Soundcard Survey....Please anwser everybody!!!!!!

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rapper2001

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Yeah, i never seen a thread like this before so um bringin' it up. Here's a couple of questions, and if everybody respond then maybe people can learn stuff from this. You can respond to aleast five questions of your choice if you don't wanna respond to all of'em............ Ok.

1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?

2. What did you have to do to install it?

3. Did you have any problems?

4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.

5. How long it took you to install it?

6. Was you impressed with the quality?

7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?

8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?

9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?

10. What soundcard was this?

11. Did you have any problems afterwards?

12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?

13. How did your first song come out?
 
Come on yall. 20 views and like 1 reply? This will help newbies out in the long run and it's not hard questions. You can atleast anwser 5 little questions. lol
 
1.Yes
2.Put it in a PCI slot
3.No
4.Yes
5.10 min.
6.Yes
7.Yes
8.A few days
9.2 midi jumpers and RCA to 1/4 stereo
10.Audiophile 24/96
11.No
12.Yes
13.Wonderful
 
1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?
Yes.
2. What did you have to do to install it?
Used a screwdriver and my hands.
3. Did you have any problems?
No.
4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.
Yes.
5. How long it took you to install it?
20 minutes.
6. Were you impressed with the quality?
Yes.
7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?
Yes.
8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?
Uh, It's 1.5 weeks old. I figure 6 months.
9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?
TRS - purchased at musicians friend $24.95 delivered.
Eight color coded TRS cables in one. Used to plug the Delta In/Outs to a Mackie 1402 VLZ.
10. What soundcard was this?
Delta 1010 $519 @ Bayview.
11. Did you have any problems afterwards?
Other than terminology... No.
12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?
Only used message forums.
i.e. http://pub10.ezboard.com/bdelta1010forum
http://www.audioforums.com/
13. How did your first song come out?
First 15 second clip was outstanding when compared to 16 bit SB AWE card which is also still installed for games such as Counter-Strike, Red Alert 2, etc.

Bighand
[:D]
 
1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?
yes

2. What did you have to do to install it?
install it - run disc

3. Did you have any problems?
no

4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.
yes

5. How long it took you to install it?
10 min

6. Was you impressed with the quality?
yes

7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?
about even

8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?
as long as it took to read the manual

9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?
Hosa optical -

10. What soundcard was this?
Terratec EWS 88D

11. Did you have any problems afterwards?
sample rate issues w/ paltalk - & routing issues w/ paltalk

12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?
dunno

13. How did your first song come out?
mixed a few old tracks with it, recorded some vocal snippets with good results
 
1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?
Yes.

2. What did you have to do to install it?
Install software, put in the PCI card and connect the interface.

3. Did you have any problems?
None.

4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.
Yes.

5. How long it took you to install it?
5 minutes.

6. Was you impressed with the quality?
The quality was what I expected.

7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?
I actually still prefer the sound of my other card... but that one had dbx compression in it so it ain't fair to compare the 2.

8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?
A day maybe 2.

9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?
I had all the cables already.

10. What soundcard was this?
MOTU 2408.

11. Did you have any problems afterwards?
None.

12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?
I don't know, I haven't had to call them yet.

13. How did your first song come out?
Good, REAL good.
 
1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?
Yup
2. What did you have to do to install it?
Installed the PCI card and ran a Firewire to the breakout box.
3. Did you have any problems?
Nope
4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.
Yup
5. How long it took you to install it?
30 minutes
6. Was you impressed with the quality?
Very
7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?
My previous card was a Gina and it sounded very good. My present card sounds better but it's clocked with a Lucid GenX6 so I would expect that it would.
8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?
Instatly
9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?
Four Lightpipe cables, eight analog in/out cables.
10. What soundcard was this?
MOTU 2408mkII
11. Did you have any problems afterwards?
Nope
12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?
Yup
13. How did your first song come out?
Killer
 
1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?
Yes
2. What did you have to do to install it?
Slotted it in, screwed it in place, connected the cable to the breakout box.
3. Did you have any problems?
No
4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.
Yes
5. How long it took you to install it?
20 minutes
6. Was you impressed with the quality?
Yes
7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?
Yes - just the one that came with the PC.
8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?
:o Over a year - just realised last week that I can run a solo track out to a mixer to add reverb etc.
9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?
Four analog in/out cables.
10. What soundcard was this?
Midiman DMAN2044 (obsolete, no longer available, replaced by the Delta 44)
11. Did you have any problems afterwards?
No
12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?
So I'm told
13. How did your first song come out?
Fair to middling
 
1. Yes.

2. Put in PCI slot, tighten screw with screwdriver.

3. No.

4. Good god , YES

5. Two minutes.

6. I was indeed.

7. Marginally, different would be the word I would use. My previous card was the Aardvark 20/20+. I'm not convinced the Delta 1010's are much better, if better at all.

8. N/A

9. Balanced TRS, because the inputs are switchable.

10. Delta 1010

11. No.

12. Not bad.

13. Ok.
 
1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?
extremely

2. What did you have to do to install it?
open case, stick card in empty pci slot, screw it in

3. Did you have any problems?
no

4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.
yes

5. How long it took you to install it?
5mins + time to download new drivers

6. Was you impressed with the quality?
yes

7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?
yes

8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?
still learning...have had it for about a month

9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?
the cord that gave me spdif and midi

10. What soundcard was this?
Audiophile 2496

11. Did you have any problems afterwards?
pops and clicks. ajusted settings, and it worked.

12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?
very

13. How did your first song come out?
alright...except i can't sing
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1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?
Kinda

2. What did you have to do to install it?
Put it in my computer and follow the dorections

3. Did you have any problems?
None except buffer tweaking and occassioanl clicks/pops

4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.
My harddrive was brand new to begin with

5. How long it took you to install it?
Maybe a couple hours at the most

6. Was you impressed with the quality?
Yes, considering it isn't made anymore

7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?
No, it just has 4 more channels

8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?
Still learning!

