stereo in only

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which soundcards are 24 bit and take just stereo. i only mixdown digital, there is the card Deluxe from i cant remember who, and the 424 i think. what other ones. also, are there any you know of that are digital in only, and i could get a stand alone A/D converter?
 
The Company you're thinking of is Digital Audio Labs. And they make a digital only card (I think) But since our resident 24 bit proponent has heaped much praise on the Lynx One for a two-in card- I'd give that a close
look. Also Gina24 and Darla 24 but I haven't heard either of those.
 
I really considered the Card Deluxe when I was looking at 24 bit cards. It has many advantages over other cards, great sounding converters, 24/96 capabilities on those converters (the only advantage it had over the Lynx One card), NT drivers, good price.

A couple things made me decide on the Lynx card.

First, I decided that 96KHz, while would be a great thing to have, but, would not be as evident of a quality difference over 48KHz. So I had to remove this feature from my considerations for now. I figured that when I really NEED 96KHz, I will buy an Apogee converter and send it to the AES/EBU input on my Lynx.

The Lynx had midi I/O, and word clock I/O. At the same price, that was the biggest difference. Also, the Lynx as I recall, had more digital I/O features.

What I really wanted in a card was 24/96 converters, midi I/O, AES/EBU I/O, S/PDIF I/O, word clock I/O, NT drivers, under $500.

The Lynx met more of these requirements then the Card Deluxe did.

I am sure that the Card Deluxe is a fine sounding card too. It just didn't address as many of my requirements at the time. The Lynx card wound up costing me slightly less at the time too. Not a very big difference (like $30 or something).

As I recall, it is very hard to find a stereo in card that supports AES/EBU that ALSO has NT drivers. If 95/98 is your game, then your options open up quite a bit.

Ed
 
most likely i will be on a win 98 machine, i dont see myself getting win NT specifically for mixdown. kind of rediculous. so what other 98 options are there? i cant remember the name of a card it was digital in only, and you needed a A/D converter for it. And the guy was talking about the flying calf converter and the digital card for $500. cant remember though.
 
I think Ed's right the Lynx One is a great card. They have Win98 drivers as well. Midi my not be in your plans right now but its great to have the option to use it in the future.

Also I think Sounsman said he couldn't hear much if any difference between the Appogee converters at a Pro Studio and his Lynx if Im remembering correctley. Pretty high praise.

Layth
 
Hey Layth, I have a Gina in one of my PC's and personaly I think it sounds pretty good. What do you think?
 
Track Rat, who am I to say I haven't even built my DAW yet! But I have listened to Ed's stuff with the Lynx One and it sounds very clean and detailed. I have been doing a lot of searching, reviews of cards etc. to narrow my choice down when I do build. Right now Im leaning toward the Digi001 once they debug it a little for the PC. Mostly I want it for the Pro Tools Le. Do you use the Digi001? Any way the plan is to use a couple of Appogee Rosetta's as I can afford them and get some great mic pre's its kind of an upgrade plan.

I think one of the members use the Gina and has posted some good sounding Mp3's but I can't remember his name.

All the stuff I've recorded has been tape and its pretty old. Im getting impatient to record again with some newer gear.

Layth
 
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