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ambi
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I was thinking of getting a delta 44 to start out, seeming they just dropped in price to 350 canadian. But then i stumbled upon heaps of posts lately about the Ardvark Q10. People were singing it's praise so i thought i should check it out. Now is it just me or is this thing too good to be true? Now it is quite a bit more expensive than the delta 1010. But it has 8 preamps, headphone outs with volume control, monitor outs with volume control, ..err, and a bunch of other good stuff i dont' remember off by heart.
Anyways i have a few questions, maybe those of you who are researching it can sell it to me, and reinforce your own decsicions.
-2 EFR? Guitar Hi-Z Inputs2
EFR? Guitar Hi-Z Inputs - Exactly what are these? Now they are an extra 2 inputs correct? So you could have 8 things running through the ardvark, plus these 2, which would make 10? What exactly do they do? Are they amplified?
-The preamps. Now they are described as "Class A", and i've heard people say they are awesome, much better than the mackies or soundcrafts. Is there any truth to this? What stand alone preamp/mixer could i compare them to?
-96/88.2khz? i read a new update will allow recording in this, but is it actually something the card was made to do? Or is this just some extra thing they programed in to sort of "fake" 96/88.2khz?
-Four 1/4 in. TRS Inserts
I'm sorry but what exactly do i use these inserts for? Are they in addition to the total 8ins/8outs. or are they extra?
-AD/DA conversion quality? How does it stack up to the competition? Motu, RME, Delta 1010.
I'm thinking that because i don't have to go, MIC - MIXING BOARD - SOUNDCARD, i can just go MIC - SOUNDCARD. wouldn't it save some signal quality? I'd bypass all of the noise of the mixer (which i don't need, just the preamps and monitor control +headphones) so i'd think i'd save something...
Any other things i've missed about how great it is? Granted its about 1300 Canadian i think, which is about 1000 more than i can get the delta card for. I need some selling i'm a poor soon to be student!
Anyways i have a few questions, maybe those of you who are researching it can sell it to me, and reinforce your own decsicions.
-2 EFR? Guitar Hi-Z Inputs2
EFR? Guitar Hi-Z Inputs - Exactly what are these? Now they are an extra 2 inputs correct? So you could have 8 things running through the ardvark, plus these 2, which would make 10? What exactly do they do? Are they amplified?
-The preamps. Now they are described as "Class A", and i've heard people say they are awesome, much better than the mackies or soundcrafts. Is there any truth to this? What stand alone preamp/mixer could i compare them to?
-96/88.2khz? i read a new update will allow recording in this, but is it actually something the card was made to do? Or is this just some extra thing they programed in to sort of "fake" 96/88.2khz?
-Four 1/4 in. TRS Inserts
I'm sorry but what exactly do i use these inserts for? Are they in addition to the total 8ins/8outs. or are they extra?
-AD/DA conversion quality? How does it stack up to the competition? Motu, RME, Delta 1010.
I'm thinking that because i don't have to go, MIC - MIXING BOARD - SOUNDCARD, i can just go MIC - SOUNDCARD. wouldn't it save some signal quality? I'd bypass all of the noise of the mixer (which i don't need, just the preamps and monitor control +headphones) so i'd think i'd save something...
Any other things i've missed about how great it is? Granted its about 1300 Canadian i think, which is about 1000 more than i can get the delta card for. I need some selling i'm a poor soon to be student!