of the people i never had probs with asio4all , always ran pretty sweet and can almost be comparable to hardware asio. good luck toza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toza Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Thanks m8. I think that I'll stick to the SB for now, and be a starter!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTD Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 i'm totally satisfied with my 5.1 --- after using the open driver from http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/ i also have a m-audio 2592, but this doesn#t work as good as the soundblaster... check out site for detailled information. greetz from Cologne. Germany MTD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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