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| rafale |
Hi.. my PC's motherboard just fried and i'm gonna get a new one. Are there any features to look out for that would help with music production? Such as particular chipsets etc? Or will any old motherboard do.
Secondly, I am also looking to upgrade my soundcard to a professional one. Is EMU any good? It seems like a good buy but my main concern is whether there are enough physical inputs/outputs to support a JP8080 and a Virus C.
People who have gone through this, I would really appreciate your experienced feedback.
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| DigiNut |
Bus speed and memory capacity matter, but pretty much all new mobos are going to be the same in that area. Other than that, just keep in mind if you are getting a motherboard with a lot of integrated ports/components that it will result in IRQ sharing and you may have to disable some in order to get good audio performance.
For sound cards, I like my Emu 1010 (Emulator X) quite a bit, and it does have some very good low-noise I/O on it that could probably support those two synths. However, it doesn't have *a lot* of ports - if you want that, then you'd want to get the AudioDock M along with it, or the 1820 M (which is the 1010 + AudioDock M). It's all explained on Emu's site if you have a lock at those products - Emulator X is a sampler, so if you don't need that, the 1820/1820M might be better for you.
Can't really comment on M-Audio or any of that stuff since I don't use it. Most people seem to think of it as "semi-pro". If you're looking for professional-grade equipment then I would say you should either buy PowerCore or MOTU. |
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| DJDIRTY |
| quote: | | Can't really comment on M-Audio or any of that stuff since I don't use it. Most people seem to think of it as "semi-pro". If you're looking for professional-grade equipment then I would say you should either buy PowerCore or MOTU. |
Small correction ;) Powercore isn't a sound card...:) |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJDIRTY
Small correction ;) Powercore isn't a sound card...:) |
Really? I know they're DSP cards but I thought they had onboard mixers like the Emu.
Could well be wrong though, I don't have a Powercore. :p |
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| DJDIRTY |
| Powercore isn't a sound card. I got one, it's just like extra processing power for special plugins that come with it, or extra one's you buy. Thease plugins have to be made specially for the powercore platform. Unfortuneately it will not work with say waves plugins or any other vst ones. That's the only drawback of the powercore. The plugins that come with it are great, but it would be nice if you could run any vst plugin for it, freeing up your cpu .. But than again you get the virus synth for it which is really nice ;). Powercore does not have any mixer onboard, nor does it have any physicall input or output, it's eiter pci, or firewire connected to your computer. |
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| rafale |
DigiNut, thanks for the info. You mentioned the EMU 1010 doesn't have alot of ports. What exactly are the ports for? to hook up my jp8080 and virus etC? So with the EMU how many synths can u hook up at once?
Ultimately, my setup would be a soundcard (which is the topic of this thread), and it will be hooked up to a MIDI controller which in turn will be connected to either my Virus or JP8080. Are the amount of in/outs on a soundcard relevant to that?
I'm confused bout that part.. Soundcards always have like 4 in /4 out or 10 in 10 out and stuff.. how does that relate to what I'm trying to do?
Thanks again for all the feedback it's really helpful :) |
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