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Greetings,
If you have UBS ports try the Roland UA-30 (check www.edirol.com for
the specs).
I was a bit skeptical about USB audio quality, but after I got it I loved
it. It was only
about $230 from http://www.zzounds.com
-David-
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 21:04:27 -0700 "Rick Walker (loop.pool)"
<GLOBAL@cruzio.com> writes:
> a very quick disclaimer:
> I'm a relative newbie to computer music composition, having been
> involved
> with the World Beat movement for 22 years as an artist and producer
> so take
> everything I say here with a grain of salt. I've tried my best to
> research
> this particular area but there is much that I am ignorant of. If
> I've got
> anything wrong, please help educate me and don't waste time flaming
> me.
> Thanks.
>
>
> I've found that the Soundblaster live card (which I used for my
> entire first
> CD of abstract electronica) had tremendous problems with
> my VIA motherboard and was advised by one of my computer gurus (Si
> Moorehead, one of the geniuses at EMU/Creative) teh the VIA
> motherboards are notorious for conflicts. I finally gave up and
> bought a
> brand new Intel motherboard and, presto, everything is working
> hunky dory.
>
> Be advised: I have heard that the A/D/A converters are not very
> good (below
> pro specs, certainly) and that because they use a
> 48k sampling rate that every time you do anything in the 44k
> sampling range
> (like EVERYTHING having to do with CD manufacturing) that
> it forces the sounds to go through this crummy conversion on the way
> in and
> on the way out. How I circumvented this problem
> (and avoided buying an expensive DAT machine in the process) was to
> buy a
> MidiMan FLYING COW A/D/A converter that supports
> 24/96 recording, SPDIF and has balanced stereo ins and outs. It
> set me
> back about $350 as I remember and allows me to SPDIF everything in
> and out
> of the SoundBlaster live card thus (I hope I've figure out
> correctly)
> circumventing the SoundBlasters A/D/A converters all together. I
> also
> just read that ART has a new stereo A/D/A converter (I think called
> the
> DI/O) which the catalogues are selling for
> only $250. As long as you buy a Sound Blaster Live card that has
> SPDIF in
> and out (a waste of time if it doesn't) you do NOT have to spring
> for their
> most expensive card. If it has SPDIF it is as good a card as they
> make.
> You just pay for the breakout box and all of their software (much of
> which
> is pretty superfluous if you are doing serious recording/composing)
> by
> purchasing the expensive card.
> Total outlay for a pretty cool and quite setup: $350!!!! Not
> bad. I
> believe it is the cheapest way I know of achieving 'champagne' high
> quality
> results on a 'beer' budget.
>
> One last thing: Windows '98 has a new version out which has
> really
> resolved a lot of the conflicts with a lot of drivers. Download
> the
> upgrade and install it. It has made a huge impact on the stability
> of my
> system (which got pretty damn wobbly last year). I must confess
> that
> for music applications I still don't trust Windows ME yet.
> Anybody have
> any good luck stories with it, yet?
> It always seems the best bet to wait two years for any Windows
> operating
> system before they work out the kinks.
>
> yours, Rick Walker (loop.pool)
>
>
>
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