Hi everyone,
I was looking for some adivce, im buying a mac pro and logic studio soon and i was wondering what soundcard to get a PCI express, ExpressCard/34, USB or FireWire if so what make, i will spend up to £300, i will also connect a virus ti to the mac. I will be using 30 to 50 insrument channels depends on the production. ive got a m audio 2496 on the pc at the mo but it overloads when i use 2 many channels.
Any advice will be taken on board
BulknSkull

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Originally posted by BulknSkull Hi everyone, I was looking for some adivce, im buying a mac pro and logic studio soon and i was wondering what soundcard to get a PCI express, ExpressCard/34, USB or FireWire if so what make, i will spend up to £300, i will also connect a virus ti to the mac. I will be using 30 to 50 insrument channels depends on the production. ive got a m audio 2496 on the pc at the mo but it overloads when i use 2 many channels. Any advice will be taken on board BulknSkull

Echo Audiofire4

if you don't need the preamps or i/o on the audiofire4, you could try an audiofire2 maybe. but yeah, many people on this forum own audiofires now haha, seem to be a good product (i've got one too).

it won't help with the overloading though. audiophiles have pretty good drivers already, so i wouldn't expect you could get much lower latencies on an audiofire.

do you understand how the buffer length to cpu load synergy works? higher buffer will allow less cpu load, but more latency. a lower buffer length will require more cpu load, but less latency. this is because the computer has to work more or less hard to prepare the audio in time. when the audio is not processed quick enough, you get an overload. however, it only works this way to a point. at some stage your cpu will be falling behind regardless of the buffer length.

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Originally posted by floyd741 i think echosystm is a pretty cool guy. eh pwns robby rox and doesn't afraid of anything.

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Originally posted by BulknSkull Hi everyone, I was looking for some adivce, im buying a mac pro and logic studio soon and i was wondering what soundcard to get a PCI express, ExpressCard/34, USB or FireWire if so what make, i will spend up to £300, i will also connect a virus ti to the mac. I will be using 30 to 50 insrument channels depends on the production. ive got a m audio 2496 on the pc at the mo but it overloads when i use 2 many channels. Any advice will be taken on board BulknSkull

Today, I should be getting an Echo Audiofire 4 from UPS or better said, UBS. Although, I am more of an intermediate in comparison to some of the other guys on this forum, I can let you know how the Audiofire 4 compares to just using an integrated soundcard on one's PC. Since you are switching to a Mac now, I doubt that I can help you there.

BTW, did you get your name, "BulknSkull" from the show, Power Rangers back in the early 90s? If so, you are my hero. Man, I keep getting struck by nostalgia today.

apogee duet

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i think we soon should get sponsored some money of echo as we promote it almost each day.

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Originally posted by palm i think we soon should get sponsored some money of echo as we promote it almost each day.

Yeah. AKG too.

I agree with the Echo AudioFire recommendations. It's a great interface.

BTW, did you get your name, "BulknSkull" from the show, Power Rangers back in the early 90s? If so, you are my hero. Man, I keep getting struck by nostalgia today. [/QUOTE]

lol, no got the name from superted its a cartoon out in the 80's i think with texas pete and his 2 side kicks Bulk and Skull, Skull was made of bones. power rangers were called Skull and Bulk i think.

thanks for the advice but wots the difference between apogee duet and Echo Audiofire 4?

thanks

BulknSkull

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Originally posted by BulknSkull thanks for the advice but wots the difference between apogee duet and Echo Audiofire 4? thanks BulknSkull

why dont you go look at the specifications and learn...

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I've never had a problem with FLs tech support till this day. (I've actually never used it till this day)

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Originally posted by floyd741 i think echosystm is a pretty cool guy. eh pwns robby rox and doesn't afraid of anything.

just wondering i connect the virus ti using the usb lead do any of the audio interfaces you hav told me have a usb connection or will i still have to connect to the computer. do any of you have the virus ti if so how do you connect it to your computer.

Thanks

BulknSkull

Thanks for the recomendations much appreciated.

BulknSkull