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E-MU 1820

PCI/ISA + Rack Soundcard from E-MU

Narky Narky
Published on 09/14/06 at 16:45
The CHARACTERISTICS that motivated my choice:

- The number of input / output (Even if for the moment I am using only two inputs and output pramplifies Master) => Evolution Home-studio possible without changing card;
- Both inputs pramplifies;
- The opinion DIFFERENT posts by same

The use I made:

I use this card mainly to record guitars and vocals.

My config:
Amd 3000 +, 512MB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive
I put 10 as my ideal CHARACTERISTICS

UTILIZATION

Installation:

No problem, we install the PCI card, the driver, plug the interface and a roll No incompatibilitsdtectes

Configuration:

The mixer (The PatchMix) is not empty forcment beginners to understand if we have to do routing. For my part, I left the base, I just changed the slices, in which case, any difficulty.

Ngatif point however, the drivers sometimes crash .. Gnant is not unbearable, it reboot and it's good.

Manual:

It's clear air .. Actually, I really had no need to open it I saw the use of the card.

GETTING STARTED

Stability of drivers:

See above

Software utiliss:

Sonar, energyXT tripper when I want or just save an IDE, and VST (i)

Latency:

5 ms is nickel

Number of tracks with VSTi instruments and / or that I can read simultanment:

Assuming that I use exclusively VST (i) not too CPU intensive, I can read an average of seven tracks (Remembering that I only have 512 MB of RAM .. It helps not!)

OVERALL OPINION

This is THE FIRST audio interface I acquri following the ras-le-bol caused by the audio chipset on my motherboard, so I do not really lments of comparison but I use this sound card a few months and I am fully satisfied!

If I had to buy a card, I would do this choice? Yes, I think! As mentioned above, the fact that I can serve me in many configurations diffrent is an important issue and its report is qualitprix INTERESTED.

Overall rating: 8 / 10. J'enlve two points because of the crashes (but not rguliers happens from time to time) of drivers. Nothing too serious, I never lost my job but can be Gnant when you are full Fast Fashion