USB For Begginer

[strings012]

I've been reading this bbs for awhile, and I heard people say to stay away from USB devices. I am still considering the Lexicon Omega Studio. I only will be recording 1 or possibly 2 tracks at a time, mostly 1 though. Is this still a good system to get, or should I be spending more money on something I might not want or need or don't have the time learning. I'm very new to recording and have just barely gotten my feet wet. I just want to start learning and I'm getting tired of researching all the time. Thanks

 

[ssscientist]

What you've heard is highly debatable and therefore makes a whole bunch of the forums on this board.

USB 1.1 is the standard usually given the most grief here, and in my humble opinion (IMHO) it is NOT deserved, especially for an application like yours. You will not be doing anything beyond the limits of the USB 1.1 spec and therefore will find it completely transparent.

USB 2.0 on the other hand easily competes with Firewire, but since Firewire has not only a cooler name but also a higher price tag it is assumed to be the big winner.

Find the best price you can on the Lexicon Omega Studio and buy it. Then start your recording life and leave the researching behind.

 

[crosstudio]

firewire is a better architecture with a higher sustained throughput so if you wanted to push 8 tracks at a time in 48khz 24bit without suffering dropouts and stutters then firewire is the ticket.

if you want to push 4 tracks at a time in 96khz 24bit, then firewire is the ticket.

if you just want to push a stereo (2 tracks) at a time in 48khz 24bit, then it doesn't matter whether you choose firewire or USB2.0.

USB vs Firewire is alot like the argument between UDMA and SCSI. UDMA is just as fast, but SCSI has a higher sustained throughput.

 

[Bulls Hit]

Whether or not the Omega works for you will depend on your motherboard's implementation of usb. It might work well. It might kinda work. It might not work at all.

If you buy it just make sure you can return it for a refund if it no go

 

[strings012]

if you want to push 4 tracks at a time in 96khz 24bit, then firewire is the ticket.

When you say push a track, do you mean playback or recording. I'm still new to some the lingo around here.

 

[manning1]

strings. ive posted lots of tips in the past year. just search under my name as retyping gets to be a lot.
if you dont mind spending money look carefully at rme sound solutions would be my recommendation. also posting your computer confign in full and what you have in your pci slots would help me make suggestions.
one of many tips is if you use a pci based solution (which i prefer over usb)
is that you must ensure you dont have other pci cards that can cause CONFLICTS with sound cards. for example fancy video cards, tv tuner cards and even some internet cards. ie in summary anthing that can hog the pci
bus.