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Zanetoche « Super Sound Card »
Published on 04/24/11 at 10:47
Best value:
Poor
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UTILIZATION
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GETTING STARTED
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OVERALL OPINION
Since 2005, I am a bit of computer music seriously. Until I was shooting with an E-mu 1820 m (the must have card around 500 € at the time) but my needs have changed and my computer system has been modernized. My current needs are:
Track-record guitars through amps or simulators.
Voice-recording
So I squinting what was done in the field of home-studio sound cards. I do not need 20 inputs, ADAT port, 10 output. I therefore naturally oriented towards a minimalist map. Finally, in this category, sound cards are not legion. It is admittedly low-end models but low quality for correct model in good condition. There are of course the Apogee Duet, but it is only available on Mac. Then think of the RME Babyface but it remains far too expensive for my poor scholarship and has a connection too full that I did not need. Remained the Line 6 M-Audio does not attract me.
TC Electronic's seduced me first by the brand reputation that is second to none in the field of audio. Then this is the philosophy of the map that pointed me towards this model. Admittedly, the connection is rudimentary (you can either, save microphone jack / jack Hi-z, making Hi-z/Hi-z or line / line). It's little but for the lonely home-studio owners that covers most needs (we can still lament the lack of S / PDIF or noon).
Then if you look a little more about the features and specifications, we realize that the converters and preamps (less gain anyway) are the same as the Konnekt 48. So a priori rather good cam. The philosophy of the Konnekt 6 is therefore a lot of features but good quality.
Another point that I decided to turn towards this model is the true Hi-Z input. On my E-mu, Hi-Z input is 10k ohms which is far too little a deterioration of sound (treble loss) when you want to use it with a guitar or bass. There was an input impedance of 1 Megaohms which is very good.
So I decided to buy this sound card
For now, I tested it with a PC running Windows XP with a Pentium D processor, a GB of ram and it works. To install my friends, is simple. Launch the CD, do "next, next". After installing the software and drivers made, is connected via Firewire cable and it works. By laziness, I contented myself of drivers in 2008 but the card will pass on a Pentium Quadcore under Seven So I download the latest drivers. A priori, there is no reason that it does not rotate properly.
Once installation is complete. A round in the editor software. It's really minimalist and stupid as a cabbage but it is this simplicity and immediacy of the grip that seduced me. E-mu and are complicated to Patchmix were possible sources of headaches constant. Simplicity is the friend of the musician. It allows you to concentrate on music by limiting the potential technical problems.
Regarding sound quality. I was very pleasantly surprised. On the E-mu, if you push the preamp gain, mean sea fairly quickly. Same when you work and you need to mount the headset volume, we get a quick breath and therefore quite difficult. Here, silence is required. The preamp is neutral on the whole sound spectrum. I will not say it's worth the Millennia or Manley, I have not tested. But to my ears worn by the decibels, the preamp can be described as neutral and dynamic. Plug-ins provide the desired color.
DI function is also very good. I have a direct box BSS AR-133. Well, very clever one that makes the difference with the DI internal TC Konnekt 6. To record guitars through simulation software is really the foot.
I do not venture to compare the sound quality with that of more expensive models (Apogee Duet or Babyface at the top) but I think it is played with a few hairs of c ** near. A map is a serious serious card. Point!.
Finally, I put 9 / 10. One point less because I liked the S / PDIF and MIDI. This is not fatal but good.
UTILIZATION
See below
GETTING STARTED
See below
OVERALL OPINION
Since 2005, I am a bit of computer music seriously. Until I was shooting with an E-mu 1820 m (the must have card around 500 € at the time) but my needs have changed and my computer system has been modernized. My current needs are:
Track-record guitars through amps or simulators.
Voice-recording
So I squinting what was done in the field of home-studio sound cards. I do not need 20 inputs, ADAT port, 10 output. I therefore naturally oriented towards a minimalist map. Finally, in this category, sound cards are not legion. It is admittedly low-end models but low quality for correct model in good condition. There are of course the Apogee Duet, but it is only available on Mac. Then think of the RME Babyface but it remains far too expensive for my poor scholarship and has a connection too full that I did not need. Remained the Line 6 M-Audio does not attract me.
TC Electronic's seduced me first by the brand reputation that is second to none in the field of audio. Then this is the philosophy of the map that pointed me towards this model. Admittedly, the connection is rudimentary (you can either, save microphone jack / jack Hi-z, making Hi-z/Hi-z or line / line). It's little but for the lonely home-studio owners that covers most needs (we can still lament the lack of S / PDIF or noon).
Then if you look a little more about the features and specifications, we realize that the converters and preamps (less gain anyway) are the same as the Konnekt 48. So a priori rather good cam. The philosophy of the Konnekt 6 is therefore a lot of features but good quality.
Another point that I decided to turn towards this model is the true Hi-Z input. On my E-mu, Hi-Z input is 10k ohms which is far too little a deterioration of sound (treble loss) when you want to use it with a guitar or bass. There was an input impedance of 1 Megaohms which is very good.
So I decided to buy this sound card
For now, I tested it with a PC running Windows XP with a Pentium D processor, a GB of ram and it works. To install my friends, is simple. Launch the CD, do "next, next". After installing the software and drivers made, is connected via Firewire cable and it works. By laziness, I contented myself of drivers in 2008 but the card will pass on a Pentium Quadcore under Seven So I download the latest drivers. A priori, there is no reason that it does not rotate properly.
Once installation is complete. A round in the editor software. It's really minimalist and stupid as a cabbage but it is this simplicity and immediacy of the grip that seduced me. E-mu and are complicated to Patchmix were possible sources of headaches constant. Simplicity is the friend of the musician. It allows you to concentrate on music by limiting the potential technical problems.
Regarding sound quality. I was very pleasantly surprised. On the E-mu, if you push the preamp gain, mean sea fairly quickly. Same when you work and you need to mount the headset volume, we get a quick breath and therefore quite difficult. Here, silence is required. The preamp is neutral on the whole sound spectrum. I will not say it's worth the Millennia or Manley, I have not tested. But to my ears worn by the decibels, the preamp can be described as neutral and dynamic. Plug-ins provide the desired color.
DI function is also very good. I have a direct box BSS AR-133. Well, very clever one that makes the difference with the DI internal TC Konnekt 6. To record guitars through simulation software is really the foot.
I do not venture to compare the sound quality with that of more expensive models (Apogee Duet or Babyface at the top) but I think it is played with a few hairs of c ** near. A map is a serious serious card. Point!.
Finally, I put 9 / 10. One point less because I liked the S / PDIF and MIDI. This is not fatal but good.