Building new PC- What kind of soundcard??

[YolaN'MyNose707]

I'll probably be running nuendo or cubase SX.

What make/model of soundcard do you recommend?

Thanks in advance.

 

[MOESES SOULRIGHT THE 2nd]

Lynx L22 if all you're looking for is two channels

go with Lynx for your sound card though...

www.mercenary.com

 

[Sick Wid It]

What are your needs? Are you going to be tracking beats into your computer? Vocals? Sequencing/MIDI on the computer? Etc... Gotta know what you're going to be doing before a good recommendation can be made.

 

[YolaN'MyNose707]

What are your needs? Are you going to be tracking beats into your computer? Vocals? Sequencing/MIDI on the computer? Etc... Gotta know what you're going to be doing before a good recommendation can be made.

I'll be doing everything in the computer. The only other piece of equipment I have is a midi controller.

 

[MR. CLEEN]

Get a MOTU... They got all differernt kinds... I run Nuendo and use the MOTU 24i. I can simultaneously track 24 sounds at once if needed. Check around for the type of MOTU you may need. Great sound quality.

 

[YolaN'MyNose707]

Get a MOTU... They got all differernt kinds... I run Nuendo and use the MOTU 24i. I can simultaneously track 24 sounds at once if needed. Check around for the type of MOTU you may need. Great sound quality.

Damn, the ones I just looked at were $1000. How is that any better than a $200 soundcard?

From what I read they don't run well with AMD processors (what I was planning on using). Would it be worth it to pay more for intel so that I could use a MOTU?

And how do they install? The MOTUs I just looked at look more like some type of desk mounted exterior hardware than the normal little soundcards that mount inside the PC case. Are we talking about the same piece of equipment here?

 

[MR. CLEEN]

MOTU would be exterior, but you would install the card so that it works internally with the computer. I have a Creation Station Pro with a Pentium 4, and I also used the same MOTU with my G4 and absolutely no problems using it with either PC or MAC. I can't answer the AMD processor question, but I do know that MOTU makes top of the line products.

 

[bumpus]

I'll be doing everything in the computer. The only other piece of equipment I have is a midi controller.

With everything in the computer, you won't have a need for a lot of I/O. I would recommend that you get a sound card with at least 4 inputs and multiple outputs just incase you want to do something else in the future. Since I keep everything "in computer" as well, I've been quite happy with my M-Audio Omni Studio (which I think has been discontinued). I'm sure you can find a similar product though.

-=bumpus=-

 

[YolaN'MyNose707]

Thanks for the replies. I think I'm gonna go with a Presonus Firebox firewire interface.

 

[YolaN'MyNose707]

Changed my mind

The MOTU 896 HD Firewire interface looks pretty good. I think I'm gonna go with that.