I opt for this card for its rack 19, the brand tascam, serieuseement reputation in the record, because few Indo existed at the time when I bought it (2006) use only home studio, and sometimes stand alone with another musician, I use Cubase SX2 Reason 3 + slave + big VSTI

UTILIZATION

The installation is very simple, as easy as installing an internal sound card is dire.rien see a 2000 + with ADAT rack that I had before, I updated the drivers for the version 1.6 + update firmware of the card, the manual is very clear, because some settings are possible on this map is not running for hours searching for a buffer size, latency setting etc, etc, then we must know the sequencer to assign inputs and outputs, but it has nothing to do with the card

GETTING STARTED

Super stable, no crash, or from use with other SX or stand alone, against the passage by reading to a drive cubase Windon (WMP) gives a crack in the transition from reading, despite the pilot either release asio in the background, never updated since the install, anyway any more recent provisions, I am 256 ms latency audio recording levels are sufficient, the headphones with independent volume is very practical, and a volume of output level monitors for very practical for me because I use amplified speakers with no volume

OVERALL OPINION

So I use it since 2006, the sound is very neutral, and disappoint almost at the beginning, the more I more I use the card is reliable, it is necessarily a break, because at the beginning of the use was a disaster , permanent crack for no reason, even after several latency setting did not change anything, I only use the audio on this card, as MIDI inputs are not top on the latency, for MIDI I go through a UM2 Edirol, is what I found at the top for years before buying this card so I tried a 2000 + ADAT rack, I have sold very quickly, I tried also a creamware + scop luna, whose configuration was impossible, virtual connection cable (like reason) I sold now I would do this choice for a tascam FW1804, but at first I was really disappointed, the highlight of this card is the Use stand alone, really very stable, connects to the back leaving the cabinet rack very clean, the button seems sturdy, it lacks a little equalization,
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correct since, cited above recess 256 is the buffer size, the latency is 12ms, I reinstall the card after my M-Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R SAV party after a year (apparently this is normal), FW1804 therefore resumed his place on hold back SAV
strangely it works better than before, no cracking on large project, very neutral sound, the M-Audio sound softened a little, preamp certainly involved,
bp without reinstallation, still delay when I change a player VLC playback in Cubase or WMP,
I really like this card, no pb firewire, XP SP2 (SP1 during the first install) I can not configure the PC 3GO memory for XP (no boot.ini, shame about the big VST )
I thought part with it (on sale on the site), but I'll keep it as stand alone for my group, connect a amplifies sound Novanex
not disappointed, the config of the card is top notch and super simple, stable driver (even if I have an update 1.70) I'll keep this CD to install 1.60, bios Updated during the first install
** Now running Cubase 5 and Kontakt4