All user reviews for the Hercules 16/12 FW

-What Technical characteristics have motivated your choice?
I do not achterais this sound card, even if it is exclente. The reason: its brand.
monitoring the isis card has told me a lot about the Manire guillemot which treats its customers.
So we just do well coupon of Enfert if there are no srieux technical, this card is not a toy.
- For what purpose?
not beyond 10 years after it is too large.
- What is your config (Map mother / CPU / Ram / Hard, ...)?

I would not dare to put on my computer
Guillemot took us for fools once, not two, thank you.

USE

Incompabilit complte sevice between technical and commercial service

IMPLEMENTATION

- Are the drivers stable?
- Are they often put day?

is still waiting guillemot gives dvellopeurs indpendant the secrets of his card for real dvelloppeurs working on a version of win xp or linux ...

NOTICE GLOBAL

- With the exprience, you do again this choice ...?

with the experience, I would not give advice to buy from guillemot has those I really want evil.

As we prten belly something 699 and we are ready to let go the less than 400, we can not ask questions ????

Before purchasing this card, think, ask Watchlist how long you intend to keep it. I do not own this card, but I have acquired a top studio isis (of the same manufacturer) and when we see the follow-up agreement is their product, it would be this: Jupiter Card became opsolette within two years. In fact as you could see it on the forums isis attractive card, hercules (c guillemot same) do not find useful to follow her right product to create drivers for Windows XP. So think before you make the purchase of this card because if a new operating system (post XP) came to see the day (and this necessarily happen), you may find yourself in a bind because it would make etonant that hercules the effort to create the new drivers. A word to salvation.

USE

I need regular.

IMPLEMENTATION

I need regular.

NOTICE GLOBAL

I need regular.

Former owner of Isis, I also have two graphics cards Guillemot. I have all poses problems of instability, boot, non-recognition, conflict ... I have trouble swallowing the sauce "Guillemauve & Hercules" now offers a Firewire card for professional paces. I've been trying but I abstain forever, and I can only advise to forget this SHAMEFUL brand, and turn to the safe brands. I personally have an m-audio Firewire 410 and I prepared my first CD with now, no need to Apogee or RME PROSONUS or because the quality is more than enough, what matters is the musician and music! Only regret with the 410, it was cool to have 10 inputs 4 outputs because that really serves 10 outings, home studio, with NUENDO?
Greetings to all creators.

USE

Null

IMPLEMENTATION

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NOTICE GLOBAL

Null

I mainly purchased this for its many among important as well as its price.
I use it mostly for MIDI recording. Sometimes audio with a condenser microphone.
I possde a laptop equipped with an Intel Core Duo (2x2 GHz) and 2GB RAM.

USE

No problem during installation.
No problem of incompatibilits.
The manual is pretty clear and franais.

IMPLEMENTATION

Drivers are stable with my configuration.
I mainly use this card with Sony Acid Pro 6 and I am thrilled.
Latency is almost zero (PS: I like ASIO).
I admit never having test more than 2 tracks simultaneous recording.
The pramplis are not as bad as I had heard.

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use this card for 2 years now.
What I like most: The simplicity the efficiency price.

The big downside of this card, it's food. Its power is well below what the card application to function properly. With pramplis branchs, 20 min from overheating diet. So I replaced with a universal laptop power (15 VDC, 3.5 A). From: happiness.

By consquent I have only give you advice: If you buy this card, change the power supply!

The wide choice of inputs and outputs is what motivated me to be buying. The aesthetic is as much for whatever interface noon to critectere been a priority.

I never used the Hercules with a mixer. Yet it is recommeded to do, and I know that the result will have been much better.

I used it mainly to record my bass (Ibanez SR800, Yamaha TRB6P2 among others) or guitatre. The expendeur controlled midi also going through the sound card.

Configue of my time been:

CM: Asus A7V600-x / after: Asus A7V800
CPU: AMD XP 2500 + Athmon Barthon (OC to 3200 +)
RAM: Kingston Hyper X DDR1400 case 2.3.2.6 (2x1GB then 4x1Go)
Your HD: WD Raptor 70GB (system) and many others for stocage ranging from 80GB to (250-500GB)
PSU: CoolerMaster M620 Realpower

UTILIZATION

The driver is stable, but no driver for use with a System of eploitation 64bit will be available. So forget Vista64, Seven64 and OSx64. The manufacturer announced that it clearly is not worth having hope in one day.

