looking to buy a good external sound card

deadaelus · Post by **deadaelus** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:04 pm

Motu makes a really good product, as mentioned above you really can not go wrong with an ultralite.

I am waiting on the new focusrite saphire 40 pro to be released in january. I think it is retailing for about 300 GBP.

Here is the link: http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffi ... re_pro_40/

All i would recommend is make sure it is an external soundcard, and hopefully one that will power off of firewire.

truncated · Post by **truncated** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:08 pm

deadaelus wrote:Motu makes a really good product, as mentioned above you really can not go wrong with an ultralite.

I am waiting on the new focusrite saphire 40 pro to be released in january. I think it is retailing for about 300 GBP.

Here is the link: http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffi ... re_pro_40/

All i would recommend is make sure it is an external soundcard, and hopefully one that will power off of firewire.

wouldn't go firewire nowadays soon to die out since mac stopped supporting it.

ben freeman · Post by **ben freeman** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:54 pm

I bought a freman conditioner to get clean power from. I was told if you run it off firewire power or a fluctuating power souce you will have a drop in sensitivity while recording and playback volume at low levels will have a give or take of about 6 db.

truncated · Post by **truncated** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:59 pm

thought that motu was usb for a second,

probably worth it if your going to buy a motu or similar high end model, but otherwise firewire is probably an iffy thing to be investing in

do they do a usb model similar to that do you know?

ben freeman · Post by **ben freeman** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:40 pm

I have no clue. I don't think I'll be worrying too much about the lack of USB, I don't plan on getting a mac anytime soon. Steve Jobs is a jackass for killing firewire on the new macbook.

truncated · Post by **truncated** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:19 am

Ben Freeman wrote:I have no clue. I don't think I'll be worrying too much about the lack of USB, I don't plan on getting a mac anytime soon. Steve Jobs is a jackass for killing firewire on the new macbook.

should of only killed it when usb 3 was released, but then the uptake of usb 3 laptops probably would be affected, business ruins good things.

fiziks · Post by **fiziks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:28 am

firewire is faster than usb 2.0, so unless you're rocking usb 3.0 (which your not), firewire is better. Mac Pro's still have firewire, but Macbook Pro's don't, which is fucking stupid. USB 3.0 isn't out and some hi end video cameras are firewire only. Plus external hard drives run better on firewire. That was a dumb move on apple's part. Replace it with USB 3.0, fine. But, leave it off for a slower port? I don't get it. Luckily a macbook pro isn't in my future. Or is that unlicky? Either way, I have an audio fire2 and I like it. $199.99. Pc or Mac.

fiziks · Post by **fiziks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:35 am

*edit

the pro does have a firewire port. the regular macbook dosen't

author · Post by **author** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:58 pm

what are people's thought's on the Mbox.

everybody keeps on telling me that is what i should get. ideas?

danoldboy · Post by **danoldboy** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:17 pm

Tc electronics Konnekt 6 looks pretty tasty for around £160

IMPACT Mic preamp with 48v phantom power
High resolution meter
M40 Studio Reverb powered by AlgoFlex
Direct monitor control with input/DAW control
Headphone out with separate level control and separate source
Input configuration: mic + instr/instr+instr/stereo line
True Hi-Z guitar inputs known from TC’s high-end guitar processors
Balanced stereo outputs
TC NEAR compatible: works with all other Konnekt products
Instant scene recall
DIM switch for convenient speaker dimming
Intuitive control panel for direct monitoring control
VST/AU compatible
Desktop design
FireWire 1394, bus powered
DICE digital interface chip with JetPLL jitter elimination technology
Low latency drivers for Mac and PC, WDM, ASIO and CoreAudio
24-bit/192 kHz sampling rate

ben freeman · Post by **ben freeman** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:15 pm

Word. I didn't even know that MAC was killing firewire on the Pro (thanks for correcting me). Then I went and did some research on Mr. Job's choice and read some posts and I don't think I will be affected any time soon. (I hope) And if the time comes, where maybe they do kill it off, I'll deal with it then, but yea.... from the posts I was reading, most all good audio and video products are still running firewire and in some cases judging by tests, firewire will still be faster than USB 3.0 depending on variables.

DZA · Post by **DZA** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:17 pm

how that sound card working so far mr freeman? anygood?

ben freeman · Post by **ben freeman** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:52 pm

Still in the mail. This week I gather.

truncated · Post by **truncated** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:58 pm

fiziks wrote:*edit

the pro does have a firewire port. the regular macbook dosen't

ahh, well atleast thats something.

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