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Hello all,

I will be getting back into PC recording after a few years. My new computer will be all in one (games, home office, pc recording studio, TV). I will be building a good one from scratch, powerful specs.

In the past, I used to use a basic full-duplex soundblaster as my soundcard, and it was decent for producing very good recordings with Opcde Vision sequencer, Vegas Audio, and Gigasampler.

What will be the advantage of using a high-end soundcard rather than say the highest end soundblaster (audigy 2 zs platinum pro)? This assumes that I will only be recording one track, or one instrument at a time, so I don't need tons of inputs. I am interested in the soundblaster, since I will also play games, and I know it is compatible and standard for all that. However, my priority is a good soundcard to record music. Thoughts?

Thanks.
 
also...

Another issue I am thinking about: making music is definitely my priority with this pc, but I do like to play games sometimes :) - will a semipro audio card be fully functional for gaming?
 
also...

Another issue I am thinking about: making music is definitely my priority with this pc, but I do like to play games sometimes :) - will a semipro audio card be fully functional for gaming?
 
Well first of all Im pretty sure even the highest end SoundBlasters that claim to be 24 bit only playback 24 bit- and record 16bit (i could be misinformed). The quality of the pro-sumer converters is supposedly much better than the SB stuff. It also seems that configuring the SB card for recording is more of a pain in the ass than the pro-sumer stuff- driver quality and support are another consideration. I have a delta 1010lt that im pretty satisfied with quality and set up was pretty painless.

As far as gamin- you'd lose the surround sound if you had it- but if you have nice monitors and a good sound card- it could make gamin even better.

my 2c

/jeff
 
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