info help needed

[Penny]

hi peeps,

i'm looking for sound card for my pc
(120 gb HD, Athlon MP 2600+).

i was making research and i'm thinking about Aardvark Aark 24/96 or Steinberg Nuendo system.

basicly i can afford something for not much then 1000 $,
what would be better or what else i should look for?

any information help will be great.

thanx =]

[piscaries]

they're both good systems. maybe check out the motu 828 as well. you could even get the digidesign 001 for about us$650-$700 and that gives you a mini pro-tools setup (however it seems most producers don't gain much from pro tools.. seems to be mainly a recording and post-production tool)

[Will O The Wisp]

and what about Emagic EMI 6/2 M USB Audio Interface (http://www.zzounds.com/love.music?p=p.EMAEMI62M&z=1626459797446) ??

[Sheridan]

I use pro tools and love it. I think it is a great program. but as for a soundcard/ interface, I would recommend checking out creamware. they run around $1000. maybe a little less. and you can get tons of free softsynths with it. one of my friends uses that and he loves it.

[piscaries]

@will o the wisp
it's a cool box but for some reason i just have a grudge against rca connectors...

@penny
another box that anarchosyn tipped me onto is the m audio delta 410 firewire box. it's not out till early march, but it's firewire and has 2in 10out s/pdif optical and coax in/outs and has an extra midi in/out. musiciansfriend.com already has them posted for us$399 so that's a super bargain.

[Penny]

thanks fellas =]

i will look around

cheers

[Penny]

...and what about Echo Digital Audio Layla24?

does anybody knows software of this system and sound quality?

[Sheridan]

I knew someone who had an echo darla. they thought it was great and that it worked well with their studio, but I am not sure about any software.
do you mean software that comes with it?
or what software that will support it? if it is the latter, I don't think that should be any concern if you are using a fairly recent sound aplication.

[Penny]

i'm thinking about software which is coming with echo layla24

it seems it will be a hard choice

i have a headache hehe

[thetonewrecker]

Tony Rohr uses the Layla in the studio and performing. very good sounding and stable.

I have a M/Audio 2496 Audiophile.
stereo in and out with s/pdif too....24 bit works good. Athalon system runs ASIO drivers and it never has problems.

depends how simple you want it.

many outs/ins for studio work, or just stable, clean sound recording and playback.

[Sheridan]

I have the same card tonewrecker.
it is a really good one at a great price.
but now I only really use it for an extra midi interface since I got a digi 002 control surface that has plenty of audio in/out.