Best Soundcard

[jamyna]

I Want a new one.
My friend here sez the Terratech 6-Fire is tops - opinions?

[mr_chombee]

I have an RME Hammerfall DSP card and I'm reeeeaaallly satisfied. check out the rme website (http://www.rme-audio.de)

as for terratech cards I have only bad experiences.

good luck =)

[marcin]

yeah me too, I have RME Hammerfall Multiface.
Highly recommended.

[eclairfi]

on average how much quids will RME Hammerfall DSP card set me back ?

[Ruben A]

too much..... :D
-but it´s definately a nice card....
Eclairfi; how are you gonna use the card? What do you need...?
Maybe there are some greater cards for your needs...?

[marcin]

Hammerfall DSP system (multiface+pcmcia card or pci card) costs
around 1000 euro. Check
RME (http://www.rme-audio.de) website for more detailed
informations about their products and prices.

[deccard]

terratech not really recommended.
rme (hammerfall) highly recommended.

[eclairfi]

i desperately need a new set-up, i'm going mad cos i can't make any music just now...so i'm saving up for gear bit by bit .....PC, soundcard, various other hardware like a nord (oh baby) etc ..

i was thinking about creamwear pulsar (older i know) and a few others but because i havent been producing for the past year ive really gotten behind with the latest soundcards/gear...... so basically i ain't got a clue at the mo :) need advice :-p

Originally posted by Ruben A
too much..... :D
-but it´s definately a nice card....
Eclairfi; how are you gonna use the card? What do you need...?
Maybe there are some greater cards for your needs...?

[bitch one]

yeah i swallowed the edinburgh line about the pulsar and got one. i guess if you could get it cheap it might be worthwhile. but it's been nothing but bother for me, getting it to work smoothly is a nightmare. on the positive having endless pc probs teaches you a lot about pc's - but if you want to make music, then learning about the idiosyncracies of windows etc is simply time and energy spent not making music. if i was starting afresh - i would just get a reasonably inexpensive external soundcard with high quality jack ins + outs, not bother with DSPs, and spend all my money on getting a shit hot PC together.

[Ruben A]

A friend of my had those probs with the pulsar aswell... soo...
?
I bought an Emagic 2/6... very cheap over Ebay. It´s a cool piece of extern USB card.
2 in - 6 outs.. +digital in/out.

[bitch one]

that sounds ideal.

[deccard]

a friend of mine has a pulsar card and i could test it for a while but it couldn´t really convince me. the sound of the pulsar card is good but the software is shit. the surface is too slow and the softsynths are mostly crap compared to what is possible with native-instruments...
...and there were always problems with the software and windows/sequencer...

[bionoid]

i like a tascam us-428 /us-224, its very good USD-card with faders and buttuns, 2input, digital in-out? midi-in, midi-out
http://www.tascam.de/

[bionoid]

he-he :) USB-card

[aleks]

what about the hoontech dsp 2000, is that any good?

[Yoss]

i have a dsp2000 and works great

[phil]

usb cards are shit.

[KaOz]

rme hammerfall

[phil]

what about the moto 828 firewire? nice hay!!

[euterke]

RME Hammerfall or Nuendo Audiolink (same but cheaper)

[euterke]

Don't fuck with Midi + sound with USB workflow...