Which Sound Cards are Multi-Client?

[gigaDiga]

As a kind of continuation from my previous post I\'d like to ask if anyone out there is using a multi-client sound card. For those who don\'t immediately know what I\'m talking about this is a card which allows you to use Gigasampler on audio channels 3&4, whilst using a sequencer on audio channels 1&2. Such a multi-client sound card is exactly what I\'m looking for.

To my knowledge the Darla24, Gina, & Layla are all multi-client. I have heard rumour that the Delta series is multi-client, is this true? I have also heard that both the Terratec EWS88 and the WamiBox24 are NOT multi-client.
As I am after a killer GSIF sound card I was hoping that some of you guys out there might help by sharing your experiences of these cards.

Thanks

[David Abraham]

I\'m not sure what you a referring to is Multiclient - I think you mean \'multichannel\' and yes I have Delta 1010 and I use it exactly the way you describe. Giga on 1&2 and Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 on 3&4

-david

[John Matrix]

Hi GigaDiga,
I have had a Soundscape Mixtreme since February, which is multi-client - and it works like a dream with high end on-board DSP, GSIF driver etc.

I think they were one of the first sound card manufacturers to offer a Win2000 driver - although not GSIF (for reasons you probably know). And that\'s Soundscape in a nutshell:

Service
Professionalism
The right philosophy

At the bottom I have quoted another satisfied Mixtreme owner from our \"private\" forum for registered customers.

And no: I do not have stock options in Soundscape-Digital


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Mixtreme card sound Fantastic!

Wondering why.
I\'m a Mixtreme newbie I just installed two of them in two separate pcs. My configuration is typical for my ilk of composer/scorer/post-productioner. One pc is devoted to gigglesamper. 1 tdif port goes to a ssio3, the other
to the mixtreme in my main DAW. The other DAW mixtreme tdif port connects to my O3D.
I\'ve had a number of audio cards and have considered them sounding great. However, I was unprepared for how much better the exact same audio sounds going through the mixtreme card. It\'s simply amazing.

So what is it about this board that sounds so great? Is some incredible low-jitter or synching capability? are the device
drivers (I dual boot NT4.0SP5 and Win98SE and the sound was consistent on both platforms) written by a super engineer?
Super quality components?

Totally stoked,
XXXXX XXXXX

[Kenn159]

Giggle sampler , thats a good one.
Just wanted to ad my two cents and say ,as nice as the mixtreme sounds from the desciptions ,it is not 24 bit 96k capable [that was something ,I was looking for in a sound card] . I have a gina 24 sound card and I am very happy with it ,it has gsif drivers and is fully capatable with giga sampler . And for the price of $300 discount ,you get 24/96 capability,a 2 in and 8 out break out box , and it sounds very clean.
Although I think the ultimate card out there right now for a daw set up [giga sampler and sequencer/digital recorder ] is the Midiman 1010 ,it has gsif drivers ,8 in and 8 out capable and the a to d and d to a converters are outside the computer . It cost alittle more [around $699 discount],but I think it\'s the mother of all the cards as far as sound quality and support goes.

[Link]

As I understand it, the Mixtreme is 24\\96Khz capable. This is acheived by using an external word-clock at the appropriate rate.

[gigaDiga]

Ba doingggg (eyes drop out and bounce on the floor)

Did I read you right Kenn159? Did you say you have a Gina24 with GSIF drivers?

If so then that goes contrary to what Echo have told me... i.e. that such drivers do not currently exist for the Gina24.

Hmmm interested

[gigaDiga]

Ahhh reading your other post I guess you meant to write Darla24 instead of Gina24.

[Kenn159]

Hi all
In regards to Links statement ,The Mixtreme is not a true 24/96 card because even though the bit word length is 24 bits, the converters are only 20 bits .
And Giga Digga , sorry I meant Darla not Gina.

[Doug Bircher]

My Aardvark Direct Pro 24/96 works with Gigastudio (it did not work with Gigasampler). I\'m still experimenting, but it seems to work quite well. The benefit of the Direct Pro is that you do not need an external mixer. The Direct Pro has very good mic preamps, phantom power, and a software mixer.

[e]

I have Giga running on two different machines: One has a Mixtreme and the other has a Frontier Dakota. Both cards work great and both are multi-client.

I run Reality and Giga at the same time on the Mixtreme.

I run a slew of softsynths and Giga on the Dakota. The Dakota\'s ASIO driver is also multi-client and can be used AT THE SAME TIME as the GSIF and MME drivers. Amazingly flexible.

When a vendor tells you that their card is multi-client be sure to ask what drivers can be loaded and running AT THE SAME TIME if this is important to you.

[Link]

Kenn.

The Mixtreme IS a 24 bit card. If hooked to 24 bit converters it will be 24 bit all the way, the 20 bit box is optional or included in the PowerPak. This will obviously convert at 20 bits, but the card is still a 24 bit device with 96khz capability using external superclock.

Link http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif

[LHong]

How about Creamware Pulsar, see my post before:

\"Answer your questions:
1> Is the Pulsar multi client? Yes
2> Can you use the GSIF dirvers and low latency ASIO drivers side by side (using Cubase and GS together)? yes
3> How many GSIF inputs do you get with the Pulsar? 32max (I did try 16 in GigaSampler, It works, 32?)
additional answers:
4> works only lastest version (Pulsar V2.01)
5> Clean sounds no pops or cracles
6> It has DSP built-in, not use CPU pwr(Analog-synths + Mix with effect-processor)
7> It\'s good conbination of hardware and software within single PC. because no reason for Additional PC if 32 audio tracks are enough, someone even runs 54 tracks in cubase (?). My experience is about 28 tracks with cakewalk9.
8> Pulsar provides own sampler which can takes Akai-S1000 (some bugs in Logic-Audio, Cakewalk or Cubase seems be OK)
9> Maybe some bugs (Still Beta test) with new GSIF driver (nothing to do with audio quality)
10> Simple Flow-chart in Cubase:
CubaseMIDI-->GS/GSt-->Pulsar-->Cubase Audio Recorder
That\'s what you want to Know?

Test sound see this site: http://www.planetz.com/Pulsar/Music.html (\"http://www.planetz.com/Pulsar/Music.html\")

Pulsar, Cakewalk and Gigasampler User
LHong
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