Feb 25, 2005 02:29 pm what's your budget? and how firm is it?
Sound card opinions needed
Posted on Feb 25, 2005 02:27 pm
ZX6R1033
Perdido
Member Since: Dec 15, 2004
I am looking for a sound card... again.
What I need...
Type: PCI
Sample rate: 24 Bit, 96KHZ
Ins: 8, 4 stereo pair.
Outs: 2, 1 stereo pair.
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Feb 25, 2005 02:29 pm what's your budget? and how firm is it?
Feb 25, 2005 02:33 pm $100- $150 flexable to within 50 bucks, but I really can not go past $200
PS, chris.. you should dl aim... i am always getting randomly booted off MSN while in the middle of a conversation. I still cant sign back on, and I am not sure why.
Feb 25, 2005 02:37 pm yeah microsofts hotmail and messenger both gimme probs sometimes, prolly cuz everybody is using them....maybe they bit off more than they can chew...i was thinkin' about that when they gave every hotmail user 250MB inbox...course i'm on g-mail now and have a gig!! hehe
peace
wyd
Feb 28, 2005 08:45 am still need sound card suggestions... Since the Juli@ does not offer enough inputs, and I can not run two cards in the same system.
Feb 28, 2005 08:55 am what about a delta 1010 or something like that.
Feb 28, 2005 09:09 am probably get a 1010lt off ebay cheap now. they're running 220 or so new.
Feb 28, 2005 09:11 am ZX6R1033, don't take this the wrong way, but $200 is a pretty meager budget for the features you want, you will have to go eBay or something like that, cards with over 4 inputs generally go for a bit of money, with the 1010 LT being one exception because it's all a cables-mess, no breakout box.
Feb 28, 2005 09:19 am I am figuring that out.
WHat do you think is going to be the best option for me for the $200 budget? Maybe I should just stick with the Julia? I can't seem to find anything with more inputs for under $200, and I dont need 8 outputs.
Feb 28, 2005 09:20 am it depends...do you need MIDI or SPDIF connections? If not, perhaps check eBay for a Delta 44.
Feb 28, 2005 09:27 am I only need TRS or RCA, as I will be running everything through a mixer anyway. I see the delta has 4 inputs... this is probably the best I can do on my absolutly horrible budget. But, how about the quality? BTW, $149 buy it now.. good price, or should I look elsewhere?
Feb 28, 2005 09:28 am $149 is a pretty good price for a Delta 44. The quality if fine, m-audio.com/products/en_us/Delta44-main.html
Feb 28, 2005 09:32 am Dan to the rescue... again. Thanks a lot!
FYI, Tax return check should be here this week or next. I am in thye process of building a new computer, which will be a stand-alone for the studio. I bought a Samson 7Kit (and am VERY happy with the sound so far) and this friday, I will be buying an SM57 for the snare. Hopefully within the next month, I will be posting a song on here in one form or another.
Feb 28, 2005 12:06 pm a good thing about the Delta 44 is that if you outgrow the number of inputs/outputs, you can always buy another and install it alongside your existing Delta 44. It'd be like having 8 inputs/outputs for $300.
Feb 28, 2005 12:18 pm nice! I think that is the route I am going to go. I can start off with 2 subgroups and add on later.
Mar 01, 2005 05:13 pm Keep in mind that the Delta 44's won't sync together, though. That's okay unless you're recording something like a drumset with more than 4 inputs and you don't want possible comb filtering issues. If you buy the Delta 66, then you can sync two of those via the S/PDIF IO in the back of the card. Just something to think about. Both cards have excellent audio quality!
If you have $500 to spend, check out the Echo Layla 3G. It has everything in a Delta 1010 plus some nice preamps on the first two channels. I own a Delta 44 as well as the 3G and can say that the audio quality of the Layla is slightly better-- mostly in the noise level of the converters.
www.echoaudio.com
Mar 17, 2005 05:35 pm Check out Delta 1010LT. I have been very please with it. It has more bang for the buck!
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