Well, I've been producing out of my motherboard's onboard sound and $50 gaming speakers. Obviously this sucks.
So i bought an audiophile. Too bad it doesn't do me any good.
I don't use midi. I can actually write melodies better and faster with just the mouse, since it never messes up and you never have to record or anything.
I don't have any hardware synths, those can come once i have a good soundcard and speakers.
And best, the audiophile has no headphone/normal speakers port. So my speakers are sitting still in the normal motherboard speaker port.
Now, i want to use my audiophile. But my birthday just passed (That's what i got the audiophile for). And I only have about $180, with monitors being like 300.
I heard that the adaptor to a headphone port is expensive.
Any ideas what to do? Buy cheap monitors now to start using the audiophile? Save up for normally priced monitors? Get an adaptor? anything else?
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May-06-2004 00:22
Tranc3
tranceaddict in training
Registered: May 2002
Location: Santa Cruz, CA, US
Just save up, that's what I would do
May-06-2004 02:12
alanzo
The Equalizer Womanizer
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Boston, MA
well.. before I had my Events (monitors) I spliced an RCA cable to the ends of my speakers which did the job nicely.. it's not too hard to do this.. just find an RCA cable, cut it in half and cut the 1/8" plug off of your present speakers and do some wire splicing.. takes 10 mins...
You have a qualtiy soundcard now and I'd save for some decent speakers too.
What plugs do you have on your speakers? If it's RCA you just need to buy another cable.
You could buy some computerspeakers with rca input and a headphone jack.
May-06-2004 09:54
Digital Aura
Project5 Guru
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Sarnia, Ontario Christian Trance Producer
Audiophile addict.
Maybe I missed the question, but for about $60 or $70 you can buy a Behringer UB Series mixer and plug headset, monitor speakers and synths into that and THEN into your new audiophile...thats what I do and it works awesome!
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May-06-2004 13:02
xls
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
What software are you using? You should at least start using the Audiophile's drivers - you're guaranteed to get better latency with them than with your onboard sound drivers. And hardware synths will come once you've got a good soundcard? Well, you've got one already in the Audiophile. Hook the midi connections up to a hardware synth (you can still write all your parts with the mouse if that's what you prefer) and trigger it from your software sequencer. Do lots of research before you buy anything though so you can make an educated decision. You can be dropping a lot of money on this stuff and you don't want to just take the word of someone on a message board who may have an entirely different set of needs and preferences from you. http://www.futureproducers.com is a good place to start.
Audiophile addict.
Couldnt agree more!
