Sound cards......

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I am using a Sb live sound card, it is the only card I have ever used to record with and I like it. I know there is probably better cards out there but will the SB work well enough or would I be blown away by a newer improved card?
I run my signal through a Yamaha mixing board and then send the signal from record out to the sound card.
 
You can get away with what you have. If you wanted to purcahse an interface like the Yamaha UW10 USB Digital Recording Interface to put the tracks on your hard drive easily. There's plenty other units, i just picked this one. YOu can bypass your soundcard completely on the input side if you go with a small device that's USB connected.
 
Soundcards

Cold Fusion,

I would second the earlier recommendation for the M-Audio Audiophile 2496. If the number of inputs/outputs suit your use, it seems to make amazingly good sounds for $100.

I use: [Kawai KG-5 (6'8")] > Oktava MC012 > Peavey VMP-2 all tube preamp > M-Audio 2496 (analogue in) > Compaq 2.8 GhZ/ 1 GB RAM/ 200 and 80 GB HDs > Cool Edit Pro 1.1 > CD-R

The Oktavas are also an excellent place to start with microphones- excellent for $100 each - sometimes less.

The mic pre is important too. What do you use for microphones, preamp, and software?

When recording to HD, I have had better results when using a second HD for the music files only. I defrag this drive too after every recording session to keep the files in one piece.

But, the Audiophile 2496 at it's price is very impressive! The Peavey has a very good tube EQ, but I've been doing everything 16/44.1 without EQ and the results are strong and natural. And The 24/96 recording was just fantastic played back stright from Cool Edit 2- my now lapsed demo version. it's interesting Syntrillium only a month ago offered a 21 day trial of V2 though I suppose it was already changed to Audition.

I'm deciding now about upgrading my now elderly Cool Edit 1.1- but it seems Cool Edit been sucked into the Sony maelstrom as Audition and now is a really big. complex programme- and expensive.

Cheers,

Bambi B
 
Bambi, thanks for all the information, sound like an upgrade would be worth my while.

As far as qear goes I have two sm57's and two sm 58's I run all my sources through a Yamaha mixing board and then into the sound card. I read a post that suggests using the guitar amp as a preamp for the vocals. I think there might be something to that. I have a cyber twin and I think I can get some sweet vocal sounds out of it.

happy day

richard
 
I upgraded from SBLive to Audiophile2496 and the difference is very obvious.

Nowadays the AP2496 is less than $100, PLEASE upgrade for your own good! ;)
 
brzilian said:
Do a search on old posts about E-Mu drivers.

I've been using an Audiophile for almost 3 years on 2 systems. No problems whatsoever.
Click to expand...

What's wrong with EMU drivers?

I've worked with an m-audio audiophile 24/96 and a delta44, they don't even come CLOSE to the emu 1820m...

and they just had a 3rd update on the drivers with vst effects, 96/192 khz sampling wdm support, and the soundquality shits on any m-audio card hands down...
 
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