Aardvark and Cakewalk

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I just dusted off an Aardvark LX6 that I bought used many years ago. I almost bought a new Digitech pedal/effects with a USB output or the new Zoom H4 recorder but I figured I'd try this first.

Is it worth using? The 24 bit @ 96Khz still seems pretty good for an amateur home recorder.

It came with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9, Wavelab Lite, the Aardvark Direct Pro Manager and Steinberg Cubasis VXT.

I can see and hear everything coming in to the Aardvark soundboard and record it to Wavelab and see it and play it back. I can set input channels on Cakewalk to the Aardvark but can't record.

I'm new to this so I don't even know how each app talks to each other or the proper sequence. I'm impressed that I plugged it all together and can make a digital recording and play it back but I'd like to be able to easily manage a multitrack recording.

Should I even bother with this learning curve of Cakewalk or just spend the money and get all new?

Thanks,
gary
 
What OS are you using

Aarvark's were decent cards and if it can be used on your computer and you have modest goals it's not a bad choice.

primary issues are that company went out of business without generating robust XP drivers so in addition to no current support they are getting a bit long in the tooth for current computers

and unfortunately am no longer familiar enough with cakewalk to trouble shoot from a distance any issues you might be having

but just to test the card you might try the free app audacity, an app. that might be all you need in any case

I still have one Win98 machine with an Aardvark card installed, but no longer have any Cakewalk versions left
 
Aardvark and Cakewalk - windows version

I kept an old PC with win98 just for this figuring the speed of the PC doesn't matter. I figured getting it to work on xp or vista would be a pain.

A friend is using audacity so that was a backup plan.

Thanks for the response,
gary
 
I am still and currently using my Aardvark Pro Q-10. I upgraded my computer to an AMD 6000+ dual core, still using XP (since that is the last OS that Aardvark will work on) and it works just fine with version 7.13 of the driver.

It is a fine sounding interface and serves me well. Although eventually I'll probably upgrade to one of the RME offerings.
 
Aardvark and Cakewalk - windows version

I tried Audacity and that worked so at least I'm up and running enough to make some noise.

Thanks,
gary
 
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