Soundcard - SB Audigy 2

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I have a SB Audigy 2 in my pc right now.. This is what I record with. It says it can record and playback in 96khz and 24bit.. I can record in 96khz, but when I configure Sonic Foundry Acid (2.0), to playback sample size, 24bit unpacked or packed, neither will work, it won't play.. Why? I thought it could support 24bit? Another question...


Can I use this to record when I get a better mic and pre-amp? Also should I get a better soundcard, one produced for recording? The thing is, do they have ports for 5.1 setups on those card? Like the delta ones? A rear, center, left, and right or whatever? What soundcard would you reccomend that could go into a 5.1 setup? I have a logitech z-640 setup.
 
Well, I have a audigy2 too, but I record using a Motu. Anyway like you said audigy can record in 24bit/96Khz obviously, but I don't think that sonic foundry's driver bit rate is that high. By the way...are you trying to record surround sound with that.....:) If not why do you want to go upto 24/96.
Anyway, Audigy is not a real good recording sound card, I would say you better get a audiophile 2496 which works along with audigy without any conflict, so that you can use your z-640 with audigy and all your recording stuff including your preamp with your 2496 card. How does that sound? Usually you can use a audiophile 2496 for all the purpose, but since you have a 5.1 set up, I don't want you to make you remove that. :)
 
So why can't I play 24bit in Sonic Foundry? And how do I know, that the music I listen to, or sounds, are all being played in 24bit? Also, that soundcard, where can I get it? Can I hook my 5.1 setup to it, or will I have to buy monitors?
 
What you mean record sound? I just record, and it comes out all speakers.. Am I right? I dunno wut you mean..
 
Audigy sucks for recording....do yourself a favor and get a real card and quit playing with that silly ass toy.
 
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So why can't I play 24bit in Sonic Foundry? And how do I know, that the music I listen to, or sounds, are all being played in 24bit? Also, that soundcard, where can I get it? Can I hook my 5.1 setup to it, or will I have to buy monitors?
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Delta's can work along side a SB card. Use the Delta exclusively for recording and the SB for whatever you're doing in 5.1.

Regular consumer speakers do not give you an accurate flat sound by which to master something. Monitors do not artificially enhance certain frequencies like most computer speakers do.
 
How will my computer know whitch card to use to play music and games, and whitch one to record? Also, what's a nice budgest good preformance card?
 
I don't think Acid 2 was enabled to record in 24 bit either. I think that came along in 3 or 4. I don't remember, I didn't start recording into Acid until 4 came along, because of the ASIO capability.
 
But it has preference options to set, to record in 96 khz, and in midi playback 16bit, 24bit unpacked, and packed..
 
Ok, what kind of soundcard should I get? And if I get it, will it record in 24bit and 96khz? Also, I can't hook a 5.1 setup to that can I? Will I have to get studio monitors? If so, whitch ones. Or should I just play music through SB: A2 through 5.1 and record with the other soundcard? Won't there be driver conflicts though?
 
Woa, alot of questions!

Yes, Audigy 2 will record in 24/96
Yes, you can hook up a 5.1 setup to that
No, you don't need studiomonitors, but you need to listen to something
Depending on what you want to achieve, you can record with the Creative or get a new card. Your choice!
Yes, since you're dealing with a Creative card, you can bet on that there will be conflicts (unless they've changed how they make drivers and cards for the past year).

The easiest sollution to all problems you can get with an Audigy, is to get another card, say Delta44 or Audiophile 2496. ;)
 
Ok, what kind of soundcard should I get? And if I get it, will it record in 24bit and 96khz? Also, I can't hook a 5.1 setup to that can I? Will I have to get studio monitors? If so, whitch ones. Or should I just play music through SB: A2 through 5.1 and record with the other soundcard? Won't there be driver conflicts though?
 
How do I know my music is currently playing in 24bit or 96khz? Must it be recorded like that, in order to play at that quality? Like in winamp, say 1 song is 44khz and 16bit stereo, it'll play that quality, then the next is 96 24bit stereo, it'll play that as that too?
 
Since you already have an Audigy2, why dont you learn how to use it before spending more money on another soundcard. You might find its good enough for you current situation and you can spend the money on other things like instruments, microphones or speakers. I am not sure that the Audigy2 is the weak link in your setup.

The ASIO drivers work fine at 16bit 48khz. You should work at this sampling frequency to avoid the poor resampling algorithms of the audigy (when used at 44.1khz for example). You can them use a better resampling software to downsample your final mix to 44.1 before burning.
 
Do recording soundcards allow 5.1 setups? HELP PLZ! I'm getting frusterated here!! ARGG I hate this.. Sorry, lol.
 
Whats wrong with your Audigy2? Use it at 16bit 48khz like I wrote in my previous post. You wont notice any benefit on your setup to record at 24bit 96khz on an Audigy.

If you really want a recording card with 5.1 outputs check out the Terretec DMX 6fire ... but maybe you should learn to use what you have first.
 
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moskus said:
Woa, alot of questions!

Yes, Audigy 2 will record in 24/96
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Only the Platinum 2 EX currently allows for 24bit recording with ASIO drivers.

All other Audigy 2's only allow for 24 bit recording with WDM drvers because their ASIO support is limited to 16bit/48Khz recording. They do not support ASIO 2.0.
 
"Whats wrong with your Audigy2? Use it at 16bit 48khz like I wrote in my previous post. You wont notice any benefit on your setup to record at 24bit 96khz on an Audigy.

If you really want a recording card with 5.1 outputs check out the Terretec DMX 6fire ... but maybe you should learn to use what you have first."

Why won't I notice any benefit from the recording difference in 24bit to 96khz on my Audigy? Cause it sucks? Would I need a better card to notice the difference..

Listen, I just want to record at a good quality, and still be able to use my 5.1 setup to play.. What do I need to do?

Also, how do I know I'm playing music in 24bit, if the music was produced in 24bit, it'll play in 24bit, or what?
 
With your current setup, what are you unhappy with when recording at 16bit?

I doubt you will hear the benefit of a better soundcard with your computer speakers. You also said that you dont currently have a good mic or mic pre. Therefore it doesnt seem that the soundcard is the weak link in your setup. Spend money on the other stuff first. In the meantime start doing some recordings and dont get hung up on bit depth and sample rates. Of course if you have lots of cash, go ahead and get a better soundcard as well.
 
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