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can you recommend any? how expensive do they get |
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I get the gold plated ones, about $800/each |
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$800 each what? |
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per soundcard? |
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You cant trust my post, sorry. |
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well how many soundcards do I need? there are soundcards with multiple inputs (no jokes kids..) right? |
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Try something like the E-mu 1820M. That has 6 1.4" balanced inputs and 8 1/4" balanced outs. |
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Oh and it costs about $500 |
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**Vote for Lee** |
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not bad thanks.. you have that? |
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No. My stuff is made on an old laptop. A friend has it though and it is very good. |
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i have m-audio firewire 410, which is for laptops really 1/4" thingies is just something that comes with good (and bad) soundcards |
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well I need it for a laptop.. there are external ones too, right? are they just as good? |
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e-mu 1820 is thoroughly recommended! I have it, and it's awesome! |
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e-mu have some laptop versions of their cards, but they usually don't have breakout boxes then... I'm not sure about your 1/4" thing.. do you mean you need it to have small jacks? |
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I have one of . Pricey, but since I got it it's proved invaluable. |
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or wait.. is 1/4" the large ones..? |
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1/4", XLR, RCA, S/PDIF, AES/EBU, WORD CLOCK, R-BUS, SCSI, ADAT LIGHTPIPE THIS IS ALL STUFF YOU SHOULD RESEARCH AND FIND OUT |
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yes just as good especially if it has firewire, which is a better (faster, more datastream) usb |
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I know it, I just mix the names up at times... |
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my concern with external ones is delay.. or latency drunken mastah - what's a breakout box? xceque - whose ass is that in your avatar? I've heard good things about presonus |
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that FIREPOD thing on the PreSonus page.. that could be used on a laptop or no |
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i use a MOTU 896 HD, and I HAVE NO delay.... ok, well maybe 10ms... 10 milli seconds... that is not even enough to shake a fist at. |
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This one kicks ass! |
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If I had the money, I would go with a MOTU interface. Second would be the presonus firepod that xceque linked to. I bought an Alesis Multimix12 firewire because I need a mixer for live use, a multi channel audio interface, and I am not rich. It seemed like the most economical choice, even though I will probly need to upgrade in a few years. But its a solid mixer. |
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I use mine on a laptop with Acid (6) mostly, with no problems. And the arse in my avatar is |
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the breakout box is the extrenal box you often get with soundcards these days, but I see now that I was mixing stuff up a bit.. the emu laptop soundcard does indeed have a breakout box. It's the emu 1616... |
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e-mus mostly only have 2ms at most I LAUGH IN YOUR FACE! |
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ooo! I thought no-one else used acid! |
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I just purchased a focusrite saphire 4 ins 8outs, lovely stuff |
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there is no delay, latency, from being external, not more then internal. you always have delay. m-audio's, and others, soundcards have good asio, that means little delay |
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actually the delay is from the computer computing |
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there is definately a difference in latency between a usb/firewire card and a pci card |
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oh. i wouldnt know i guess enlighten me |
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The difference is going to be negligable with higher end stuff. Generally with music stuff, you get what you pay for. That is considering that you are using the right kind of computer for your audio interface. |
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pci, I'm assuming, is internal? I really don't think I need too many OUTS.. just need to have my monitors hooked up.. but more than 2 inputs is very important the latency issue.. if you get a SC above a certain qua;lity standard, you're saying, the latency will be unnoticable when I hear 'latency' I think of the delay time from a USB midi controller to the computer.. which is NOTHING like this right? |
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pci is internal, yes, but it's for desktops. for a laptop, I guess internal is like those cards you stick into the side.. latency is delay from when a sound is produced to when it is recorded and goes for both midi and audio. latency is almost always noticeable if it's above 10ms (though mostly only when you play back what you just recorded, you'll hear it missing the beat, etc), but you can usually set the program to compensate for it... |
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