Upgrading...

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Im going to upgrade my sound card and I already have a mic pre, compressor, eq etc set up prior to hooking up to the computer. I was checking out hooking up with a M-Audio firewire, M-Audio USB box or the M-Audio Quattro box. All I need is XLR, 1/4, Midi input, balanced, unbalanced. To go to the computer which one of these boxes has the best sound? I hear the latency is pretty low on all USB sound cards so the only other thing I am worried about is sound quality (I am upgrading my Audigy Platinum 2, so I want the BEST quality possible in a USB/Firewire box without having to spend the money to buy the 1010, I dont need all the 1010's inputs).

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I'd go firewire rather than USB...

Firewire Audiophile or Firewire 410 by M-Audio.
I might be wrong but the 410 should carry better converters than the Audiophile...

Terratec is coming out with a nice firewire module, I think it's called Phase 24?

Let me know what you think....
 
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for the amount of data streaming isnt the latency the same with usb or firewire? I know firewire is like 40X faster but that doesnt mean the latency will be lower if the data stream isnt that much.
 
I think the catch with USB is that it partially relies on CPU, while Firewire doesn't.

Dont quote me on this, I've actually been asking around for a similar advice, and the trusted people I've been talking to just went no-no when I said USB.

If you've got bollocks, you could check out the new Emu 1212m or 1820m, the converters on those smoke!
 
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PABLOCK said:
for the amount of data streaming isnt the latency the same with usb or firewire? I know firewire is like 40X faster but that doesnt mean the latency will be lower if the data stream isnt that much.
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The USB communications protocol relies more on the system's CPU and takes up more bandwidth than the Firewire protocol.

There is no good justfiable reason to use a USB or Firewire device on a desktop. A PCI solution will be cheaper and perform better.
 
There are a Few justifiable reasons for using Firewire or USB....

For example I'm using a Tascam FW-1884 which is a Firewire unit and gives me 8 channels in, and an automated mixing surface..

That being said, yes PCI is more stable, although I haven't had any problems with my firewire unit, and I would go with firewire over USB.

I have heard that there are issues with the maudio quattro and 410....
 
vestast said:
There are a Few justifiable reasons for using Firewire or USB....

For example I'm using a Tascam FW-1884 which is a Firewire unit and gives me 8 channels in, and an automated mixing surface..

That being said, yes PCI is more stable, although I haven't had any problems with my firewire unit, and I would go with firewire over USB.

I have heard that there are issues with the maudio quattro and 410....
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How much would it have cost to buy a Delta 1010 and separate control surface? Probably less than the price of the 1884. That was my point.
 
brzilian said:
How much would it have cost to buy a Delta 1010 and separate control surface? Probably less than the price of the 1884. That was my point.
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Got it ..I thought you were just shooting down firewire
 
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