Soundcard advice???

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Hi ! I'm Dez and I need some advice.


I'm new to digital audio recording and plan to setup my computer for
one man home studio recording.
It's mainly for my songwriting and recording of demo.
I plan to record within the computer and then output my demo using a CDR.


The biggest problem I have now is to find a perfect soundcard for this purpose.
I read through countless reviews on the net and realised that most professional
cards are really expensive. But also know that consumer or gamer soundcard
will produce alot of clipping and noise when recording digital audio.


Can you please help me on this?


I do have a few soundcard options in mind.


1.Creative Soundblaster Live. - one salesman told me this is a gamer card,
too lousy to record decent diigital audio.


2. Yamaha Waveforce 192XG
These 2 cards are readily and easily available here and they're quite affordable.


3. Gadget Labs /424
4. Emagic Audiowerk2
These 2 are not so easy to get especially the Gadget Labs, I got to mail order it.
Both prices are quite steep for me.


Can you advise me on this? I'm really at a complete loss now.


I have another question..Is it a must to have a mixer console in between the soundcard and your instruments?

Thanks a million!!
 
Well, maybe I dont know anything - but I'm just using a little old AWE 64 to record, and it sounds nice and clean to me.
 
I'm using a Guillemot Maxi Studio ISIS which has an outbox with 8x input & 4x output & spdif digital ins/outs, selling for about usd 300,-. Although it's lacking the professional signal/noise specs from a "really" professional card like an Aardvark, it's really a bargain if you look at the other specs, and you can use it for your games also !!!!. Check out: http://www.guillemot.com Good Luck.
 
thats a sound blaster? man, you must know how to work it. how long have you been recording with it? that sun and moon is a good song, i woulda downloaded it but it would take 2 days on my hunk o'shit!
 
Thanks for the comments on the tune... Yeah, it's a Sound Blaster Live! - I've been using it for about a year. I think the key is the digital I/O - I have an outboard 20 bit A/D converter that takes the signal from my mixer and converts it to 20 bits - then dithers it to 16 for the sound card - I also have a lot of "soft toys" (direct X plug-ins, etc.)to process my signal, though.
 
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