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Time For A New Sound Card

hi, i've been using my EMU 1820 for the last 5 months and i think it's time to move on to the next level,the one with no troubleshootings..."loosing" the drivers during playback or updates that dont improve nothing at all.my budget is around 4-500� so i'm quite close to buy a good sound card(new or second hand) if any of you can help me out.i was thinking to go for MOTU828 MK2 but it seems that it's not quite friendly with PC so i'll skip that.i would prefere a firewire one since PCI it seems a desapointing feature of many sound cards.



THANX

I've been running an M-Audio card through PCI for a couple of years now and it has never given me a single problem. If you want to go to the level of motu, maybe have a look at the 10/10 although I have no idea how much they cost.

I dunno how good the mentioned soundcards are, but what about Audigy 2 ?

I can't tell you how happy I was getting rid of any creative card I had... This is specifically about the audigy. As soon as I had it exchanged for an audiophile 2496 my computer never crashed again... with the audigy my pc crashed about 5-10 times a day.

they have crappy drivers especially for asio.

Check this:
PCI: http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/PCI/
Firewire: http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/FireWire/

Personally i would stay well clear of the soundblaster range, as they are very unstable and are not up to standard quality wise. It is true that the MOTU range can be quite unstable with the pc, but it all depends on what you are running. In that price range i would no doubt go for the Echo Layla 3G sound card. It is of superior quality to most other sound cards under �500 and has a variety of inputs and outputs. It is not a firewire card, but has a nice 1U breakout box and in my opinion is far beter than any other soundcard in your price range.

How about http://www.dv247.com/invt/25740. The RME cards are supposed to kick ass aswell (http://www.dv247.com/invt/7308)

thanx a lot for your help
RME Hammerfall HDSP9652 or Focusrite Saffire it was an option but i have 2 hardware synth's so ....
Terrence Parker : AudioFire8 it looks a good choice...i'll look into it

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Originally posted by Storyteller I can't tell you how happy I was getting rid of any creative card I had... This is specifically about the audigy. As soon as I had it exchanged for an audiophile 2496 my computer never crashed again... with the audigy my pc crashed about 5-10 times a day. they have crappy drivers especially for asio.

Exact same story here on my end. My Audigy 2 ZS gased me out and then I got the 2496 and its been perfect ever since.

I really like my m audio card and would strongly suggest it.

it seems that a lot of producers use M-AUDIO...i will try AUDIOPHILE 192 or DELTA 44...THANX

i have an audiophile 2496 and can recommend it. but currently i'm changing to an RME multiface because i need more inputs for my synths.

I personally wouldn't reccomend M-Audio. They are ok if you want a cheap budget card, but they use cheaper parts to cards such as RME, ECHO, and MOTU etc. It is like comparing a behringer mixing desk to a Mackie desk

i would by an 600� sound card if i knew that it is stabil...at the moment i tested UAD-20,EMU 1820 and sound blaster...and none of them worked smooth.i want a sound card that can help me out with my work...when my project it is quite loaded with audio tracks i get a lot of clicks and the CPU meter si running from 60% to 90% unstabil.because i have to switch the latency values all the time to listen to my projects i got delays when applying TC POWERCORE plugins to audio tracks...and that happend only when my project is full...at the moment i'm stuck with an 5 min tune that i cant f**** finish.so what i'm asking is an audio card with 2 audio inputs and 1 midi and very stabil ASIO drivers.

THANX

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Hi there. I'm a happy user of RME multiface. I've been using it for over a year, after ditching my M-audio delta 66. All I can say is that RME is plug it in, and forget. I never had any problems with the card at all, and I use it 2++ hours a day. Everyday almost.. The drivers are rock solid, sound is great, I can't complain. I run cubase sx with a TC Powercore + some hardware synths, and never had any problems. Latency is low. and it's stable. One thing I noticed after fiew months running this card: I never warry about my soundcard anymore, it alvays works. I would like to add that I convinced 2 of my friends to try RME and they never went back.. They are really happy and thankefull that they got rock solid sound cards in their systems.. But I don't have to tell you that, Just read about RME on diefferent forums, and you'll notice that they have a great reputation, and rock solid performance/drivers.

i heard only good words about RME and i know it is one of the best cards on the market...could you tell me wich RME card do you have?

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i heard only good words about RME and i know it is one of the best cards on the market...could you tell me wich RME card do you have?

Here is a link to the one I use.
The Multiface can be used with laptops as well as desktop computers. The connection to notebooks is achieved via a CardBus card, the connection to desktops via a PCI card.

LINK

well...i checked the powercore forums and it seems that 85% of the members use RME...thanx a lot (now i had to sell the emu...hard job to do)

What about the Creamware Luna II? 3 Onboard DSPs and not as pricey as the powercore. If I was going to go nuts on a soundcard, this would tempt me.

tcpowercore is so famous especially because of the reverbs and the VIRUS.i choosed powercore element not because of the price,colour or length but because of the quality of the plugins.it seems that my system is not stabil because of my sound card EMU wich i found later it is nr1 for troubleshootings and voted probally in the future BEST CARD - WORST DRIVERS AND SUPPORT.

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seems that my system is not stabil because of my sound card EMU wich i found later it is nr1 for troubleshootings and voted probally in the future BEST CARD - WORST DRIVERS AND SUPPORT.

I find this kind of funny though, the latest EMU cards got so much great reviews, and everyone jumped on them, One of the reason was the Pro Tools converters I guess + a good price. But a friend of my works at a local music store in the synth/audio recording department and he said that they sell a large number of those cards every month. This is good I guess for EMU, but now here comes the bad part. He said that over half of the customers come back to the store with driver related problems and stuff. Something everyone wants to avoid I guess. I am sure there are people who have no problems at all with them, but It seems that the drivers needs to be fixed. Not everyone wants to be the beta tester for them.

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Originally posted by tonkproject tcpowercore is so famous especially because of the reverbs and the VIRUS.i choosed powercore element not because of the price,colour or length but because of the quality of the plugins.it seems that my system is not stabil because of my sound card EMU wich i found later it is nr1 for troubleshootings and voted probally in the future BEST CARD - WORST DRIVERS AND SUPPORT.

Niceone =) Powercore is top of the pops if you can shell out the hard earned for it.

I'm sure you'll enjoy your purchase

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