Audiophile 24/96 or Echo Mia?

[tonejunkee]

I've narrowed it down to these two cards, but let me know if im missing others - my "new" PC will be a compaq deskproEND P3-500mhz

I want to record mostly acoustic instruments(vocals, acoustic guitar) and the guitar will need to be recorded on 2 tracks at once. I currently have a deskpro 200mhz with an Audiowerk 2 card.....needless to say, it blows goats and will become a boat anchor in the near future.

the p3500 pc will be dedicated to the sound card, so the conflicts should be few.

any advice will be cherished forever
Thanks!

 

[chuchosay]

I posted this in another thread:

"I own a MOTU 2408 mkII and I love it. It has 8 analog inputs built in (and 8 outputs). Also, you can by an A/D converter, like the Alesis Adat AI3 and get another 8 analog inputs for your sound card. You can buy another yet and get 24 total!

In addition to that, you can add up to 2 more outboard MOTU processors, giving you the possibility of 72 tracks total.

For recording drums, you will want probably at least 8. With the $350 Alesis AI3, you can get 16 total.

Also, the MOTU comes with WDM drivers, which can be downloaded from their website.

Something that MOTU does that not everybody else does and really suprised me--they actually encourage you to open up the product. You can move jumpers to set the outboard processor to your liking. Also, this means that if a connection ever goes bad and you know what your doing, you can fix it yourself w/out paying for repairs."