Whats a good, low cost Sound Card for Giga

[sohala]

What\'s a good low priced Sound Card for Giga. I am interested in a simple Sound Card which has one or two analog in and one analog out. I am not interested in digital outs, maybe 2 if there are any.

But I am looking for good sound quality.

[ronlucas00]

I\'m using the Echoaudio Darla24. It\'s simple, pretty inexpensive, and sounds great.

Ron

[marco b]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana, Arial\">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sohala:
What\'s a good low priced Sound Card for Giga. I am interested in a simple Sound Card which has one or two analog in and one analog out. I am not interested in digital outs, maybe 2 if there are any.

But I am looking for good sound quality.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
There\'s many inexpensive Giga compatible soundcards with 2 Analog in/out.
I have Delta Dio 2496 myself, and it works very well. Even better would be new M-Audio
Audiophile. Newcomer by Echo Audio is MIA!
It\'s very interesting card and should suit
very well for you. Also, Terratec have new
card: EWX 24/96!

[LHong]

How about SB-LIVE, ~$50.00
Not very pro but can do the job! http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/cool.gif

[yuki]

hi, four days ago buy a terratec ews24/96 aprox. 200 dollar, and can not set up to work with cubase 5r1 and (gigasampler LE it is included in the sound card software).
help me.
yuki000@mixmail.com

[maot72]

Here are some good and cheap soundcards:

Echo MIA
Egosys Waveterminal 2496
Hoontech SoundTrack Audio DSP24 Value
M Audio Audiophile 24/96
RME Digi 96/8 PST
Terratec EWX 24/96

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Echo MIA - less than $250 retail - Soundcard not released yet
- 2 in & 2 out (1/4\" TRS connectors, balanced +4dBu), 8 virtual outputs with DigMix, SPDIF, beta Win 2000 drivers.

Egosys Waveterminal 2496 - $429 - A bit expensive but the new drivers coming soon will be very good.

Hoontech SoundTrack Audio DSP24 Value - $178 retail - Soundcard release Dec 2000
- 2 in & 2 out (RCA connectors), MIDI, AC97 codec, SPDIF, beta Win 2000 drivers. New good drivers will come soon, (MIDI, SPDIF optional)

M Audio Audiophile 24/96 - $230 retail - Soundcard released in Nov 2000 ??
- 2 in & 2 out (RCA connectors, peak in/out +2dBV), SPDIF, MIDI, DigMix

RME Digi 96/8 PST - $545 - Expensive with many features for external digital connections.

Terratec EWX 24/96 - 399 DM retail - Soundcard released in Nov 2000?
- 2 in & 2 out (RCA connectors, switchable +4dBu/-10dBv), SPDIF, ($29 MIDI optional), DigMix.

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I plan to buy the Echo MIA, because of good drivers and +4dBu inputs.
I really like the Hoontech and M Audio cards too.

[Siku]

Hi:
Im using Echo´s Darla 24,it sounds great,has the right drivers(Asio,Giga)and multiple otuputs for u8nder $300.00.I have only good things to say of this card.


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Siku
SoMA Studios

[Damian Smith]

I\'m using the Hoontech DSP24 card with the ADC-DAC 2000 box. An incredibly cheap card with a fantastic sound.

[stez]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana, Arial\">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by yuki:
hi, four days ago buy a terratec ews24/96 aprox. 200 dollar, and can not set up to work with cubase 5r1 and (gigasampler LE it is included in the sound card software).
help me.
yuki000@mixmail.com<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yuki, i have got the same problem.. Hope someone has got the answer.. Cakewalk works fine using the ewx 24/96.. but i really prefer Cubase..

Stez

[Jerry Kahn]

Yowza:

This seems like a fairly active thread with lots of folks getting decent results for giga.

Would anyone mind doing a cut-and-paste job on this survey and posting it? I would greatly appreciate it.
the survey is:
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-processor (ie PII, PIII, Athalon, etc.)
-chipset (ie BX, Via kt-133 )
-motherboard
-ram
-hard drive(s) (use SCSI?)
-sound card(s)
-standalone use?
-video processor/card/settings
-BIOS settings (i.e. - turning off USB, -memory latency, etc.)
-Midi Input Card
-other processors
-recording system - hardware/software
-sequencing system - hardware/software
-polyphony (# voices achieved)
-click/pops? sometimes?
-sound quality (1-10) -other problems/comments
-midi performance (built in/stand alone/win 2k ect.)
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THIS would help out the bottom dwelling scum like me trying to figure out what system to get BEFORE I shell out the pesetas.

Thanks&Regards,
jk

PS if you want to see how the survey was born, check out the thread \"AND OUR SURVEY SAYS\". Or maybe you already checked it out (I have a knack for coining obnoxious thread names). In any case, please spill your guts http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/tongue.gif

PPS: if something doesn\'t make sense to you or youre not sure of the answer, or you just don\'t feel like digging out that information from your box, just leave it out...m\'Kay?