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Ahhhhh the perks and joys of being an IT professional!!! I now the proud owner of a SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum sound card....I haven't installed it yet, I'm downloading the XP updates for it as we speak! Features... (as the box says..) Stunning 24-bit multi channel performance and 100dB SNR for high definition audio. Innovative EAX ADVANCED HD technologies deliver high-definition audio environments for ultra realistic gaming and enriched music effects. Fully Integrated SB1394 ensures optimum performance for qualified products like DV Camcorders, External Hard Drives/High speed CD-RWs and home entertainment equipment Professional home recording studio with expanded front-panel multi-I/O connectivity, low latency ASIO support and bundled music creation tools "Enter the World of Audigy - ADVANCED HD" cost - £279! (UK £) ....what do you reckon guys?? |
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Yes, but does it go to 11? |
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It even makes cups of coffee reading the book!! :) |
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I hope you didn't get that for music making purposes. There are other cards better suited for hd-recording, with lower latency etc. -P |
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"Never look a gift horse in the mouth" - or so that saying goes! Anyway, wish me luck, the drivers are downloaded, my existing 'crappy' SBLive card' is uninstalling....and I'm about to fit the hardware! |
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i have the new soundblaster, it's grand |
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All installed, everything seems OK. One word - WOW ! ! ! ! ! |
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let us know how it is jedi chris, i'm seriously considering getting one some day when i save up some money right after i get some decent speakers for my computer so i can actually hear the music also: 279pounds?!? its like, $250 canadian here (ahem, in canada)... so i would expect it to be like, half that cost in the UK! ..since i think one pound is equal to almost 2 canadian dollars... i wonder why its so expensive there!? weird... cus whenever i see british ads for synths and such, they're always WAY fewer pounds than they are dollars in canada.. (U know what i mean?!?) |
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It's very nice AMinal - you need one! We just bought it from the nearest computer shop. The cheapest I've seen them is £220.. Very nice bundled software. The front panel makes it easy to hook up MIDI devices, and practically any other consumer item - well smart! |
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YOu can buy just the card on its own for about £80... |
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ya ive been thinking of getting the OEM version... ...but it doesn't have that damn front panel! even though i would hardly use it... it looks cool:) just kididng, i actually WOULD use it once i bought a MIDI keyboard, which i am also planning to get plus it would also make it easier to record audio, since i very rarely record some guitar onto the computer |
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I've just reconfigured the MIDI of my new soundcard, and the difference in quality - OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! The choices I had were....and it was set to the Microsoft Wavetable setting before I started:- SB Audigy Sw Synth [A800] * SB Audigy Synth A [A800] SB Audigy Synth B [A800] SB Audigy MIDI Port [A800] for external SB Audigy MIDI Port II [A800] for external Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth * This is what I have it set to now. The instruments sound incredible. |
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it's all good.. not professional hardware like creative claims, but it will get you down to 2 milliseconds of latency in reason |
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aminal, you dont need the front panel for connecting a midi keyboard :) theres midi on the card.. but get an midi->usb keyboard (like roland pc300).. it's so much easier |
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a midi |
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check soundfont capability =) |
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Now this is a REAL Soundcard Get Real, Stop playin with the junk toy shit. Layla Layla24 uses the latest generation 24 bit 96 kHz converters with 110dB dynamic range and distortion of less than .002%. It has true differential, balanced outputs and a superb headphone output. ADAT lightpipe and optical S/PDIF are now included, as well as a new cool-running power supply. The new Layla24 comes with a 15' host cable that connects the rack mount interface to a PCI bus master interface card. Features - Dynamic Range of 110dB (A-weighted) on inputs, 115dB on outputs - Eight Balanced +4dBu TRS inputs - Eight Balanced +4dBu TRS outputs - Headphone output with volume control - Both Alesis ADAT optical and S/PDIF digital inputs and outputs - MIDI In/Out/Thru - Word clock I/O - Esync to other Echo 24 bit products - Software Console for monitoring, metering, and setting levels - Low-latency drivers - Compatible with all popular recording/editing software - Full duplex operation (simultaneously record eight analog channels while playing back eight analog channels) - Will record analog and digital inputs simultaneously - Includes mixer application for audio outputs, monitor assignments, volume, and metering - Includes Syntrillium Software’s Cool Edit Pro - Special Edition multi-track recording/editing software - Compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, Mac, GSIF, and ASIO. |
