drumnbass.be forum » Production » Hardware » Soundcard Soundcard Author Post Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  Hey, someone asked me to make a music PC for him, but the only problem is that I don't know what soundcard to choose. He'll be using hardware (synths, rack-modules, maybe samplers, mixer), so some kind of midi-connectorstuff will be needed. Any tips (plz include approx price ) Tia! __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 12-02-2003 22:20 ZePain B-Yayo Registration Date: 19-11-2002 Posts: 1,113 Helpfulness rating:  creative Audigy2 / extigy don't know price __ -Shape The Future- myspace.com/universoulwithaneye 12-02-2003 23:15 -J- Big Bad Battyman Registration Date: 15-11-2002 Posts: 1,043 Helpfulness rating:  don't go for creative soundcards, they're ok to play games, watch movies etc. and even with the latest 2.1 inspire sets they're okay for mastering. But no way you're buying them for a real hardware setup. I'd suggest you'd go for Yamaha soundcards (the good ones ) You could check www.interface.nl for some soundcard reviews there, interface is a soft- and hardware magazine (monthly). Very trustable source it is. __ It's a spiritual thing ! 13-02-2003 00:03 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  Don't take Creative, it has very bad A/D-D/A conversion (view frequency response graph here compared to a Terratec DMX 6fire). Creative Audigy is worthless for making music... I would take a different MIDI port, not necessarily integrated on the sound card, because you need at least 4 seperate MIDI outs anyway to be able to make quality productions, if you string more than 3 MIDI in / thru connections the MIDI delay becomes really awful. For a sound card, I have looked at a lot of them and I have just ordered the RME DIGI96/8 PAD + I'm going to hook up an RME ADI-8 PRO to it so I have 10 analog ins and outs. What's also a very good sound card for a reasonable price is the Digidesign Digi001, I used to have one and was very pleased with it, and you can also have 16 analog ins and outs if you hook up an RME ADI-8 Pro (or another converter that support the ADAT lightpipe, such as the Presonus Digimax 96k or the Focusrite Platinum OctoPre) For MIDI interfaces have a look at MOTU, they also make sound cards, but I have never heard them, although I heard that they sound good. Terratec is also cheap for a lot of features, but is often difficult to configure and they always seem to have problems... __ If you find spam on the site, please hit the button and select my name. I'll personally kick it to the murky depths of hell where it belongs! 13-02-2003 01:10 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  Prices can be found on http://www.musicstorekoeln.de/ __ If you find spam on the site, please hit the button and select my name. I'll personally kick it to the murky depths of hell where it belongs! 13-02-2003 01:11 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  Well, I was thinking of a Terratec DMX 6fire 24/96 or a M-Audio Audiophile (maybe USB, maybe integrated, not shure yet) Those 2 cost somehwere about €250 __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 13-02-2003 10:32 ZARk Cool Producer Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 128 Helpfulness rating:  i just ran the same test as Tom'S Hardware guide on my card : it's an SBLive Value! .. mmh mmh __ oooooo yeeeeeeeeeah. 13-02-2003 18:39 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  I have a SoundBlaster Live! Platinum, and I knew pretty my next one wouldn't be a Creative... __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 13-02-2003 19:15 ZARk Cool Producer Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 128 Helpfulness rating:  for comparison here the audigy : __ oooooo yeeeeeeeeeah. 13-02-2003 19:51 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by ZARk for comparison here the audigy : Wow! Serious __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 14-02-2003 00:30 ZARk Cool Producer Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 128 Helpfulness rating:  yup, serious ... it's taken from Tom's Hardware site .... so basically the sblive value! has a better sound that the audigy i actually know that ... i mean it's all downhill from the AWE32 ... which was one of the best card imho ... proove me wrong .. but i loved that card. Came with all necessary cables and shit ... (pc--> midi cable too). __ oooooo yeeeeeeeeeah. 14-02-2003 06:55 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by ZARk i mean it's all downhill from the AWE32 ... which was one of the best card imho ... proove me wrong .. but i loved that card. Came with all necessary cables and shit ... (pc--> midi cable too). But the Live! Value doesn't have that Think I'm going for the Terratec or M-Audio... __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 14-02-2003 11:04 ZARk Cool Producer Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 128 Helpfulness rating:  mouahahah just for laughs ... this is from my onboard SiS soundchip __ oooooo yeeeeeeeeeah. 15-02-2003 22:44 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  LOL BTW on the site of Right Mark is a text that explains that the bad response graph of the Creative Audigy is caused by the card being set in 'game mode' by default. There seems to be a manual written specifically on how to change settings to the sound card so you get a flatter response. ... and I thought the Audigy was marketed as a musician's sound card __ If you find spam on the site, please hit the button and select my name. I'll personally kick it to the murky depths of hell where it belongs! 16-02-2003 20:43 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by ZARk mouahahah just for laughs ... this is from my onboard SiS soundchip Nice, that's the one my girlfriend has on her laptop __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 17-02-2003 13:50 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Hardware » Soundcard