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willowisp arg
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Posted : Mar 25, 2010 17:04
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im using the midi ports of the virus to wirte midi with the g2 because the midi ports of my audiofire 4 misteriusly collapse and it works really fineeeee i was surprised
maybe that asnwer your quesiton braindrop
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TimeTraveller
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Posted : May 9, 2010 16:30
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hi I'm actually satisfied with my recordings so far.
I have only the m-audio 24/96 which is quite cheap but does the job.
I'm looking for a soundcard that is not that expensive as some rme for instance but better in terms of having less noise on the recordings.
I've read that for microphone recordings it is important to have a better soundcard,because of the transformation of noise and artifacts into zeros.
The A/D converter shall be the part of the card that is responsible for a better of having less noise.
Each recording I do now I must work with deesser and gate and still there is a bit of unwanted noise.
Also I notice I hear often a bit the beat from the headphones on the recordings.
Any recommendation?
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Braindrop
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Posted : May 9, 2010 22:58
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On 2010-03-25 17:04, willowisp arg wrote:
im using the midi ports of the virus to wirte midi with the g2 because the midi ports of my audiofire 4 misteriusly collapse and it works really fineeeee i was surprised
maybe that asnwer your quesiton braindrop
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Yes Will'o ... so far i've used the Virus as a soundcard for a few months now, doesnt give me any problems as yet, the sound is pretty decent too. After all its Access, considering the engine, it has to be better than an M-audio or stuff in that range  .
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Sound Geezer
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Posted : May 10, 2010 17:39
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Time Traveller how can you be satisfied and want to upgrade? |
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orange
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Posted : May 10, 2010 19:47
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TimeTraveller
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Posted : May 11, 2010 03:12
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^yes.
@ SOund Geezer - I have enough of reasons in my rap music to be satisfied.I just want to reach a better quality of production and I bet there is no end.Less noise is whast I'm aiming for,even thought it is not dramatic.Still it is ok (the produciton)for a vinyl release (for me, finaly).
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Sound Geezer
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Posted : May 11, 2010 12:43
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The old M-Audio cards are very noisy. PCI cards are even worst. You don't mention price. |
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TimeTraveller
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Posted : May 11, 2010 14:14
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I own the very standard 24/96 .. I dunno what they cost now ,maybe hundred euro ,not sure.
Before that I used a terratec very similar to the first,but she was not usable anymore after some strange transport once,so I bought the m-audio to try sth else,but it was the same (price)range of quality etc.
I think they are really very noisy,espescilly for mic recordings.
So if anybody know sth of 200 euro which is noticebly better ,I'd glad to get a good advice.
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Sound Geezer
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Posted : May 11, 2010 14:38
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most modern converters are better than the older ones. So you can't really go too wrong. |
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mentalcandy
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Posted : Jun 12, 2010 20:26
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heylo all wicked baabas........... was wondering if anyone could help me out on what sound card to buy, i need a cheap one, maybe for about $100-200, my total budget is actually 300 including the nanocontrol which would be my midi, ive playing with abletonlive suite for sometime, wanted to record something now.and i wanna be as compact as possible as i never find myself in oneplace for too long..... pleaze help out
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Kryten
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Posted : Jul 16, 2010 21:09
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Same here,
I just got a notebook finally, using ableton too and planning on getting a novation launchpad or akai apc when I can afford it.
Now for my Desktop I use the EMU404, which is good enough for now. But its quite big and has an external power supply.
I want to have something smaller than that and it should be powered by USB or Firewire.
Ah and I dont want to spend much more than 200€ if I can 
Any suggestions?
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Suloo
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Posted : Jul 17, 2010 17:59
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I would always recommend the Echo Audio Fire 2 or 4 in that pricerange. It has very clean powerfull Sound , a great dynamic range and very low signal to noise ratio..
The drivers are good enough and getting better.
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xybre
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Posted : Jul 23, 2010 04:44
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re M-audio problems
I have problems with my Firewire 410. It's practically unusable. It will lose connections while recording and all you'll hear is a "bleeeep" tone. So you have to restart it, and hope it doesn't crash your OS when you do. Support told me it's a known problem and tough luck.
I also own an Axiom61. Keys are kinda sticky (no spills, its part of how its constructed ... poorly), sliders are fragile (most broke off with moderate use), cheap overall construction, it will sometimes reconfigure itself without my permission and will need a hard reset. It's got aftertouch, and decent key action (when the keys are not remapping themselves or sticking).
I'm happy for you if your unit works, but I could never recommend an M-Audio product to anyone. |
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Suloo
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Posted : Jul 23, 2010 10:25
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my axiom 49 died as well for no particular reason, it even never left my room so i absolutly cannot understand.
i consider getting this one, but thats actualy offtopic..
http://www.cakewalkmusik.de/produkte/A-300PRO/index.php
m-audio interfaces might be even worse 
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Dropits
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Posted : Jul 23, 2010 12:06
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