What is the best soundcard I should get for my computer if I plan on recording from my turntables? Price is a concern; hopefully, I will not have to spend too much. I would appreciate a couple different soundcards given so I can compare for myself. Thanks in advance.

m-audio audiophile 2496. $150 u.s. and it's a fantastic card. you'll love it.

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I've got a Soundblaster Audigy 2 which I've used to record from a turntable and it worked well, in fact I can't tell the difference between the recordings and the original vinyl (MP3s from CDs too). You might be able to get one low-cost.

But it only has 1/8" jacks which might not last long if you do a lot of re-connecting. I think DjJade pointed that out before, the M-Audio and other gear uses RCA or other jacks that should be stronger.

Echo Mia > M-Audio

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I have a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 (flame suit on).
its the only card on the market that supports 24bit/192khz audio. it has a great recording quality (download my 11-16-03 set in my signature). If you get the Platinum Audigy 2 than I think you can you balanced inputs. (note: my sets were recorded unbalanced)

Headphone Out (1/4” Stereo Jack)
Line In 1 (1/4” Stereo Jack , shared with Microphone In with Gain Control)
Line In 2 (1/4” Stereo Jack)
Line In 3 (2x RCA Jack)
Optical SPDIF In/Out
Coaxial SPDIF In/Out
Digital Out for 5.1 support (6-channel SPDIF Output to Creative digital speakers)
2x FireWire® (IEEE® 1394) ports
MIDI In / Out
Infra-red Receiver
AD_LINK 1 and AD_LINK 2 connectors


pretty incredible sound card

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Last edited by DeleriuM2K on Nov-18-2003 at 22:37

Yes the IEEE-1394 firewire port on my SB Audigy 2 is a fringe benefit that actually works well, I've captured and output a fair amount of DV camcorder video with no problems, for me this saves the cost of a Firewire card and frees up a motherboard slot.

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Originally posted by VIO m-audio audiophile 2496. $150 u.s. and it's a fantastic card. you'll love it. http://www.pssl.com/bitemdetail.tpl...003111707094714

have you noticed any card conflicts with the audiophile? I cannot have mine in at the same time as my firewire card. The system continuously reboots. It is either one or the other.

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Originally posted by DeleriuM2K I have a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 (flame suit on). its the only card on the market that supports 24bit/192khz audio.

Junior !
You don't need 192khz for producing!!!
thats for dvd 5.1surround
nevertheless you;ll never reach the 192khz quality

anyhow I was talking about producing
if you want a card for dvd get a 24/192
if you want to record sets you don't need both much
but take the echo mia IMO
I'm gonna get it in few months

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Check out the ST Audio DSP24V, made by a company called Hoontech. This is a professional soundcard using the Envy24 chipset, as used by the M-Audio cards amongst others, so the sound quality is identical, i.e. excellent. It can record 24bit samples at 96kHz, with only a 2ms latency, and the sound quality is a million times better than any crap from Creative.

Hoontech have tried to make this card as affordable as possible, and hence it has only one input and one output - the Envy24 chip is capable of many more.

The I/O ports are gold plated RCA's - perfect for connecting to a mixer. I picked up one of these in the UK a couple of years back for about £100 - so it should be even cheaper than that by now, especially in the US.

HTH.

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Originally posted by m0sh Echo Mia > M-Audio

http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/Mia/index.php

"Mia has been discontinued."

Might not want to get a Mia seeings though it's been discontinued. They are still supporting it with drivers etc but for how long?

I have the Echo MIA card, but the features that i was looking for in a soundcard (when i was purchasing)were these things:
- 1/4" inputs jacks (less distortion with 1/4" vs 1/8" headphone or RCA plug)
- good/clean 24-bit analog to digital converter chip.
- PCI based for less latency (if you plan to over-dubb when multi track mixing/producing)
- full duplex
- digital input was minor (at this time).
- compatible with a MAC, when i get one...

Some other sound cards cost hella bank out there, but they have a bunch of features that I didnt need.

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