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Anyone have one of these or read reviews about them? I'm talking about the one that comes with the extra board that goes into a 5inch bay on the front of your computer. It has all kinds of input: optical, RCA L/R, MIDI, Phono, just the works. I am considering buying one because it would make my headphone situation a lot easier (has a 1/4" headphone in right on the front, so I wouldnt need to fool around on the back of my comp and wouldnt need the goofy 1/4" to 1/8" adapter.), but mainly because it seems like recording through this soundcard would yield much higher quality mixes... As it is now, recording through the IN on the back of my old Soundblaster Live SUCKS. The sound is terrible and it's only mono. Thanks. |
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creative is good for home use I think, but if you ask a professional, you'll probably be laughed at. I have extigy myself, and I regret ever getting that. Terratec next, or something |
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hehehe, yeah they would laugh no doubt, but hopefully I music would put a stop to that =). Who makes extigy? Why do you regret it? Is Terratec by the same maker, or a manufacturer in itself. Please bear with me ;) |
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hopefully my* music... (not to say I am excellent at making electronic music, but just trying to be optimistic! =D) |
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extigy is by creative. basically the same as audigy only it's an external soundcard. terratec is whole nother company, critically acclaimed for their soundcards, which I believe many pro's use. It costs accordingly though :) |
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So... is the extigy the same as audigy 2 or 1? Is Audigy 2 a pretty good step up from Audigy 1 or are the essentially the same? (s'ok if you're unsure).. As for these Terratecs... what kind of price are we talking? The Audigy 2 ZS platinum will run me about 175-200. |
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I think extigy is basically the same as audigy 1, at least it came out when audigy 1 was introduced. I guess the step from 1 to 2 is worth it, but I honestly don't know. The terratec cards run from everything between 200 to perhaps thousands I believe. |
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hmm... thousands would be a bit much =P If I can get one for about the same price as the audigy 2 though I may do that.. I'll have to look into them more. Thanks nlogax :) |
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anytime :) |
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*bump* I'll be bidding on an Audigy 2 zs platinum soon, was just looking for any last minute advice anyone has.. Any testimonials for this product? |
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Also I'm going to want a 5.1 Speaker System, one that sounds good but priced for the budget minded. :) |
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whoops, can anyone recommend something like this? :D |
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your avatar is too ugly. |
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i was thinking of getting an audigy 2 in my sb75g2, instead of the stock builtin realtek audio. anyone know if that would enhance sound quality a lot? or just little. reading the specs are pointless - someone having experince with both? |
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Jesus, Creative's cards are shit - they have no fidelity, all kinds of built in garbage that modifies and fucks up your sound - they're made for yokels. Get the Terratec or an M-audio 24/96 card - I believe they both have the same Delta chipset. Hoontech cards are also supposed to be good. The low end cards from these manufacturers are around 200 buxx0rz or less, with the reason they're cheaper not being lower quality but fewer analog inputs and like that - I mean some of the M-audio cards have lots and lots of inputs so you can do multitrack recording simultaneously. |
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yeah, I'm going for Terratec next time. |
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i`ve a audigy 2 in my new box. allways had onboard sound before. its a bit strange but i would say there is no big difference (though my speakers are fucked so everything sounds a bit lame ;) |
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I have a soundblaster platinum. its alright but it fucks up with RAM overload. Can`t afford any other type right now, so it`s okay for the time being. |
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So is yours! j/k =D |
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Can you recommend any specific cards from these manufacturers? I'm looking at an M Audio Audiophile 2496 right now, and it doesn't have as many inputs as I would prefer to have. |
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Terretec Aureon 5.1 Sky seems to be like a sweet card... |
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how much is it? i'm getting a quattro from m-audio. it has quarter inch in's ,midi in/out, rca in out, and runs on USB. it also acts as a 24bit 94k external sound card. they run about $269. m-audio is much better than creative i think. |
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USB cards are no where near as good you know...if you are planning on using it on a desktop machine you are better going for a card. Not only is the sound quality not as good on USB cards the CPU usage and latency goes up. They aren't bad if you are just using them for playing audio but if you are a music maker I would steer clear of them. |
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the quattro has zero latency. at least thats their claim. MOstly i'm going for the usb card because it's like a tripple whammy for me for a sweet price (i have a hook up to get it for less than 50% of retail) 1. i now have a 16 bit sound blaster card. the quattro will be a huge improvement to that. 2. i need a midi interface as i have recently aquired my 1st keyboard. 3. i need 1/4" ins/outs as well as RCA's 4. i will be upgrading to a Laptop within the next year. so the Quattro deffinately is the best thing for me for the price. |
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actually, scratch that, no RCA's but its got 4 1/4" ins and 4 1/4" outs, balanced. |
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Sounds decent. I might check it out myself :P |
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is only $90 or something. |
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but is nothing for the music maker i guess. |
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It's the music that comes first y'know, "crappy" soundquality or not (it might be that you're just overly critical audiophiles) :D |
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I have the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum and it sounds OK... If I had the choice I'll go for a PRO MODEL. |
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For another 99 bucks you can get an M-audio Delta 44 with 4 in, 4 out. There's also the 66 and 88, with - you guessed it - 6 in out and 8 in out. I was having trouble with my Audiophile 24/96 at one point but it turned out to be a bad Cubase crack. But it made me do some research and apparently some motherboards don't get along with them. Anyhoo I got it working great with only 5ms latency - any less and I get the occasional crackle. It sounds sweeeeeeeet. Steinberg has a great of asio compatible soundcards and their specs... the MOTU products are supposed to be awesome but are very very expensive. The 828mkII looks pretty awesome, and only 800 buxx0rz! |
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Oh I'm hardly an audiophile - I just appreciate good sounding gear and feel people should be informed that they can get it with a little bit of research and a little bit more money than they'd pay for the consumer grade crap (sometimes the consumer crap is almost the same price anyway). Isn't that the way with everything? |
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Hmm... Thanks for the input everyone.. At this point, I don't know if I can really afford paying more than like 180-200 bucks for my soundcard rig.. I would prefer to go the internal route because external cards do have the latency issue, and even though I'll be getting a laptop soon, it wouldn't really be a gig capable machine even with an expernsive external soundcard. Has anyone with the audigy 2 zs plat. recorded any music through it? If it turns out that is all I can afford, would it be capable at all? I would like to start recording as soon as possible because I won't have as much time next semester to record. Thanks. |
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anyone care to field that? :) |
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ow, I'm sorry, I meant that as a general statement, not really a follow-up to your post. :P But reading all this, I guess I'm just gonna have to be content with creative soundcards, as I don't have enough of the green to cough up, unless we're talking slime as I've got a cold atm. I'm not too informed on the soundquality subject so inform me on this, but this audigy 2 zs blablala has got a THX label, so doesn't that mean it's quite a good card? For in order to get such a rating it has to meet a certain standard of sound quality. |
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there are ways round latency. |
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Well ya know, THX certification (the right to use that logo) probably costs a bundle, so Creative and the other companies that get it probably only put it on their most prestigious high-margin products. So yeah, it probably sounds not too shabby, I figure. |
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SB products, Live or Audigy, are like 'your first car', no recommendation for them since they are 'multimedia shit'. Poor soundQ, latency, lowQ electro circuits... |
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