I give it 4 instead of 8 because of that.

If there was any time of latency, we must know that I used with expendeur external PC for just avoids the problem of latency, audio lag.

GETTING STARTED

The instalation is almost no problem with operating a relatively long procedure. Following the well indicated (not complicated, turn off, turn etc ...) the instalation is very easy.

Must be configured after all, and it becomes a little more delicate, anything not rocket science either. M-AUDIO example seems less intuitive to configure. Now, we must know that a grip is not needed anything too long.

I spent some of the manual is saying.

OVERALL OPINION

I used it very little because my OS64 bit prevented from using it.

I have not used a lot of Pro sound card before aquerir. However I was given to instaler and test other model.

What I prefer is flexibilitée ca. Namely, with all inputs output, which has paramettre wish with great ease, the possibilities are enormous. May have to use it to listen to 5 or 7.1 for example.

The value for money itself was correct. However, I knew at that time only Hercules will not give themselves little effort on drivers instalation. And compared to this, the price was not justified. I NEVER buy more product from Hercules, whether in music Pro, or other Multimetia.

NO if I knew, I have waited 6 months to the M-AUDIO, and I will not get that impression of having thrown my money out the window. since then I look at my Hercules in the eye without the power used, and did not want to scam quelqun, I do not intend to sell.

Former owner of a card ISIS (I'm pulling his own hair so I have more) I recently invested in new Hercules 16/12 FW. I was looking for a card with a sufficient number of to save battery and I found my happiness.
I use the Hercules card to record rock bands to make DMOS. Dj I used to record drums, acoustic guitar, singing. I use cable or XLR jack with and without power fantme.

<ul> Motherboard ASUS
AMD Athlon XP 2800 +
500 MB DDR400 memory
160 GB SDMA
Graphics card MATROX Dualscreen connects two notches
Firewire card </ul>

UTILIZATION

Installation is simply trs. The Hercules connects the computer thanks to the Firewire port. As I had no Firewire port, I d buy one (17 in stores).
In Windows XP I had no difficulty in installation. It is fair to light ncessaire the rack before the computer or it is not recognized.
The configuration is fairly clear and Submitted as a mixer with Inputs, Outputs and Monitors on each of which can be adapted according to the custom settings impdance microphones and instruments connected to the rack.

GETTING STARTED

In terms of drivers of it exists only one version for now. It is too to see if tt rgulirement be updated. But they seem stable trs.
I used the card with the following software:
- Sonic Foundry Acid DJ
- Sonic Foundry Soundforge.
- Steinberg Cubase VST32
- Steinberg Groove Agent
I get a latency of only 15ms (a change me from the ISIS). But in terms of number of tracks read I am not at all del 22. And if I use too many effects on these tracks, it's my PC that does not follow (see config above). At the simultaneous recording I tried with seven tracks simultaneously ... no problem.
I had some minor crashes with Cubase. But I think they are more than my PC that the card itself.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this rack for 1 month and I'm not.

What I like:
<ul> The connection is on port FireWire (extremely easy to install).
The latency of just 1.5ms ASIO2 is.
The two front connectors (between 11 and 12) can receive or XLR jack and the pots possdent volume and power for condenser microphones fantme.
The prsence a headphone jack on the front (enough amplified) with a knob volume is also a big advantage.
The absence of noise.
The possibility of rack mount 19'' </ul>

What I dislike:
<ul> Many entries are the rear of Hercules which is not always very practical when the card is put into a 19''rack. You can also add that it is going through a ncessaire prampli for inputs rear of the rack if the recording level is really low.

- What technical specifications motivated your choice?
This is the number of initially motivated my choice and the system of sending deals. Having had an isis (ds I bought his release and silent REALLY innovative Contents rack unprofessional) that allowed me to record a number of models in a quality OK, I was looking for a rack with at least 8 inputs and outputs and give the envoys DBiT important (to avoid any computation time, latency, ...). This provides 12 rack firewire main entrances and is clearly sufficient for the live recording of a small group or to make a model. Ds the first tests I t tonn facilitated by the recognition of the rack, the compatibility with the software ... Everything works without any worries.

