Aardvark 24/96 or M-audio Omni Studio

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Hi,im going to buy a soundcard to use at home.
For Aardvark 24/96 or M-audio Omni Studio.which one is recommended?or other?
Im thinkning about Aardvark 24/96,because I can have 8ins-8outs with two aardvark if I want to use more ins later.
pls help:)
 
From what I understand you can actually piggy-back up to 4 aardvark units of any type together giving you even more input options.
 
Im considering the sound quality between Aardvark and M-Audio.
or not much different?I know that they have their own mic pre.
and which one is easier to use?Im a newbie:p
 
I don't know about the sound of the Omni - but I have two of the Aardvark 24/96 units -- and love them. Fantastic sound.

Offhand, the specs on the Omni look good, and its probably fine. It looks like the Omni only has 2 microphone inputs, while the Aardvark has 4. The Aardvark has basic EQ, compression, and reverb available in the interface -- VERY helpful for letting the musician monitor the signal while recording. These effects are built into the interface, and do not require any of your host computer resources. They also don't have any perceptible delay on them, which really helps in monitoring.

Again, the sound on the Aardvark units is incredible. I bought one, then bought the other once I had really tried it out. It is a very clean, clear and accurate sound. If you want a sound with a particular character, you can always plug a different preamp into it.

One issue I ran into was with two interfaces, you need something external to combine the signal for monitoring, or you end up giving up some input channels on the 2nd unit. I use a Samson c-control unit and it works great for that.

-lee-
 
laptoppop said:
I don't know about the sound of the Omni - but I have two of the Aardvark 24/96 units -- and love them. Fantastic sound.

Offhand, the specs on the Omni look good, and its probably fine. It looks like the Omni only has 2 microphone inputs, while the Aardvark has 4. The Aardvark has basic EQ, compression, and reverb available in the interface -- VERY helpful for letting the musician monitor the signal while recording. These effects are built into the interface, and do not require any of your host computer resources. They also don't have any perceptible delay on them, which really helps in monitoring.

Again, the sound on the Aardvark units is incredible. I bought one, then bought the other once I had really tried it out. It is a very clean, clear and accurate sound. If you want a sound with a particular character, you can always plug a different preamp into it.

One issue I ran into was with two interfaces, you need something external to combine the signal for monitoring, or you end up giving up some input channels on the 2nd unit. I use a Samson c-control unit and it works great for that.

-lee-
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Thx for your info.!
it seems that Aardvark is more suitable for me.they have 4 mic pre.
some questions.
do you use Mixer Console?
if you use other mic pre,do you need to bypass the pre in Aardvark?
and if I want to connect Monitors,which output I should use for stereo monitoring?
 
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