Pro Sound Card (1 Viewer)

[Reyna]

My musician friend wants a pro sound card at a decent price. He is not a big fan of the Creative Audigy & wanted some alternatives. Please give me some suggestions to pass along to him.


Thanks in advance. If you need any other information, let me know.

 

[Chris]

While also made by Creative, you might consider the EMU Pro series:

http://www.emu.com/

Low CPU usage, very accurate professional quality cards.

Another one is Hoontech ST Audio DSP24 MKII Professional, which is reportedly not a bad card.

The only other one I know of is the Terratec.. http://produceren.terratec.net/

 

[Vince Maskeeper]

Most "pro" interfaces are now multichannel. How many ins/outs is he looking for?

A-list:
Digidesign
Motu

B-List:
Echo
Aardvark

C-List:
E-mu
M-audio

I have been working in audio for about 15 years and have never seen anyone using Terratec, and very few pros/semi-pros who use Emu.

Digi has their mbox interface now, which is very popular as a recording device for 2 channel: although I have no idea your friends needs. If he doesn't need mic preamps (if he has an outboard mixer) then I actually ahve always found the Echo Mia 2 channel card an excellent buy.

So, I guess it all depends on what your friend wants to do, and how much he wants to spend. Come up with those parameters and I could make a better suggestion.

-V

 

[Scott L]

Check out Lynx and RME as well.