What interfaces are you using with Cakewalk

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Hi,

Just wondering what all you Cakewalk users are using for interfaces and what your advise is?

I've got an ADAT and am thinking about getting SONAR and will need to get an interface. My computer is running XP.

thanks in advance!:)
 
I have a MOTU 2408mkII between my ADATs and HD24 and the computer running Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.
 
I would think that, with an ADAT, you would be best served by any of the interfaces that include ADAT digital i/o.
 
that's what I was thinking as well. My friend use a MOTU. I was checking out the Echo Layla and maybe something from Aardvard, but I'm not sure. From what I hear SONAR will work with many different types. I would just like to know what other people are using and if it is working well for them. Before I drop the cash on something like this I wanted to get some feedback.

thanks again
 
From what I see on this board, your audio hardware compatibility with Sonar rests largely on your computer's hardware.
Motherboards, chipsets, CPU's and to a degree operating systems all have to work in harmony.
This might sound like a vague crock of bull, but if you scour this forum, you'll see stuff like "Hey, I use Sonar with this CPU, that motherboard and such-and-such audio interface on Windows 99 Super High-Test Release 17, and it sucks! How come?" Because one or more of these components is just not optimized for the others. There are people on this BBS that can explain the details, but it's not really important.

That being said, you did the right thing in asking about this here. The better question is "What is your computer/ audio hardware configuration?"

There are numerous that you can use and I would encourage people to post more than their interface. Give details on computer hardware and OS, too.

My setup is based on the system that Cakewalk uses to demo Sonar (at least at the Boston area Sonar clinics).

1ghz Intel PIII
256 mb PC133 ram
Abit BE6II Motherboard with Intel chipset
2 7200 rpm 40 GB HD's (one for apps/OS, one for audio data)
Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2
M-Audio Delta 1010

I'm able to record 10 tracks at a time at 16 bit 44.1khz with no probs. I've been playing back over 20 tracks, lots of plugins and very low latency if I want to do input monitoring. I could probably do the same 24 bit, but haven't tried it yet.
Good Luck
 
If you are going to be using your ADAT'S converters you could get the Frontier designs Dakota,or Wavecenter card,the first gives you 16 tracks adat the second only eight.I myself have been using Motu stuff for a little over 4 years.
It worked great on my P3 800/CUSL2 mobo combo,and pro audio 9.
But,it was dicey at first with sonar and the whole wdm driver issue on a 1.2 athlon /via combo.
MOTU relentlessly released about six beta drivers until perfecting one of the top wdm driver sets. I have to give them props for this.
Now I am using, ton of waves plugs, input monitoring,24bit,44k between 20 and 50 tracks at 2.9ms latency all on, get this windows 98se.
 
I use a pair RME ADI-8's feeding a Frontier Dakota s/c. The pc is an 'old' 333mhz with 128 megs, win 95se, and the standard Maxtor 7200 rpm h/d, and PA8. It tracks all 16 24/48 inputs fine, bogs down at around 30+ tracks or so. (But I don't mix much in the p/c yet.)
The old adats work great as input meters :D (they get a split of the light pipe off the RME's) I think I've been real lucky with this setup, with very few problems.
Sonar and a new hotrod from StudioCat's on it's way! Yee Hee!
Wayne
 
My computer has

Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz, 512MB PC800 RDRAM 80 GB 7200 RPM hard drive and a SB Live 1024 Digital Sound Card, and I'm running Windows XP.

thanks again
 
i bought the WaveCenter ISA card as an interface to my blackface ADAT several years ago.

then when the PCI version of the WaveCenter was released, I sold the ISA via harmony-central and got the PCI.

then, I sold the blackface ADAT and got the Frontier Design Wavecenter/Tango24.

Now, I'm in the market for the Tascam US-428 USB for my laptop, because my M-Audio DUO sucks a**. well the preamp is pretty good, but the USB capability of the unit bites. btw, the US-428 is built by Frontier Designs and marketed by Tascam.
 
Hey crosstudio, why would the duo suck and the tascom not suck? IYHO?

I am in the market for a laptop audio recording system but have been put off by all the negative USB soundcard posts. So I was reviewing firewire soundcard options.
 
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