9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?
Just a cable to go from the breakout box to my computer

10. What soundcard was this?
Gadget Labs (out of business) 824

11. Did you have any problems afterwards?
No, excpet for the occasional clicks and pops

12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?
They don't exsist anymore

13. How did your first song come out?
That has more to do with skill than soundcard, so I'll say bad.

Ian
 
two cards in one go:

Creamware Pulsar RME Hammerfall digi 5296

1: (mechanical) both: yes
(soft): RME is easier, but neither is difficult

2: both: open pc, put in card, close pc

3: both: again, mechanicaly no
soft: a few installs before Pulsar was upto shape

4: of course, where would it go?

5: Pulsar: 1h
RME: 15min

6: both yes

7: Pulsar: yes, it is better than a Turtle Bitch Daytona
RME: pure digital, it does not "sound"

8: Pulsar: still learning after >1 year
RME: couple of days

9: Pulsar: couple of AES and a couple of XLR cables
RME: 2 opticals (supplied) + 2 extra
Why: to get sound in and out, why else?

10: a Creamware Pulsar and a RME Hammerfall digi5296

11: Creamware: this card is extremely sensitive of MB, other soft etc.
RME: no real problems

12: NO FOR BOTH: Support with Creamware and RME is lousy! Do not expect replies to your mail within a week.

It took RME 30 working days to reply to the simple question if there are known issues with my MB and their cards. The reply that came was more then useless.

If you mail Creamware, it takes time and all problems are due to other causes, never their products. Soft is buggy and updates slow.

You will have far more support from forums like this then from the manufacturer but as always, YMMV.

13: after 3 months, still trying to get a pc running.
 
1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?

Yes.

2. What did you have to do to install it?

Download latest drivers first. Installed card Installed latest drivers when prompted.

3. Did you have any problems?

Nope

4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.

Data? Of course why wouldn't it be?

5. How long it took you to install it?

Less than a half an hour

6. Was you impressed with the quality?

Yes it's been stellar

7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?

This was my first soundcard but it sounded better than ADATs I've used and pretty close to 2" tape.

8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?

Um about a day of reading the manual and fidgeting with the settings.

9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?

A balanced 8x8 snake and 2 balance 1/4" to XLR's to go to monitors.

10. What soundcard was this?

Delta 1010

11. Did you have any problems afterwards?

I did set the latency too low (< 1ms) and it recorded fine but played back with pops and clicks. Setting it back up to normal removed the pops and clicks.

12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?

Nope.

13. How did your first song come out?

Ok. I am still preparing to do my major recording session on it in the next month. For now I've been dealing more with mic and mic placement issues than problems with how the soundcard sounds.
 
1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?
Yup
2. What did you have to do to install it?
Put in slot, screw in screw
3. Did you have any problems?
Nope
4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.
Yup
5. How long it took you to install it?
20 minutes
6. Was you impressed with the quality?
Yes (try "Were you impressed)
7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?
Yup
8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?
A few Hours
9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?
Typical cables
10. What soundcard was this?
Darla24
11. Did you have any problems afterwards?
Just me unloosening it by accident.
12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?
I called once, they answered
13. How did your first song come out?
Depends on who you ask, I reckon

:p
 
1. yes
2. open the puter and find an empty PCI slot and screw it in
3. I did wit the wdm drivers till i realized they aren't really ME friendly then upgraded to anuther OS
4. yea
5. 15min
6. Yes
7. yes
8. can't really call it but it took a while for me to really START to understand DAW recording
9. XDR mic cables and 1/4' instrument cables from samash NOT radio shack...
10. Delta 66
11. nope
12. i'm not sure but i know when there drivers had problems they were quick to fix it
13. my 1st song came out amateur cuz like i said it took me a while from personal experience to surfing the net for me to comfortable say i can make a semi pro aka demo that can be bumped and peeps wouldn't be like get that home made crap out of their
 
Creative SB Live! Platinum.

1. Was it easy to install your soundcard?

Yep.

2. What did you have to do to install it?

Slot it in the PCI and install the LiveDrive. Connect the cables.

3. Did you have any problems?

No.

4. When you got finish installin' it was your data still on your harddrive.

Yes.

5. How long it took you to install it?

About 5 mins.

6. Was you impressed with the quality?

It is good. SoundFonts sound nice and it records to a decent quality. No ASIO drivers though.

7. Did it sound better than your previous soundcard?

Oh yes - previous one was a SB16 Vibra.

8. How long did it take for you to learn how to use your soundcard to the fullest?

I am still learning how to multitrack best - hence being on this board, but the soundcard is easy to use.

9. What cords & cables you needed, and why?

I just use a jack from my subgroup out on the desk to my LiveDrive input. Out of the card is a jack lead from the output of the LiveDrive to a channel on the desk.

10. What soundcard was this?

Creative SB Live! Platinum.

11. Did you have any problems afterwards?

Nope.

12. Do your soundcard company have good customer service?

Never called them, but I have heard good things.

13. How did your first song come out?

Pretty decent.

Hope that helps. :)
 
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