Terratec Producer Phase 28

Installed for 3 months and not a bug in which a sound card at this level is a feat

I use it for computer music
I have a P4 1.5MHz PC Windows XP / 1030 ram / disc 80G 7200T / 7200T 30G m / m
SX2.0 on Cubase and Reason 2.5
Instrum: FM7 / Kontact / battery
in ext Korg MS 2000 and Yamaha PSR 1000

UTILIZATION

Installation without problem even if I have a sound card Hercules DJ 7.1 for the games but there is no conflict

GETTING STARTED

It Yadji an up-date the pilot driver is easy to use and offers everything for Audio Fast Fashion
The latency ASIO 2.0 is close to 0.3 ms for the 24 bit

OVERALL OPINION

The sound output is sound card for PRO and when you have a good amp and monitoring is madness
Terratec and thank you for the S / PDIF

Thats all good map for computer music

I would make a report with more in 6 months but there is no fault

2 analog inputs 24/96
2 SPDIF inputs 24/96
8 analog outputs 24/192
2 SPDIF 24/192
MIDI I / O

The sound is perfect when everything is connected symmetrically
I guess as long as no tapping Genelec to 5 plates, it is useless to seek a better quality of convertos

UTILIZATION

Installation: 5 minutes by my watch.
Perfectly stable so far.
2 ms latency.
Multiclient ASIO and GSIF
**** A default (which does not concern me): not management monitoring software for recording, you can only do direct monitoring, hence the 9 ****

UPDATED May 15: out of curiosity, I tested in Sonar 3.0 and Logic Audio 5.5 This history of monitoring: YOU CAN! Management is perfect, 1.5 ms latency 24/96>> I note back to 10 since I can find absolutely no fault with this card ...

I like the sound of + in + every day, I would add that the ASIO I / O SPDIF behave like the other outputs (ie cheese and dessert) which is 4 real inputs and 10 outputs real. I measured the signal / noise goal record that is 108 dB>> amazing for that price.

GETTING STARTED

Kontakt standalone turns, simultaneously with Traktor and Carbon using the Realtek chip for six other outputs. No conflict, everything is nickel.

OVERALL OPINION

211 euros while Thomann, it seems fair.

If it holds up over the long term and that TerraTec developed the monitoring software, I will install may be the same on my bike Terratec production (phase 28 is installed on the bike together)

Note that one can cascade multiple cards or Phase EWS in hardware, which will be recognized by a single driver, so it is upgradable in all directions.

UPDATED May 15>> saw the huge price value of this card, I'm going to cascade two or three on my bike production. I go back to the note 10.

The specifications for the price m have intrss. I m is composed for my characters. j using cubase, reason and SoundForge t racks. my config: p4 2.8c Asus P4P800 Deluxe, video radeon 9600 pro, and 2048 ram. No I have no table ...

UTILIZATION

At TerraTec, we look tjs The definition of the word "update" in the dictionary. then c comptaiblit level is not great, for example, with consumer software such as WinDVD intervido, or Half Life 2. ok good, for her it s not care. but we must take into account the fact that the pc does not serve to make unikment son.le manual is blah, and I haven t done the installation, I've bought with the rest of the components then I am the Mountain .

GETTING STARTED

Then I do not know .. is it I who am no one, or there is bad air in my home? the control pannel is very "rebel" he never asks what I do, it is necessary that I insisted that it heavily to do what I ask. So a bad thing. Then, she likes n not prsence of another card, for various reasons j I install the drivers for the sound card and P4P800 intgre ds the switch between the two depending on use. No it was not love at all!
in terms of sound, a sound cold, very cold. we sense the German product.

OVERALL OPINION

I lai depusi over a year. the price is good, but hey, it was worth our money. if the choice had to be rebuilt, I will save more to buy a RME or M Audio.

Level price / characteristic no complaints.
It runs very well with all the uses that I did, be it with fruity loops, Soundforge, Sonar.
As far as I / O was already very said about it
Parcontre to avoid problems of cracking and other delays, it is better to provide at least 512 of ram, or even 1GB

UTILIZATION

Installation could not be simpler, no incompatibility encountered.
The control panel is clear, very intuitive, no problems to use.
The only downside is the manual that is provided only in English but which can easily happen.

GETTING STARTED

I use it mainly with sonar and SoundForge but in terms of drivers it is imperative to use ASIO drivers if you plan to do the monitoring software to avoid latency enormous.
I have not pushed the limits on the number of tracks read / write I wait to have 1gig of ram at home

OVERALL OPINION

This is my first sound card I use to make the home studio so I can not compare it to a autre.En any case I am completely satisfied for my use (taking voice and instrumental composition hiphop) .
It is a complete sound card, efficiency, and remains more easy to use.
It gives off a pure, very pleasant to listen (which is still better to be amplified).
Record-level, like, nothing wrong to me.
Parcontre is clear that we should not be afraid to add more RAM to your config if you encounter problems of flow in reading.
Purchased on homestudio.fr 140euros, I believe that the price / quality ratio is diffilement beatable.
If I had to make another choice, I would do the same it's clear!