So I just bought a Delta 1010
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Posted on Apr 10, 2003 03:21 pm
Johnny Hero
Member Since: Apr 26, 2002
Yeah... snagged one on e-bay for around $500.
Just thought I'd share my joy with everyone.
Is a 20 gig hard drive going to be enough to record with?
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Apr 10, 2003 03:50 pm Congrats Hero! Gotta love new toys. 20 gigs will get you going. You'll just have to archive files to CD from time to time. It's a good idea to do that anyway so no loss there. What I would be more concerned with is the speed of the drive. If it's a 5400rpm drive, you will probably run into trouble trying to record more than a couple of tracks at a time. Since hard drives are so cheap these days, you might consider just investing a few bucks in a 7200rpm drive to use specifically for your audio. Plus, by having your OS and programs on one drive and recording to a physically separate drive, you get considerably better performance. Something to think about for the future anyway. Have fun with your new toy!
LokiCone PokerMember
Since: Apr 07, 2002
Apr 10, 2003 06:49 pm Lucky guy, I've been wanting a 1010 for a while now, but I'm still using the 44. M-audio gear is great. I'd love to run four 1010s simultatiously. That would give me 32 ins and outs, hehe... sweet...
juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Apr 10, 2003 08:22 pm Hmm, although I agree that M-Audio gear is great, you would be wiser seeking a MOTU unit - I can't remmeber the product name, but it offers 24 ins and outs for under £1000 - very nice :)
jues.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Apr 10, 2003 09:35 pm Yes, jues has that right. As much as you all know how much I love M-Audio, it would be foolish for me not to agree with jues. For what you would pay for 4 1010s, you can almost buy a pair of MUTO 2496's and that would give you 48 channels of I/O.
juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Apr 10, 2003 09:39 pm I thought they were called 2496's (infact, I even typed it in, but it I thought I might be getting it confused with the M-Audio card, which would have made me look tres silly! :\ ).
Yeah, those things rock - someone give me a 17" G4 Powerbook with one of those - ooooooh momma.
laters
jues.
Apr 10, 2003 09:55 pm wow, that's great. I think you're going to notice a huge difference in the quality of your sound when you're tracking and mixing to hard disk. As for 20GB, that's what my audio drive was for over 2 years, and I just now upgraded to 80GB a couple months ago. In fact I'll still be usign my 20GB for audio, and just backing up my archives to the 80GB. All 7200rpm. Funny thing is, the new 80GB doesn't seems to write as fast, at only half the speed as my 15GB and 20GB drives. I guess it's because the 15 and 20 are on a controller card and the 80 is right off the primary of my mobo. I dunno. What computer are you putting it in?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Apr 10, 2003 10:04 pm Ya, I had to think twice before I posted. They are nice, I wouldnt mind owning one either. But I would rarely use that much of it. Maybe one of these days, when I quit my day job.
Apr 11, 2003 01:28 am To answer your question Jamie, I'm putting it in a Dell Dimension 4300.
Now is there an easy way to discover the speed of my drive?
juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Apr 11, 2003 06:04 am Have a look at the label on the top of the drive - it will list the ATA speed and the RPM Speed - these are the 2 most important factors.
jues.
Apr 11, 2003 10:45 am Oh so I actually have to open it? I smell disaster. Haha.
I will look later and post.
Apr 11, 2003 11:00 am Hero, you'll have to open the box anyway when you install the PCI card. just take a peek then.
Even if it's an old 5400rpm drive you should still be able to at last mic your whole drum kit and track 4 channels at once.
stupeMember
Since: Apr 03, 2002
Apr 11, 2003 12:02 pm congrats heroes on new purchase, you'lle definately find that a step up from your tascam porta 4 track? i think you said you had in previous posts. i just got a new motu 2408 mk2 myself.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Apr 11, 2003 05:04 pm Hey stupe, glad to see you signed up for HRC Pro. Thanx, and enjoy.
Apr 20, 2003 04:52 pm Ok, so I just installed a Delta 1010.
Now I can't hear sounds out of my old soundcard. How do I fix this?
Apr 20, 2003 05:14 pm that's kinda vague, it could be anything from an IRQ conflict just the multimedia settings in windows
what OS are you running again? In windows 98 i goto Multimedia Properties in the control panel and set which soundcard i want windows to use.
tell us more about what your trying to do and what you can and can't.
Apr 20, 2003 05:48 pm I'm running windows XP. Right now, I want to hear stuff like my AIM alerts and such through my old soundcard.
Apr 20, 2003 05:56 pm use the stardust
Apr 20, 2003 05:59 pm see, what'd i tell ya!
Apr 20, 2003 08:55 pm Yeah it worked! Haha.
Apr 20, 2003 09:40 pm Cool, glad it got working for ya. Your best bet, if you insist on using the older card for anything, is to set that as your default sound device in the Windows Control Panel, then just assign the 1010 in the preferences of any software application that you want to use it with. That way only those apps will use the 1010 and any Windows-related functions can still happily use the old sound card that is in your PC.
Every now and then some cards won't play well together, depending on any of a wide variety of reasons. Apparantly your are, cool.
Apr 23, 2003 07:52 am You also need to keep in mind that the 1010 is 24 bit, so anything you record with it will be, by default, 24 bit, and probably won't be able to be played by your old card. You'll probably find that after a time you will not be using your old card for much of anything.
Blessings, Terry
