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Cheap and good sound card, which???
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talolard
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Posted : Sep 4, 2005 02:53
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I have th emu 1820.
if you want an unreliable card, with a proven record of spontaneus malfunctioning, a multidude of dsp effects that suck (but that doesnt matter because they are rendered almost useless by the poor user interface and the unusable vst connection), a terrible user interface and a large population of frustrated users i highly recomend emu.
Imagine being in the middle of a fantastic peace of work when suddenly your audiodock has all its lights on, your computer lags, no sound comes out and all your programs lag. imagine waiting thru thrree weeks of technical corespondence before the company agrees to replace the shit you bought, waiting two weeks to be notified your unit arived at creative (in ireland, dont forget the shipping charges) two weeks for it to return. thats seven weeks of staring at your disabled system cursing the day you bought emu.
then imagine repeating the cycle a few weeks after your replacment arives.
stay away from emu
stay away from creative.
you do not know bitterness until you know a creative product.
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psyfi.co.uk
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Posted : Sep 4, 2005 04:34
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If your looking for a great quality sound card thats really cheap then I would recomend you find an old Gina 20 soundcard. It deals only with the audio not midi but sounds secound to non and I saw one go for £15.00 in ebay last week. Thats about the same at a CD album costs. 2 analouge ins 8 analouge outs 1 digital in and 1 digital out. Its a 95 or 97 card but event electronics keep updateing the drivers regularly so no probs there.
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Get-a-fix
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Posted : Sep 4, 2005 14:28
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thank you talolard for that warning i was thinking of buying the emu 1820m now i'll stay away..does anyone own the Presonus Firebox? i've read some good reviews and was thinking of going for it..its supposed to have decent converters & excellent pre-amps..it would be great if anyone owning one could give their opinion on it..thanks
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bholenath
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Posted : Sep 4, 2005 20:26
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cheap is a relative term man... whats ur budget..
i have an M-Audio 2496.. but good money for it (well in my terms) and it has pretty good clean sound... try it.. got mine for about $100
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SHAMIL
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Posted : Sep 5, 2005 21:47
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Squarepusher
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Posted : Sep 7, 2005 16:01
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Have you considered getting a 2nd hand deal ...
Im from Portugal and im selling a RME hammerfall DIGI9652 for 250€ try to seek for a good deal and get a better card |
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