MAudio Audiophile 2496

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I'm in the process of putting together a desktop PC for music recording, et. al. (since my Dell laptop, which I had been using as a recording device for the past couple of years, bit the dust on me). This card is currently selling for 99 bucks at ZZound.com.

Anyone have any experience with it? What's your take on this?

Thanks!
 
if you search the forum youll see lot of folks use the audiophile.
for a desktop pc i would suggest you look at an amd athlon with 512 ram, two fast 7200 rpm sound cards and all the usual stuff.
and a TIP - dont put anything else in any other pci slot than whatever sound card you get.
search under my name for lots of further advice.
if you have q's - just ask.
peace.
 
manning1 said:
..... two fast 7200 rpm sound cards and all the usual stuff....
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:rolleyes: Wow, must be some new soundcards out on the market that I haven't heard of yet! :D
 
I have been using that card for over a year now. It's a wonderfull card with good quality components.

I paid around 149.00 when I bought it.

It's not top of the line but it works great, Dave
 
manning1 said:
two fast 7200 rpm sound cards and all the usual stuff.
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yeah um let me know where you found that and i think i'd buy it....could be noisey at 7200 rpms
 
ha ha !
thanks for noticing the typo guys.
sorry - ive had some family losses recently/things on my mind.
one of my family just went in their 90's. it upset me greatly.
a good age to be sure.
that should read two fast 7200 rpm HARD DRIVES shakey.
sorry about that. my apologies.
 
Yeah I'm looking into buying the 2496 as well.

What do you guys think of my system? (I posted this before a long time ago but I forgot my username and therefore can't log in... )

This is an old budget system.

Duron 1.1 Ghz
896 MB DDR RAM (PC 2100)
80 Gb 7200 RPM HDD
Win XP Pro

Add to that the Audiophile 2496 and a small, inexpensive mixer. Should I be able to produce a decent demo?

Any other suggestions?
 
you should be able to do PRO radio quality with that system with a good pci sound card..
just make sure your dma is enabled.
also consider a second hard drive.(nice to have).
if you get the audiophile i would ask maudio before you buy it if there any potential conflicts with your motherboard or chipset. (you didnt mention
what they are).
you should get at least 30 tracks, maybe even many more with that system if its not loaded up with junk like viruses and spyware etc. ie: its a clean system.
heres a test of your system. download the multitrack software i use - the demo of powertracks - from pgmusic.com , and up in the menus when you install it - it will tell you what number of tracks you can get. its a good test of your system for audio. in options preferences - tell it which drivers to use. it will even work with on board audio.
if you see more than 40 you should be fine.
tell me what it reports.
 
I believe it has a VIA chipset, but not sure.

It's a very clean system... I'm obsessed with keeping it free from spyware and all that junk.

I'm at work now but once I get home I'll do the test you spoke of.

Thanks.
 
Wow!! THanks guys!

So, I have to ask, and I'm sure the answer is obvious, with this card, even in 24/96 capability, will I be able to get a pro sound out of it, or would I have to go to a higher end card?

Also, when I first started home recording on the pc-laptop, and eventually back to PC, I was told that I HAD to have a super charged Pentium. Would an AMD Athlon do the trick now?
 
I think the AP2496 has been praised to death in this forum. :)

I am a happy user myself.

Yes, it'll give you "pro" result.... and with its now sub$100 pricetag.... don;t think, just get it! :)

I am using Athlon XP2000 with it and just completed my 2nd album project. :)
 
shaky - i'm a puter engineer. it dont get much better than an amd athlon imho.
unless your rich and go for an amd 64 processor.
but really most folks dont need that.
a good athlon well set up will do 60 tracks. some report 80 plus.
or if you want to go nuts - which i think is overkill frankly
some high end users report using amd dual opterons server like processors 150 plus tracks.
but honestly this is very pricey and not needed unless your a lucas film type
operation.
for those reading this the new cheap amd semprons are out now.
i have not had a chance to test them yet - but as the old duron would do 40 tracks i expect they will do at least 40 tracks. maybe more with
great memory and hard drives.
peace.
 
How many mics can this thing record simultaneously? Could I record three vocal channels at the same time?
 
rob - if you want to record multiple different vocals or other instruments at the same time to a pc , you will need a multi input sound card like a delta,
as well as a powerfull pc as i detailed plus the software i detailed and a mixer with three direct or distinct outputs for the three different mics
or three different mic preamps plus of course a monitoring system.
(use the search feature using my name - ive posted lots of posts over the last year).
 
Rob Line said:
How many mics can this thing record simultaneously? Could I record three vocal channels at the same time?
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Yes ... you can get four simultaneous tracks with a AP 2496, but it only offers two analog channels. To get the other two channels you would need to use the SPDIF I/O.
 
download the multitrack software i use - the demo of powertracks - from pgmusic.com , and up in the menus when you install it - it will tell you what number of tracks you can get. its a good test of your system for audio. in options preferences - tell it which drivers to use. it will even work with on board audio.
if you see more than 40 you should be fine.
tell me what it reports.
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With my current Audigy Platinum 2 (I don't own the 2496 yet) it gives me 48 tracks.
 
M-Audio is evil

but then again so is MOTU, sometimes Echo, and many times RME, so what do you do?
 
revolutionary.its not just 48 tracks. the midi editing and many other features
i cant explain in detail on a bbs.
 
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