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PCI/ISA + Rack Soundcard from Echo

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Published on 05/07/11 at 17:15
Tired of the many stalls and driver problems posed by some front USB or Firewire that I had in my possession, I wanted to turn to a PCI model + rack connection, keeping it simple in order to to catch only in home studio.

UTILIZATION

I confess that for this specification, the Gina3G gives me satisfaction for the entire hour since with only two input preamp and a configuration interface relatively clear, it is very easy to use. Never had a crash seems serious and Echo: I did not have to wait 2 years to have 64-bit drivers.

I usually only records one track at a time, so I can not say much about this aspect of the card, however, that the latency is low enough to play virtual instruments with ease.

GETTING STARTED

The installation as the configuration are very simple and the manual provided in English relatively well. No inconsistency to date, either side and multimedia music software.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had a good year now and I greatly prefer it to the FireWire 410 and the FireBox I had previously, who dropped out too often.

In contrast, no surprise regarding preamps: as on all interfaces of this price range, there is very little headroom and it is often found three-quarters of the race of the volume knobs at the outlet. Fortunately, the preamp is not noisy.

Briefly, this side is below what one sees in MOTU or RME, to name a few, but we are also faced with a card that is anything but a gas plant, which is important for me.