- For what purpose?
I use it mainly for making models of groups and singers to make music in multitrack expriences.
Live I used it once and I plan to start recording the test quality.
Do not think you have a hardware professional studio rack but this is clearly sufficient for tests and models.

- What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
I have a PC and a laptop, I use it with two (plutt the PC for use of a large number of tracks).
Desktop PC:
Athlon XP 3200 + - 1GB RAM - 160 GB HDD 2 + 2 60 GB HDD rack
Win XP PRO SP2
Mobile:
Sempron 3000 + - RAM 512 MB - HD 40 GB + 60 GB HDD rack 2 (the same as for the PC)
Win XP Home SP2

- Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
I use a mixer behringer 24/42 or live microphone for vocals.

UTILIZATION

- Installation is it without problem?
Trs simple installation, nothing wrong, it installs the drivers, one branch and it works.

- Have you experienced any incompatibility?
No incompatibility.

- The configuration gnrale is easy?
Configuration trs simple, too simple, we would like a little more paramtres and a little more precision, but c clear, we are not lost!

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
The manual is clear enough. It is simple and concise but also lacks depth.

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
The drivers are stable on both my machines.

- Are they often put day?
The updates seem to be often offered. Hercules gnral works well.

- What software do you use most often?
The cubaseLe comes with the rack.

- What you get lag?
trs low or almost non. is also a dpendre the config.

- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? ...
I have so far recorded eight tracks simultanment.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
For the past three months without worries.

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
The +: the facilties of the connection, use, recognition.
the -: the interface and some Austre pramp of 2 mic not terrible.

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
I did the essay and multi-isis numriques a while and ministudios.

- How do you report qualitprix?
This is an excellent deal, a quality such a sum as little, do not go without! Certe you do not record an album of great quality for a national broadcast, but to make models, test sounds, pre-album, c really perfect.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...

Yes I would do without this choice hsiter!

What characteristics have motivated your choice?
The number of inputs and outputs, analog and digital and of course the price!

For what purpose?
Small home-studio association.

What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
P4 2.5Ghz, 512MB Ram, 80 GB internal drive, 250GB hard extension

With which instruments or systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
I used to use guitars dry electrect, singing, baterie, with a preamp or preamp Tb 202 of my table, live out a batery for example.

UTILIZATION

The installation is done it without problems?
No problem

Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
No

The general configuration is easy?
A breeze.

The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
Yes very understandable, very good for beginners.

GETTING STARTED

Driver stable, I use Cubase LE for simple things, lantence of 23ms but it means décendre to 10ms or less. Up to 12 simultaneous tracks

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a month, easy. No model of tried before.
Extraordinary value for money, € 270 in thotho in Germany.
Yes I would definitely do it again this election.

I bought this card because the price for its CHARACTERISTICS are very interesting.
I made a private use to record a vocal group and my house to mix different sound sources.
I use it on a laptop Compaq Athlon 2400, and a desktop Pentium IV 2.4 Ghz.
I mix mostly ambient microphones.
The product I bought does not work, the drivers are buggy and unusable compltement ... Hercules could put the CD's days ...
But thanks internet I could download any updates that have run my card.
The book is CUBASE LE software (SONAR is a demo version unusable)
CUBASE LE 4 simultaneous input brid: So Hercules sells a box with 12 inputs, but provides no tool to use?
Therefore buy SONAR CUBASE SX or to use the card ... if you do not prvu budget we can put the card the trash ...
It's easy to say we ssay this card with Cubase, Sonar ... ABLETON ... etc. when you pirate software, but it's not normal!!
(I had on my desktop PC card AUDIGY had t book with a multitude of very powerful tool to use compltement the map, with Hercules is not the case! !)
Then why my bill does not exceed 5 / 10

UTILIZATION

Installation is no problem but does not work with the software drivers

GETTING STARTED

With the latest drivers the card is not always recognized, and sometimes you lose contact, you must restart the
I record 4 tracks the time since Cubase 4 is brid
With MIDI I sometimes cracking I have a PC Pentium IV 2.4 Ghz, 512 MB, this is not the last out, but it's not a scooter, it works very well also.
Cubase LE does not latency (such as Cubase SX) but I do not feel

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 15 days, the first case of its kind that I use ...
qualitprix report because it normally means adding a correct software such as Cubase SX to use this map ...
I would do this choice because the competing products are more expensive and I'm doing like everyone else but I can not find a normal ...

