Rendering final mix to .wav-does it matter the soundcard

[Vitor Peixoto]

Hello, I am finishing a very important project, an animated cartoon soundtrack.
I have about 7 audio tracks in wav(16bit).
I want to mix to a final stereo wav file, process in Tracks,
etc, burn the stereo track to CD...but my soundcard is a ISA Soundblaster AWE64.

My simple question: my soundcard will affect the sound quality of the final mix?

When I render the tracks to a stereo track(in Vegas, in Pro Tools Free,in every multichannel software), does the soundcard affects the final file?

Is it a stupid question? I am sorry, but I really don't know what to do. I want to mix in my computer, instead of going to a studio (and spending money) to mix.

Thanks very much.
Vitor
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 

[pglewis]

The soundcard will affect what you hear when the file is played, but the software doesn't even need the soundcard to mix the audio together. You should be fine.