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| 363721 | 2005-06-14 03:34:00 | Greetings, Ive got a mate who's looking to start some audio mixing/studio editing. Me being kinda ignorant in the sound-card department suggested the Audigy 4, which I heard was leaps & bounds better than the Audigy 2 etc. However, she has some aversion to anything Creative-made. She keeps mentioning "black-box" as a soundcard, Ive never heard of it. Savings to spend on a PC are around $4K, so we're allowing around $500 <-> $1200 for the sound-card. Any thoughts/comments? Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 363722 | 2005-06-14 03:48:00 | Me thinks and this is just my personal opinion, that an average sound card is good enough, chances are you wont notice too much difference. However a creative sound card seems to be alrite, or purchase ur motherboard with integrated sound, mine has 7.1ch sound. You are better of spending the extra money on decent speakers, eg. around 300bucks, as this is what will dictate the quality of sound heard from your PC. hope this helps |
fatty (6649) | ||
| 363723 | 2005-06-14 03:53:00 | Greetings, Ive got a mate who's looking to start some audio mixing/studio editing. Me being kinda ignorant in the sound-card department suggested the Audigy 4, which I heard was leaps & bounds better than the Audigy 2 etc. However, she has some aversion to anything Creative-made. She keeps mentioning "black-box" as a soundcard, Ive never heard of it. Chill. Never heard of it. You can put black boxes togeather. I have an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum which has the external box and allows anything to plu into it. Currently runniny a digital dolby signal from one other PC into it from it's onboard sound system because I have been too lazy to go out and get another sound card. Plus I already have enough speakers hanging on the wall now with 4 PC's in the room. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 363724 | 2005-06-14 03:59:00 | I just use a Leadtek 6 ch soundcard . A normal PCI card, which comes with a SPDIF connection . Which has optical in/out, and RCA in/out ports . Does the trick for me . $99, but might be cheaper now . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 363725 | 2005-06-14 04:06:00 | Generally none of the above is considered acceptable by audiophiles looking to spend cash on a digital recording setup. I have been trying to get a solid answer on which of the high end audio cards would be the mutts nutts and have come up with little. Perhaps a dedicated audio forum would be the best place to get info, or perhaps the makers of high end software (like Protools) have recomendations as to hardware. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 363726 | 2005-06-14 04:13:00 | I was on the same train of thought - I tried the JACK forums (Jack is linux software) because they require low-latency patches for the linux kernel... Didnt see anything there. So far the concensus is that a normal sound-card should suffice and the "black-box" doesnt exist? Sounds like something outa an airplane... Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 363727 | 2005-06-14 04:16:00 | It exists www.epinions.com And looks rubbish, The creative card would pants it, |
Metla (12) | ||
| 363728 | 2005-06-14 04:21:00 | Some links: Black Box (www.berm.co.nz) Garage Door (www.thegaragedoor.com) DVT (www.dvt.co.nz) Global Media Pro (www.globalmediapro.com) Jands (www.jandsnz.com) |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 363729 | 2005-06-14 04:21:00 | Will she be using Analog or Digital Out? Most cards have good digital out sound quality, but very few have good analog quality due to using crappy DACs |
b1naryb0y (3) | ||
| 363730 | 2005-06-14 04:44:00 | $500 <-> $1200 for the sound-card. ......man........THATS seriously *fussy* |
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