E-Mu and AP...

[Bad Acoustics]

A quick question, if I get an E-Mu card or an AP Card, will I need mic preamps to make the mics sound good, or would it make a difference? Secondly, what are the limitations when it comes to number of tracks...is it imputs = tracks? Thanks!

Glen

 

[Bad Acoustics]

More info...it if helps

Oh yea BTW, I'm running an AMD Thunderbirg 1.33 GHZ and will have around 1 gb of ram..., the MOBO is an asus a7m266 with an AMD 761 chipset.

 

[Jim Y]

Yes, you do need a pre-amp. Cheapest choice is a small mixer.

I don't know how you will manage with the AMD chipset, proper soundcards are temperamental beasts - a pc needs to be well optimised to record audio with low-latency drivers.

You can record as many tracks as your pc can handle, but both an AP or Emu0404 will only provide two mono or one stereo analog inputs.

 

[Bad Acoustics]

ok ok!

Well, say I want to be adventurous and ATTEMPT to record 4 mono tracks at once via a soundcard, which one could support that?! =\\ Immortally confused!