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samymore
Published on 12/15/06 at 05:08
Value For Money :
Excellent
I was looking for a card with a rack, with at least 8 inputs and 4 analog outputs + inputs RCA and optical digital outputs and I / O noon. I also wanted to make this card work under Linux. Finally, I had a budget of around € 500 ...
Initially I planned to use it in order to make multi-track recording of instruments (and group). Finally, since I, unfortunately I have not had the chance to do so. I therefore only used in my "home studio".
I use it on PC (Athlon64 3500 +, Gigabyte motherboard with nvidia chipset Gforce4) and Linux (Ubuntu for some time and Mandrake before ...).
UTILIZATION
The installation and use in Windoze did not pose any particular problem.
I stumbled over Linux (drivers not included in the kernel or alsa, or the need to recompile everything). Since then, Linux distributions include the drivers and it works without recompiling. on the other hand I still have some problems with jackd. I can not use the 8 analog I / O and 8 digital I / O simultaneously (either analog or digital).
GETTING STARTED
No complaints at the drivers ...
- What software do you use most often?
Ardour, Jack, hydrogen etc. ...
OVERALL OPINION
I bought it 1 year there is a 1 / 2 area.
I use it regularly, but unfortunately not too much to register.
- What is so special that you like most and least?
I find this card very pleasant to use.
A few remarks however:
- I find the virtual mixing console in windoze is not very intuitive.
- The knobs for adjusting the input gain for the first 2 entries are a little hard.
- The connectors on the back are pretty close. It is not possible to use any type of jack if you want to connect all the inputs / outputs.
- The optical connector is not easy to plug (I do not think it comes from my cable because I had no problems with the device that was in front ...).
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
I had a series of sound Maxi, the latest being an ISIS studio max, but it did not work with Linux or XP.
With Layla, you change the world squarely in the quality ...
- How would you rate the quality / price?
The Layla3G is an excellent choice and has a very good price / quality ratio.
- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
For the perspective that I had, yes, no problem. My view (and my budget) have changed somewhat, I plan to buy a console 24 / 8 and replace my layla by RME Hammerfall DSP HDSP 9652 + converters for better use Linux ...
Initially I planned to use it in order to make multi-track recording of instruments (and group). Finally, since I, unfortunately I have not had the chance to do so. I therefore only used in my "home studio".
I use it on PC (Athlon64 3500 +, Gigabyte motherboard with nvidia chipset Gforce4) and Linux (Ubuntu for some time and Mandrake before ...).
UTILIZATION
The installation and use in Windoze did not pose any particular problem.
I stumbled over Linux (drivers not included in the kernel or alsa, or the need to recompile everything). Since then, Linux distributions include the drivers and it works without recompiling. on the other hand I still have some problems with jackd. I can not use the 8 analog I / O and 8 digital I / O simultaneously (either analog or digital).
GETTING STARTED
No complaints at the drivers ...
- What software do you use most often?
Ardour, Jack, hydrogen etc. ...
OVERALL OPINION
I bought it 1 year there is a 1 / 2 area.
I use it regularly, but unfortunately not too much to register.
- What is so special that you like most and least?
I find this card very pleasant to use.
A few remarks however:
- I find the virtual mixing console in windoze is not very intuitive.
- The knobs for adjusting the input gain for the first 2 entries are a little hard.
- The connectors on the back are pretty close. It is not possible to use any type of jack if you want to connect all the inputs / outputs.
- The optical connector is not easy to plug (I do not think it comes from my cable because I had no problems with the device that was in front ...).
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
I had a series of sound Maxi, the latest being an ISIS studio max, but it did not work with Linux or XP.
With Layla, you change the world squarely in the quality ...
- How would you rate the quality / price?
The Layla3G is an excellent choice and has a very good price / quality ratio.
- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
For the perspective that I had, yes, no problem. My view (and my budget) have changed somewhat, I plan to buy a console 24 / 8 and replace my layla by RME Hammerfall DSP HDSP 9652 + converters for better use Linux ...