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Posted by Sparkunian on Jun-15-2005 09:17:

Confusion about sound cards.

Hi everybody.I'm going to buy a new PCI sound card for my PC and I'm a little bit confused between 3 different cards.Can anybody help me?

1.M Audio Delta 44
2.M Audio Audiophile 192
3.MiaMidi 24-96

Posted by No Left Turn on Jun-15-2005 19:43:

get the 44 if you're not planning on having any midi devices. but the audiophile will be better if you have any sort of midi device because it has 1 midi i/o.

Posted by retiro on Jun-15-2005 20:14:

M-Audio 1010LT is best bet if you can afford it! I have heard great things about this! Just bought mine off ebay brand new for �139... retail at �160 in the shops! A Banger bargin!

Posted by luizmenezesjr on Jun-15-2005 21:24:

I�ve just bought an EMU 0404 (US$80,00).

Good card, low latency (2ms on faster pc, 4ms if your pc isn�t so updated).

Has 1 in/out analog, and 1 in/out digital.

Doesn�t have Headphone outputs.

Has built-in digital effects (reverb, delays, etc), freeing your computer from those heavy vsts if you want (and if you like the onboard effects sound)...

Posted by Sparkunian on Jun-16-2005 07:08:

Thanx all you guys for the advice.

I'm gonna check also the EMU and 1010LT.

Until now I'm thinking to purchase Audiophile 192 because of the midi I/O.

Posted by Samplecraze on Jun-16-2005 07:39:

Have a look at this sound card test list http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/compare/

The Delta is in there and some others that might be of interest.
Click on the card and it will give you more details.

Hope it helps.

Posted by luizmenezesjr on Jun-16-2005 08:32:

I�ve forgot to say: the Emu 0404 has one Midi IN/OUT too...

Posted by Sparkunian on Jun-16-2005 11:20:

About EMU

luizmenezesjr wrote
quote:
I�ve just bought an EMU 0404

I read to a lot of forums that EMU cards have enough problems and I'm little bit cautius...

Posted by luizmenezesjr on Jun-16-2005 15:31:

What kind of problems? Most people don�t know how to configure the software to work with the internal effects...

The Audiophile 192 has midi sync problems too (that was my another option, like you), a lot of people in the forums say that...

How much US$ you like do spend on your card?

Posted by Sparkunian on Jun-16-2005 15:39:

uizmenezesjr ask
quote:
How much US$ you like do spend on your card?

About 200-250$.And its true that most problems is about configuration.

Posted by luizmenezesjr on Jun-16-2005 16:27:

I�ve owned an M-Audio Firewire Audiophile... very professional (2 ins/4 outs analog)... Very good, almost zero latency, and it�s costing US$200,00 on Musicians Friend...

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...ase_pid/709200/

Anyway, it�s a headache choose a good sound card...

Posted by tonkproject on Jun-16-2005 23:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Sparkunian
Thanx all you guys for the advice.

I'm gonna check also the EMU and 1010LT.

Until now I'm thinking to purchase Audiophile 192 because of the midi I/O.

dont check the EMU ...you dont need to...i had an 1820 and i can tell you that EMU have the worst sound card and support ever.after 1 year of waiting for some stable drivers they released 1.7 vers ...and after 2 weeks they post on forum that the 1.7 it's quite buggy so they advice emu owners to go back on 1.6...M Audio Delta 44 it's a good choice but you will need to buy an MIDI device<=>Audiophile 192 it is much more cheaper and everybody is/was giving only good reviews.

Posted by Sparkunian on Jun-17-2005 06:06:

Thanx mates.I really apreciate your help

Posted by Sparkunian on Jun-18-2005 09:20:

I allready use an USB keyboard because I have an awfull sound card on board.I want to connect my keyboard by MIDI with the new soundcard.What do you mean by checking MIDI controller?And something else to ask.When I'll install my new sound card am I have to go to BIOS to unistall the old sound card on board?
Sorry to bother you but I'm newbie.....

Posted by tonkproject on Jun-18-2005 12:19:

well...not all the time you have to disable your onboard audio card...as an example i use an RME HDSP 9632 and in the manual is specified that you shoud use another sound card for playback to prevent any sync problems.so all the mp3,wav or games are played by my onboard soundcard and the sequencers are using RME.

CHEERS

Posted by DJ_RoKo on Jun-18-2005 15:01:

Im also gonna buy a new soundcard and am gonna buy either a m-audio delta 66 or a terratec phase 26, which is better? so far im leaning towards the terratec, does n e 1 own a terratec? are there n e other soundcards around for bout the same price? im only looking at these two coz i can get them both for about $200 AUD.

Cheers

Posted by Sparkunian on Jun-19-2005 09:30:

Mmmmmmm......I see.

I'll make some experiments and I'll tell you my effect!

Thanx a lot guys