- What characteristics have motivated your choice?

The recent drop in prices of the product. The 10 line inputs! The quality of the converter for this price range. The firewire!

- For what purpose?

I record layout for small groups and I needed a card that allows me to do multitrack.

- What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
P4 3.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 2x160 GB S-ATA, MSI motherboard, chipset i915P

- Which instruments and systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...

The insert of my Mackie CFX16 enter the line inputs of the card. I plug in my v-amp also directly on it!

UTILIZATION

- The installation is done it without problems?

I had absolutely no problem, and that is either SP1 or SP2. 5 minutes chrono every time. on the other hand should spend some time fixing buffers, latency and all the fuss for not cracking!
Ah yes, remember to disable the sound card integrated with the CM, if it is on that aura of conflict!

- Have you experienced any incompatibilities?

RAS

- The general configuration is easy?

There's not a lot of adjustment. You just understand the routing system of the map thanks to rewire. But it's not very complicated once you get caught, it's up!

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

Not too bad, most of the SAV (Arbiter France) is very competent, do not hesitate to mail!

on the other hand, Hercules does not seem to want to update their drivers regularly, so -1 for monitoring!

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?

Its going home. Not too worried even if there are improvements that could be made!

- What software do you use most often?

I run Cubase SX, up to 8 tracks simultaneously, no prob. Latency about 10 ms. In the mix, about 18 tracks loaded plugin without cracking!

OVERALL OPINION

Good, I digress ...
I use it for three months without incident. Recently, the card restarts for no apparent reason. I immediately thought of the power supply, but the sky was faster than me. It was enough of a power currents in the day so that the power supply makes the soul! Really not good quality ...
In short, a lil mail to me that the Service has dispatched a new DIRECTLY, I recoi in the currents of the week ...

At its, great value for money, I counsel all those who want to model!
As soon as I have more, I will turn to an interface more "pro", like RME ...

EDIT: I received the new power supply that works very well, the card will reboot over and is very stable.

Hi,
I decided to give my opinion to prevent others to have the same boat. It is true that this card looks interesting from the number of entries it gives. I am not able to give my opinion on sound quality, but against the seriousness of Hercules, yes. I bought this card in June, I install and then I realize that nothing works. I phone the hotline, and I learn that the drivers for Intel Macs are not available. It was not until July, in July, I was told in August, and that, every month until October. It's a shame, Hercules is unable to provide drivers, they are the only galleys for the development of drivers, while the competition for quite some time point. Unfortunately, we can not shout "crowing" we'll still buy abroad (which I do not have a problem, actually).
Well, I think you mean when it's good, but when it's bad, must also have the simplicity of the share!
Good luck to all
JC

UTILIZATION

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GETTING STARTED

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OVERALL OPINION

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- What characteristics have motivated your choice?

The number of entries for the price, like everyone else ...

- For what purpose?

Some for all, especially recording model, but for me, a midi interface, what the sampler scratching, and other instrumentals thanks to the preamp.

- What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?

Macbook Intel Core Duo 2G, 512 MB RAM, internal HDD 60G basis 5200t

UTILIZATION

This is where it gets tough ... Being on macbook, such was my surprise after receipt of my card when I called to ask why Hercules I could not install it.
"The Intel Mac drivers are not yet out."
I bought the card but 2006. The hotline told me to come out after the month in 2 months at the latest. After 2 months still nothing. And I remember, even topo, within a month. The drivers were supposedly long over but they were in beta test. And they said that every month until December and I decided to shout at once ... the past three days (January 6), the drivers are available on the site of Hercules. My card has waited six months in his box before I serve.

All content (but a bit annoying when even ^ ^) I install all this. Installation top lap time of one minute, no problem. But trying to set this up, I do not have a stable configuration. The volume button of the first preamp to death spit when I move. Preamp on, monitoring is very low, and when I push a little, it saturates at once. Map plant a lot: I listen to audio on itunes, the software control of the card launched, I adjust the volume, and I leave. And by the time the software closes, the sound abruptly cuts off, forced to restart, resynhroniser the card to exit the software ...
I hope that Hercules will have the decency to do an update stable quickly. Because on this one's, they really shit in the glue ... In the words jcrmusic, in the same situation as me: At Hercules, it's really not serious.
These problems are so much for the note.

