Guest v4K Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 Hi peoploe, I´m above to buy a professional sound card so I can start makeing my own tracks but I don´t know which sound card to buy. All I know is I need a pro soundcard with an external interface so I can connect it to my synth and record sound in my computer; also can be pluged to a mixer for live performances. Any suggestion? thanx v4K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeeperNETWERK Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 Here are some links to consider.. I personally use a delta 44 and a Omni studio together. They are good cards, good drivers, pretty easy to understand if your a newbie. The only thing you should question about is if they are compatible with your motherboard. Email maudio and ask them if it will work. Thats the one thing that sucks about M-audio is there customer services. You might as well just call them. http://www.m-audio.com/products/m-audio/delta44.php http://www.m-audio.com/products/m-audio/omnistud.php Some other good cards are RME cards... I've never used one, but i hear very good things about them. http://www.rme-audio.de/english/soundcds.htm Some other brands that i dont have links for are Echo and Aardvark. Just stay away from Creative cards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kvazimodo Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 onboard 16 bit soundcards are the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest poetronic Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Hi all. I'm using a DIGI 96/8 Pro soundcard and I REALLY think it kicks ass. Find out for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coriolis Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 consider the creamware scope platform. www.creamware.de they are much more than sound cards: they are DSP processors with lots of high quality synths, effects, mixing and signal routing capabilities. i would be lost without my pulsar II. it has really raised my bar for my production and i use its features all the time. i bought the "classic i/o" which has only 1 stereo in/out, since i only have one outboard synth and do not need multichannel input (although the classic i/o card does support 24 channel optical adat i/o but then you need an adat breakout box which will run another $800 or so). if you only have one synth, this could work for you since you could run it into the single stereo in and you'd get a whole world of possibility within the PC on top of it. but for multichannel i/o you'll need to get a more expensive version with more i/o. at any rate, check them out. their synths, effects, mixing, and general flexibility are outstanding. however, for just i/o (no special routing, mixing, effects, synthesis, etc), i would recommend looking at m-audio or RME products as has been suggested. for recording, in general, avoid internal (inside the PC) analog -> digital converters. this means something with a breakout box with the converters contained in it. this means not a creative card or any consumer grade card (the kind with 1/8" inputs on the back of the machine), or a card with just the connectors coming out of the back and the actual conversion going on inside the pc. (unless you don't mind a higher noise level in your recordings, which you may not, especially considering the price difference of an outbaord AD versus an internal AD). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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