Newbie Sound Card Question

[MannaZen1]

I'm a newbie to synths and samplers and wanted to know what would be the best sound card to go with. I've checked out the forums here and have read mixed reviews about the M-Audio Audiophile and the Echo MiaMidi.

I'm looking to hook up a Roland PC-200 to a card to record through Gigastudio/Halion/Cubase SX/Cakewalk (not sure which of the 4 to get yet..any personal opinions on which work best would be apppreciated)

For the buck, which one is better(as far as latency and driver compatability w/my XP OS)?

I'm running the "standard" Creative Labs card and heard that it doesn't work with samplers such as Gigastudio and Halion (w/out latency issues).

Thanks for any help

 

[Stealthtech]

Both of those cards should do quite well with midi apps.
Really, even a soundblaster should handle midi data.

I prefer the m-audio cards myself because I've used em and know they are reliable. I cannot comment on the Echo stuff.