Sound cards
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I would recommend you a Yamaha SW-1000XG AudoFactory (which I got and is PERFECT for Cubase/Cakewalk/Logic Audio etc), or an RME DIGI/HammerFall, KORG 1212 IO, or a Terratec EWS-88MT, but since you say there are not much money the solution is ONE: A TERRATEC soundcard. A good Terratec soundcard is DMX XFire 1024 which costs less than 80 Euros and is the best value for money for a high quality soundcard. Forget SoundBlaster Cards as they are NOTHING compared to cards that are made for Audio and not for Gaming... Soundblasters are really good for gaming and simple audio work, but this doesn't mean you cannot use a soundblaster for cakewalk or Cubase... Anyway the choice is yours, but mind that Audio Quality means professional solutions and the only manufactures that can assure this are Yamaha, Terratec, RME, KORG, Event and not Creative...
The KXproject driver - w*w.kxproject.com (redirect) is geared to MUSICAL use of the EMU10k chipset based cards,
including the SOUNDBLASTER LIVE.
Lower delay, and an option to switch front/back outputs (the rear D-A converters are better!) are among the features.
Cakewalk is mentioned a few times on that site, so if funds don't stretch to a "professional" Soundcard, go for a SB LIVE with the KX drivers.
including the SOUNDBLASTER LIVE.
Lower delay, and an option to switch front/back outputs (the rear D-A converters are better!) are among the features.
Cakewalk is mentioned a few times on that site, so if funds don't stretch to a "professional" Soundcard, go for a SB LIVE with the KX drivers.
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elpresidente
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terratec rulez ...
btw. DMX fire 1024 has got an optical digital output/input !!
SB cards have only electric digital ... that´s shit ..cause u need a converter for recording to other devices like a Mini Disc Player ....
üsse
btw. DMX fire 1024 has got an optical digital output/input !!
SB cards have only electric digital ... that´s shit ..cause u need a converter for recording to other devices like a Mini Disc Player ....
üsse
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As Rastabt, el_presidente and me said, TERRATEC is the best solution value for money Audio Card. If there is more money, then one of the cards I mentioned is highly recommended. For the time being I have a Yamaha SW-1000XG (h**p://w*w.xgfactory.com) and a Terratec DMX XFire 1024 soundcard in the same machine without any problems cause. The other machine has a Yamaha WF-192XG soundcard and a C-Media 6 chanel multimedia card. Soundblasters are total sh*t!!! A really good cheap choice is the Terratec 512i or even the cheaper 128i which are much much better than the ugly stupid soundblasters!
Please NO!
I'm "upgrading" my 128 to a LIVE!
My PCI128 has the known problem, of not recording to peak level (the ES1373 version)
The old ES1370 (or was it 1371) were a LOT - Creative took the original ENSONIQ AudioPCI (and I think it became the PCI64V) and then progressively cheapened it.
The 128 full retail MIGHT still be the "good" one, but the OEM's are most definitely not.
And if you replace the Live drivers with KX for music, then the £23 Live value OEM I got from a show is a cheap deal for midi composing!
Still looking for the absolute best drivers - I guess I'll cros fingers and try the Compaq ones.
I'm "upgrading" my 128 to a LIVE!
My PCI128 has the known problem, of not recording to peak level (the ES1373 version)
The old ES1370 (or was it 1371) were a LOT - Creative took the original ENSONIQ AudioPCI (and I think it became the PCI64V) and then progressively cheapened it.
The 128 full retail MIGHT still be the "good" one, but the OEM's are most definitely not.
And if you replace the Live drivers with KX for music, then the £23 Live value OEM I got from a show is a cheap deal for midi composing!
Still looking for the absolute best drivers - I guess I'll cros fingers and try the Compaq ones.
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elpresidente
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@POKO
agree with cdorders .... I don´t think that they r overpriced ...
btw. I wouldn´t buy one of the cards u mentioned...cause I have never seen them anywhere ...
I can´t judge if the cards u mentioned r better or worse than Terratec ..fact is ..nobody I know owns such a card..and no reseller I know sells these ...
üsse
agree with cdorders .... I don´t think that they r overpriced ...
btw. I wouldn´t buy one of the cards u mentioned...cause I have never seen them anywhere ...
I can´t judge if the cards u mentioned r better or worse than Terratec ..fact is ..nobody I know owns such a card..and no reseller I know sells these ...
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The ony better cards from Terratec are the Yamaha SW-1000XG, KORG 1212 IO, some RME and Some Roland ones, but they are too overpriced... Believe me, my Yamaha costs about 640 Euros... Who could pay so much since he can have a Terratec which offers almost the same at half of the money???
