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what sound card should i get ?
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High Rise
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Posted : Aug 15, 2010 07:18:16
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Hi everyone iam really new to maken music and ive got cubase5 and everyone is telling me to get a soundcard and not use the onboard sound on my motherboard? Its funny they say that because when i installed cubase5 and Komplete 6 my sound went to shocking quality updated drivers and stuff and still the same thing anyways.
can any one recommend some good soundcards for me and tell me the Specs i should be looking at? i got my eyes on a Asus Xonar HDAV 1.3 DELUXE PCIe soundcard is it any good. like from my understanding you really only need a soundcard when it comes time to render a track like to record a track ? is that right and to hear the true potential of something as small as a hihat to a bass kick in music software?
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supergroover
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Posted : Aug 15, 2010 12:47
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Í am very happy with my konnekt 8 from tc electronics.
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Mike A
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Posted : Aug 17, 2010 11:53
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You do not need a sound card for track rendering as it's done purely on the CPU.
A sound card (a real pro one, not some Asus stuff) will allow you to reduce latency, get better sounding connections to your monitors and when recording stuff using cables, etc.
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High Rise
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Posted : Aug 18, 2010 10:05
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sorry im new to this, so a sound card is only needed if you want to record someone singing into a professional microphone.? to get wave sound. ?
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On 2010-08-17 11:53, Mike A wrote:
You do not need a sound card for track rendering as it's done purely on the CPU.
A sound card (a real pro one, not some Asus stuff) will allow you to reduce latency, get better sounding connections to your monitors and when recording stuff using cables, etc.
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Mike A
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Posted : Aug 18, 2010 10:21
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And to get better sounded outputs. And to get low latency.
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High Rise
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Posted : Aug 19, 2010 09:30
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oh ok cool thanks Mike A... can you please tell me a pro sound card please thank you. |
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Mike A
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Posted : Aug 19, 2010 19:48
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PCI? FW? USB? Amounts of ins and outs? Money?
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High Rise
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Posted : Aug 20, 2010 09:14
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sorry mike i 4 got to tell you money wise um about $600 Australian dollars Is PCI better then usb or fire wire? i can go PCI with my mother board and ins and out well im not to fussy with that what ever it comes im sure a $600 dollar card should come with a lot of ports at the back thanks for helping me Mike  |
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Becktrank
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Posted : Aug 20, 2010 18:25
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if you just want a simple one 2 in 2 outs firewire i would recommend echo audio fire 2 good price and good quality
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Mike A
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Posted : Aug 21, 2010 21:44
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PCI is internal. USB and FireWire are portable.
I'd go for USB over FW today, since FW seems like a dead technology.
How many ins and outs?
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High Rise
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Posted : Aug 22, 2010 10:02
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well im probly thinking 3 or 4 in and same out so 4in 4out ? but like lol sorry i dont even know what the in's are for is it for when you hook up a amp with AUX ? and out being for speaker output ? hay mike A and Backtrank i just want to say THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR THE HELP IT MEANS ALOT TO ME THANK YOU AGIAN:) COME DOWN TO AUSTRALIA AVB IS PLAYING FOR NYE |
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Mike A
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Posted : Aug 22, 2010 11:12
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Ins are for recording stuff. Microphone, guitars, hardware synths, a dj mixer.
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High Rise
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Posted : Aug 23, 2010 10:06
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oh ok cool thanks for telling me mike A so can you please tell me some good sound cards to buy ? |
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Suloo
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Posted : Aug 23, 2010 10:41
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Mike A
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Posted : Aug 23, 2010 11:33
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Well you didn't answer my questions so no idea. Go look at the thread though.
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