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
- Are they often updated?

See above ^ ^

- What software do you use most often?

Before the card, I worked on Reason, I start now comes with Cubase LE.

- What you get lag?

Still not managed to get really stable configuration, but it runs pretty good at 15 ms latency.

- How many tracks you get to record / play time? ...

I have not been able to make big test

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?

3 days ^ ^

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?

No, but the layout of my group was recorded with the same card, so I knew what it was.

- How would you rate the quality / price?

Simply unbeatable.

- With experience, you do again this choice? ...

It depends if I have to wait six months drivers ...

I return as promised (a little late) fill me several months of use APRS
Bought ... for many of his! recording (multitrack, although sr) concert and the home studio.
Configuration: Laptop ASUS A6BG (Centrino 1.6 GB, 1GB RAM, firewire port internal, external hard drive USB2)
Reli midi keyboard on Matra.

UTILIZATION

Installation flawless on my setup, and following the instructions included with the CD (version 2, with firmware update).
No incompatibility with me, configuration software for 4 -10 meters, rglage symtrique / asymtrique via software, for meters, monitoring a few brief (you can monitor that a pair of, if you must use the patch assignment of inputs / outputs and it's all or nothing, no possible level .. so it must be through another grate program (Cubase, etc. ..)
config easy, clear guide on paper!
Some bugs sometimes, but once the rec launched in multitrack, I still had to Plantade (thankfully!)

GETTING STARTED

No problem for the moment with current drivers, if not using at the same time and in asio mode is plantogne multimedia, so you have to force windows not to use it for sounds multimedia.
Test Cubase, Live, does not work on Plant (senseomusic)
17 + 12 tracks read in 5ms latency recording with Cubase before saturation on my internal hard drive (5200 rounds!)
BMOL on a big card entries ... attention to the configs and complex problem of mass, with the use of power supply pluseieurs dcoupage, you really monitor tracks before starting the rec because I t Confront the problem twice of my interferences by plugging in analog consoles dcoupage alim. The problem seems to disappear in RIAS alim dcoupage my laptop ... must know, and not have too long to register if the pb Submitted!

OVERALL OPINION

I for more than six months, and the ratio quality / price is simply amazing, as long as the card works stable configuration Pc!
The only worry is that it's a bit of Russian roulette after the comments I've read.
Mac, it's apparently not yet (could not test ...).
The big problem is the big book with dcoupage power supply, which is really cheap and probably undersized (the card heats up when even a little, ate the inside!).
Apparently this is THE big problem of the card, lots of world does require a new transformer to apply for Hercules, who returns for free at the end ... a time / time uncertain!
So mfiance on problem area / mass ...
One solution would be to the isolation transformers on all inputs, ground breaking, but has become the CHRE concerver seeing if a minimum of quality ...
I'll get a true transformer power supply compatible, see if a problem does not rsoudrait. Adj Someone tried?

The number of
home studio
AT THE TIME Athlon 2.2GHz
cubase, Newt

UTILIZATION

Simple enough

GETTING STARTED

Driver not stable hyper
a latency of 8 to 10

OVERALL OPINION

Map buys and keeps a week after one hour of taff, the power supply of the card cut.
So reignition card with loss of sync, so we restart the PC and company!
crachouilles few knobs of from time to time, in short everything to return very soon!
This map shows well but is that the wind, the same stuff would have REAL version was parfaite.je hello street trade fai very promptly the exchange without question, I think of ailleurd they are used to of Hercules defective.
I put 2 because I consider the product misleading.
I never would do that choice!

I dj I post a notice danslequel rlais sec.

In fact as the board above, and everything is OK j'aichangl'alimentation;
I am convinced that every problem meeting came from the power supply, not strong enough.

For what I have to do, this card is trs trs well, especially the price at which I bought.

Let that which is Csar Csar.

UTILIZATION

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GETTING STARTED

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OVERALL OPINION

I made a handling error.

Please do not take the view Previous.
The conclusion, now that power is hadhoc, I am satisfied with the trs sound card.