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pokopiko
You seem to know something about soundcards, but not enough
. I own the SW-1000XG and for your information it has 5 DSP processors on board, 24/96 processing and many other stuff which probably you wouldn't imagine... So, the German cards like Terratec and RME do their work pretty fine and in a price lower than the one of the Yamaha. Many musicians/bands and studios own cards like KORG, Yamaha, Lexicon, RME and Terratec. Terratec the last years achieved a great market perfomance as it become famous to both gamers and musicians. The rest is already known...
You seem to know something about soundcards, but not enough
. I own the SW-1000XG and for your information it has 5 DSP processors on board, 24/96 processing and many other stuff which probably you wouldn't imagine... So, the German cards like Terratec and RME do their work pretty fine and in a price lower than the one of the Yamaha. Many musicians/bands and studios own cards like KORG, Yamaha, Lexicon, RME and Terratec. Terratec the last years achieved a great market perfomance as it become famous to both gamers and musicians. The rest is already known...
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elpresidente
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hmm...ok sorry poko... looks like u r right
I think Terratec DmxFire is still fine(for me) cause I´m not a pro nor a semi pro ..the only 2 things I need this card for.. is the optical digital out for recording to my mini Disc player
+ gaming ...
üsse
I think Terratec DmxFire is still fine(for me) cause I´m not a pro nor a semi pro
..the only 2 things I need this card for.. is the optical digital out for recording to my mini Disc player + gaming ...
üsse
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pokopiko
It's easy talking by seeing things that exist only in papers! But instead of sticking to the theory, it's better to compare thing that you have already tested. I tested the Yamaha in a studio PC I built two years ago. It was an INTEL PIII 650 in an Asus CUSL-2 with two soundcards, 2 Seagate SCSI HDDs and a Yamaha CRW-2100S CD-RW. The souncards were Yamaha SW-1000XG (for use with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.0, Logic Audio Platinum v4.0 and Cubase VST v5.0). The other card was a Yamaha DS-2416 DSP factory, used for Audio mixing as an emulator of the famous O2R mdigital mixing console. This was the first time I saw with my own eyes and tested myself the Yamaha SW-1000XG, although it exists since 1998! Probably you don't know what I'm talking about since you saw some reviews based on the cards you say...
Since then, I have built a lot of configurations for musicians, music houses, DJs and Clubs that use either Editing or Automation software in combination with high quality soundcards. MAny solutions were based on Terratec cards like the EWS-88MT, EWS-88D, DMX, DMX XFire 1024, EWS-64XXL, SixPack 5.1. Others were based on Lexicon Core2, KORG 1212, MaxiStudio ISIS, RME DIGI and Hamerfall, Event Gina/Darla, SoundScape Mixtreme, Midiman DMAN PCI etc...
As you see I have many experiences to this and I can have a better opinion to this subject...
And YES, Terratec DOES offer solutions that are in the greater price/value for the money paid. And the best value for money solutions anyone can get right now are SixPack 5.1 or DMX XFire... I made my choice and have a combination of Yamaha SW-1000XG and Terratec DMX XFire since I have no much money right now to afford the Terratec EWS-88MT as a second soundcard...
It's easy talking by seeing things that exist only in papers! But instead of sticking to the theory, it's better to compare thing that you have already tested. I tested the Yamaha in a studio PC I built two years ago. It was an INTEL PIII 650 in an Asus CUSL-2 with two soundcards, 2 Seagate SCSI HDDs and a Yamaha CRW-2100S CD-RW. The souncards were Yamaha SW-1000XG (for use with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.0, Logic Audio Platinum v4.0 and Cubase VST v5.0). The other card was a Yamaha DS-2416 DSP factory, used for Audio mixing as an emulator of the famous O2R mdigital mixing console. This was the first time I saw with my own eyes and tested myself the Yamaha SW-1000XG, although it exists since 1998! Probably you don't know what I'm talking about since you saw some reviews based on the cards you say...
Since then, I have built a lot of configurations for musicians, music houses, DJs and Clubs that use either Editing or Automation software in combination with high quality soundcards. MAny solutions were based on Terratec cards like the EWS-88MT, EWS-88D, DMX, DMX XFire 1024, EWS-64XXL, SixPack 5.1. Others were based on Lexicon Core2, KORG 1212, MaxiStudio ISIS, RME DIGI and Hamerfall, Event Gina/Darla, SoundScape Mixtreme, Midiman DMAN PCI etc...
As you see I have many experiences to this and I can have a better opinion to this subject...
And YES, Terratec DOES offer solutions that are in the greater price/value for the money paid. And the best value for money solutions anyone can get right now are SixPack 5.1 or DMX XFire... I made my choice and have a combination of Yamaha SW-1000XG and Terratec DMX XFire since I have no much money right now to afford the Terratec EWS-88MT as a second soundcard...