Any opinions on the Wavecenter PCI?

[Scott Alexander]

I just picked up my first Giga PC and am looking into buying a soundcard.

All I need is optical out (into my MOTU 828 on my Mac), so the Wavecenter PCI looks like a pretty decent bet.

Any opinions, alternatives?

Thanks

[yankeezulu]

The wavecenter is a great card. The built in 2x2 midi is really stable and you can pick up a motu midi flyer cheap (<$30) on ebay to get the other 2x2 midi for all four channels of Giga. I\'ve installed at least two dozen of them and never had a problem...but if you had a problem...the Frontier folks are friendly, knowledgeable and easy to contact! If you want more i/os the Dakota is about $100 more...also a winner in my opinion. Cheers, jc

[yankeezulu]

Yeah, USB midi doesn\'t work on PCs...seems to work okay on Macs, but that system I described to you is so much better. Bulletproof. Cheers, jc

[Scott Alexander]

Thanks, JC

I have a follow up question.

Would you recommmend avoiding USB midi boxes? I actually have a MOTU USB Fastlane laying around and was hoping I could use it.

Thanks

Scott

[mike harper]

using the wavecenter pci here too never a problem