What SB with Delta 66/Omni

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The M-Audio Delta series seem to have a lot of users around here, so I bought the Delta 66 with Omni Studio. It seems to fit my needs (Keywords: one man band, guitar player, selfrecording, backing tracks).

However, I also need some midi for rythm sections. So I have ordered the discontinued Roland SC D70, because I could get it around half price. It is a USB audio/midi sound module and can be useful with a portable, if on the move I need to do some simpler recording or more likely, use the thing for playback of wav/midi.

But what do I do with my Soundblaster card in my desktop PC?

1. Keep the Audigy Platinum I now have?

2. Replace it with the old SB Live I still have to save a slot. Also I believe there are some drivers only working with the old Live.

3. Use no SB card at all? (I do have the Roland USB module to complement Delta).

The ability to load in Soundfonts is nice, but maybe some software can do that too? I run Sonar 2 XL.

Haven't installed the Delta 66 or the Roland unit yet. Thought I might just as well wait until I've found out exactly what to use to avoid the usual conflicts during installing etc.

Any advice?
 
There's a DXi called LiveSynth that plays Sound Fonts; a trial version comes with SONAR and it's fairly cheap, $50 or $60 if I recall.

I myself have an SB Live that coexists with a Delta 66. Why not just keep your Audigy in there if you can get it to live in peace in the same box with the Delta?

But then, with the Roland you have a MIDI interface and hardware synth, so it's probably not worth knocking yourself out if you can't get the Audigy and the OMNI to get along.
 
If the SB card the M-Audio card don't get along at first, you may want to try rearranging the cards. I had to do this to get my SB Live and Audiophile to play nice.
 
Why pay for a software synth like LiveSynth if you already have a card that will do the the trick? (This is meant as a question. Are there any advantages using a soft synth?)

There are lots of connections on the Audigy Platinum panel. Are they any good? Are the S/PDIFs useable? I mean, is the supposedly crappy SB good enough as long as I don't do any A/D or D/A converting, but keep things digital and only use the ports for i/o withouth any processing in the SB?

Meanwhile I will try the LiveSynth. I will be upgrading the PC in about two months, roughly increasing speed and ram by 3 times.
 
tombuur said:
Why pay for a software synth like LiveSynth if you already have a card that will do the the trick? (This is meant as a question. Are there any advantages using a soft synth?)

There are lots of connections on the Audigy Platinum panel. Are they any good? Are the S/PDIFs useable? I mean, is the supposedly crappy SB good enough as long as I don't do any A/D or D/A converting, but keep things digital and only use the ports for i/o withouth any processing in the SB?

Meanwhile I will try the LiveSynth. I will be upgrading the PC in about two months, roughly increasing speed and ram by 3 times.
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Theoretically, if you are using Live Synth with a better pro-level card, your SF's will probably sound better...
 
Thanks. Found a review of LiveSynth, the author points out that you can use whatever audio dx effect you have too on a soft synth.
 
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