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windowlicker, thats like a studio card, you don't need that for making music. audigy is excellent for that. cheap, pretty fast and some nice hw effects |
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sorry, i just dont mess around. If your gonna do anything.. better to do it the Right way.. imo |
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but seriously.. those kind of cards are kind of limited unless you're about to go digital -> analog, like for vinyl |
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I've got the predessesor (?) the SB Live 5.1 Platinum with front panel. These cards don't even pretend to be professional / audiophile but they're mighty fine for gaming... Medal of Honor really does sound like Saving Private Ryan! |
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Well all I know is that is beats the pants off the old AWE32 I had. And if I'm absolutely honest, I could care about 'hd-recording, with lower latency'....I just know it sounds great! |
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couldnt care - should read |
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I've still got an original Soundblaster 8 bit mono ISA card kicking around! anyone wanna make me an offer :) |
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I'll pass on that - but thanks anyway for offering! |
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Well Windowlicker, i'm buying a Creamware Luna II :P |
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Are you sure you don't wanna buy Loogie's 8bit card - I'm sure he'll do you a good deal! ;) |
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Hey man, I've got an ISA AWE32 somewhere, keepin' it old skool! Incidently! http://www.digitalvillage.co.uk/aproduct.asp?ProductID=1697 |
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Yeah, everyone knows soundblaster 8bit shits all over that Luna nonsense It's even got this hi-tec wheel on the back that allows you adjust the volume. if you can find it. |
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there's an FM synth on it somewhere... no seriously |
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I remember thinking this is shite compared to my Amiga. Playing Wolf3D with sound was quite funky though... |
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luna II eh? .. mmmhhh... dsp! |
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i know a girl named layla... |
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^ echo layla??? |
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reminds me of a song I know ...=) |
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ya of course there are better audio cards... after all, the audigy IS only.. *gasp*, a CONSUMER level card, not professional plus.. uh.. u seem to have not noticed that the LAYLA is like 3-TIMES the price of the audigy platinum (i may be wrong, i got this from a quick check on yahoo shopping) so if it costs fucking THREE times as much, of COURSE its going to be better! i dont think its fare at all to call the audigy a "junky piece of shit" just cus its NOT a super-expensive professional level card |
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SW1000XG cheers!!! |
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Agreed, nothing comes close to the Audigy for sheer value for money, its excellent. |
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YOu are quite right AMinal. My Audigy was about £250 I think, or there abouts, and considering that your average run of the mill soundcard for games etc is about £40-70, the Audigy isn't by no means a cheap card! And as you rightly said you'd expect obviously a card of a professional status to be mega bucks - but I don't think it is necessary at all! The most expensive sound card is not necessarily the best! |
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:o :o :o. Can the audigy really go to 2 milliseconds latency or is that only if you tweak your whole PC to the fullest? But still amazing! Nice of creative to reduce the latency problem (very known problem of soundblaster cards and annoying as hell) |
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->"I've just reconfigured the MIDI of my new soundcard, and the difference in quality - OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " what d'you mean by that ? midi quality ? |
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i prefer the audiophile 2496 ,)> |
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My MIDI output was set to a Mcrosoft default GS Wavetable....and now that I have changed it to SB Audigy Sw Synth the MIDI instruments sound even more realistic. |
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do you use MIDI only for playing GM/GS sounds ? |
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I've got thousands of MIDI files stored on my PC from years back, and just like playing them, and hearing the realistic sounding instruments....nothing really more spectacular than that really. I've also got an old 'Windows 3.1' bit of software (that surprisingly runs under XP) called MIDI Orchestra which I tend to play around with different instruments and effects - it's simple but nice! :) |
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