In the next few months, my brother wil buy a new computer. He is not a musician and is leaning towards a SB Live! card. (full one).
I just did some experiments with good headphones and our 4 year old SB16 card sounds pretty good. Save for the occasional electronic "swooshing" sound.
I have a 4 track cassette recorder (424mkIII) and I mix down to HiFi VHS. Mainly I just want to transfer music to CD for convenience-quality and durability.
In a year or two I may start doing more with my computer music wise so I want a card that I can "grow" with. I was thinking about those 4 in 4 out cards. (To me the 4 in are more important than the 4 out)
people here praise the Dmann 2044. How much more $$$ is it from the SB Live! (full) card? Is the extra money well spent? Can the Dmann or other "music" cards still perorm well for video games and the such. Most importantly, how good are the MIDI capabilities on such a card? Good quality MIDI sounds burned into the cards ROM?
What is the best value of "audio recording /MIDI" card around?
I just did some experiments with good headphones and our 4 year old SB16 card sounds pretty good. Save for the occasional electronic "swooshing" sound.
I have a 4 track cassette recorder (424mkIII) and I mix down to HiFi VHS. Mainly I just want to transfer music to CD for convenience-quality and durability.
In a year or two I may start doing more with my computer music wise so I want a card that I can "grow" with. I was thinking about those 4 in 4 out cards. (To me the 4 in are more important than the 4 out)
people here praise the Dmann 2044. How much more $$$ is it from the SB Live! (full) card? Is the extra money well spent? Can the Dmann or other "music" cards still perorm well for video games and the such. Most importantly, how good are the MIDI capabilities on such a card? Good quality MIDI sounds burned into the cards ROM?
What is the best value of "audio recording /MIDI" card around?