The 1010 or 1010LT

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I am wanting a soundcard. I do however have a limited budget. Only about 300 dollars. I realize that the Delta 1010 and 1010LT are both out of this range however I might could stretch the budget to get the 1010LT. I like this one. I was wandering what the difference in the 1010 and the 1010LT is because the price difference is $250. I am also wandering what kind of quality I could get from this card w/o any preamps. I have none. My computer is not an issue so just take in consideration the 1010LT. Thanks in advance. Matt
 
The 1010 has a rack-size breakout box that contains all your 1/4" TRS balanced analog input/output jacks, MIDI, and word clock. This breakout box has a power supply and contains the actual A/D/A converters, lowering the noise floor and making them more accurate than converters on PCI cards (this is actually very subtle in most cases). The breakout box cable is about 10' long so you have a lot of placement options for your rig.

The 1010LT does not have a breakout box, it has a bunch of dangly wires that hang out the back of the card. The analog I/O is all done via unbalanced RCA connectors, which means you have to get a bunch of stupid adapters or make special cables. All of the converters are right on the PCI card. They also bundled a couple mic preamps with the LT that are also right on the PCI card. I'm sure they are of usable quality.

If you are seriously on a budget, then the 1010LT is probably the wise choice. If you can score a cheap 1010 though, it's definately the better product.

The only real drawback to the 1010 is that all the connectors are on the back of the rack unit. This makes it fine for fixed installations, but it's awkward if you don't have a patchbay. I don't think this detracts from the product itself enough to warrant not considering it though. I just have mine mounted backwards :) Oh, and SPDIF on the 1010 is on the back of the PCI card which kinda sucks but is easily worked around.

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The 1010 uses akm a/d converters which get some very positive reviews.

The LT uses codecs.

I don't know what the difference is, but the codecs supposedly aren't on the same level as the akm.

. . . for what it's worth.
 
Thanks for the responses. Now I have also seen that the 1010LT only comes with two preamps. I would like to record 8 tracks at one time on the drums and edit on seperate tracks. I have a fostex x-34 4 track tape recorder with 4 preamps. Could I run idividual cables from the mix out on the back of the fostex x-34 and also using the 2 preamps provided have 6 tracks at least that I could edit seprately. Thanks in advance. Matt Barlow
 
The pres on your fostex will be super noisy. Plus if it only has one bus and no channel inserts you'll only be able to isolate two channels (L & R).

Take a look at the Audio Buddy from m-Audio. It's usable and only $79 for two channels. Probably similar or better quality than the 1010LT's preamps.

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matt:

AFAIK, the Delta 1010 DOES NOT HAVE preamps at all. Delta 1010lt has 2 preamps (which is quite good) but if you plan to track drums with the Delta you need either 8 preamps or a mixer with 8 insert connectors.

I use a Delta 1010lt with a 12 channel Spirit and it works great.
 
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