is there a BIG difference between a sbLive and recording card?

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YOU COULDNT LET THE DEAD REST COULDYA!? thats cool man....i thought long and hard before i did and then i came into one of those special moments in time where i got 3 paychecks in one month and could afford to do it....car repairs be damned!
 
distortedrumble said:
car repairs be damned!

Tell me about it.
Three weeks ago on a monday I ran into a deer. Ok, shit happens and the car is still running so I'm thinking - just deal with it...
Friday the same week my wife backs into another car with our sons bike attached.
We've had the car in for repairs four days now...

This has not been a good fall...
 
my 2 cents

hoontech make a nice cheap 2496 card for 99 bucks i think but only stereo in/out.
 
not trying to add to or start anything but where else could one at entry level get a card that will do what a SB live will do for 30 bucks? it handles midi fine, just lacks some clarity in a/d d/a conversion, and some latency issues that can be worked around.
 
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Re: its ok kids! you are ALL right..

adent said:


buy the homerecording CD and have a listen... what you use to record your music adds about the last 2-3% of gloss! the other 97% is your composition, arrangement, and performance!


george

Not really more like 75% to 25% or worse if you have inferior equpement. If your using a soundcard with less impedence then the mic, even if your performance is perfect it will come out to sound bad. Also try using a mic built for a specific instrument as opposed to a universal mic and the latter will give you a noticibily degraded quality.
 
hi,

I use an audigy 2 zs and also have access to a system with a delta 66. I have recorded with both.

I have been able to get astonishing results with the audigy, at least for what it really is speced at, but the delta 66 has far better d/a a/d converters and better stable drivers.

I'm speaking strickly multitrack, one track at a time recording here not multiple inputs which the delta also has.

I think the 'trained ear' can hear the difference quickly between the 2 cards, especially early on in a project, before resampling a master.

it is easier to follow your work flow with the delta because it gives you more to work with from beginning to end. the audigy needs a few tricks of the trade to get good results mainly due to it's converters and poor wdm driver.
no problems with creative asio, seems rock solid. I wish it's control panel would give control of buffer size instead of just latency though.

BTW...when Eugene and the kxproject crew release driver 3537, you can bet that I will ditch the creative drivers and use kx. creative was not heads up about the hardware and the card is capable of more than it's current native driver allows...much more...for about $89.00 US.

cheers,
baba
 
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BUMP! :D :D :D

wow this is an old thread... :D

still using the SBlive, unbelievable i know...

here's a very recent clip:

http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=2611&alid=-1

"untitled for now"



i decided to do nothing, until i get serious enough to get "real" gear. probably gonna get KRK V6's, a audiophile 2496, cables, and some acoustic treatment. so until then... SBLive till i DIE :D

peace
 
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