All user reviews for the Hercules Studio ISIS

At the time one map of the price (2000 CHF) with an external rack while 6.35 with 8 inputs 4 outputs, SPDIF in / out RCA, optical and finally midi in / out / thru!!

nothing to write that we must be dreaming if we add that we are in 1995.

UTILIZATION

Yes stable and several updates have been delivered
correct for latency time.

GETTING STARTED

Problems getting it to work properly only because of the Pc config not powerful enough nor sufficiently provided in memory. (Dx2 + 100Mhz 16MB)
Then with a Pentium II (intel chipset and the Via chipset is strongly recommended at this time for computer music) and max memory for its motherboard (380 MB) it was very correct.
Finally, as I used Logic Audio comes with, everything was fine. As soon as I wanted to try another (Cubasis blackjack comes with a purchase) I never ever get something good.
Where audio back to Logic. But it took me "redo" the entire PC to start over clean.

OVERALL OPINION

It was my 1st audio card. I since 1995 I think (it starts to date).
before I was only noon. therefore synth and everything required for replay shebang. the recordings were made k7 (in 1994) and there not multitrack. he had to do everything by noon. then when it's ok to mix and record from noon on the magneto. yeah I said small zicos.

Since I still use it for digitizing LPs.
It keeps me from monopolizing the other PC with its fast track that could do very well yet.
But the performance of the isis in this area are sufficient. So long as the PC on which it is running ..... and then also it amuses me. a certain nostalgia in fact.

In fact, the big disadvantage of vinyl is that it is a carrier of another era. It wears longer it is used.
Where the scritch scratch scrtoch that settles over time.
No, I'm not one of those "melted" who swear by vinyl. However some productions have never been and will probably never recorded on CD.
I learned, however, that a former base of the National Library is precisely this kind of preservation.
But that's just for heritage preservation. Nobody can listen or obtain a copy of digitized recording.
So I make them myself with this card.
She recorded quietly while I do something else or just that I listen to the music.
This is to go on a reliable in terms of what exists today.
Obviously the quality I'm looking for today is not primarily the appointment. However these are the interpretations of the tripe zicos group or tails I'm trying to save for my entourage.
So just for that I gladly would put a good score on the map although these are now much more efficient.
But how Guillemot treated us to the arrival of XP, then triple revenge "0" pointing doubled!
In short, if you have small needs not too expensive and you have an old PC lying around in a corner, go ahead.
Otherwise buy something else. (I'm very happy with the "fast track pro" to which I said a little trick on this forum)

The dream she brought to all musicians finally going to do our album at home.

UTILIZATION

I know how many more there were versions of drivers that are traded on the web hoping to find the Holy Grail, an era ... I can successfully install, after several months of discussions .

I think I'm a piece of 8 tracks with, I keep preciously, it is a rare work.

GETTING STARTED

I became a computer engineer trying to install ...

OVERALL OPINION

If this card worked, AF, can be simply would not exist.

It is possible that it is trying to run a community of Internet users is found, giving birth to what would later become this wonderful site.

For that, with hindsight we could put him 10.

Sound card Guillemot Maxi Studio ISIS is a PCI sound card with an additional extension box 8/4 + MIDI + SPDIF.
This card was released in the late 90s, and ran under Windows 95/98/Me only. W2000/XP systems and higher are not compatible ...
The "PCI" this set has standard I / O (Line in and out, Mic Port Midi / games), and a web of internal link connects to a riser connection with the outer casing. This card features a RAM Expansion for function "sampler" and soundfont management and a DSP chip.
The outer casing is equipped with 8 analog inputs and 4 outputs 6.35 jack, MIDI thru in out, in out and SPDIF coax and optical in.
The recording mode is accomplished by "direct to disc", ensuring very low latency. Converters are accurate and do not generate virtually no harmonics.
A great little system for a good start in home studio.

UTILIZATION

This card offers a great stability, and its interface facilitates the mapping of I / O settings and levels. ASIO drivers are compatible despite his age.
Mode ensures direct to disk latency below 40ms.

GETTING STARTED

Mechanically speaking, the installation is a breeze, with respect to drivers, ibid. The only real difficulty is to understand the correspondence cursors console settings compared to I / O The manual is pretty vague about it here.

OVERALL OPINION

I started the home studio with this product in 1999, and I also apparent from time to time, as part soundfont is just perfect. The DAW used is not the one that came with (Logic Audio), but Magix Music Studio 2005, still compatible W98. Employing this medieval OS is not very disabling because the PC used is disproportionate to W98 with its 1GHz processor and 256MB of ram
The HDD used for multi-track taken is SCSI, which ensures optimal access!
Not a wrinkle, and ergonomics nice, this sound card still has many services to make ...

Choice motivated by the rack over 8-4 I / O digital and the price
Home studio use in
Config. : Pentium 200 MMX, 192 MB RAM, 40GB HDD
Behringer 1804 X Console, bass guitar, microphone ...

UTILIZATION

Manuel insufficient especially for Logic Audio software.
Some installation problem

GETTING STARTED

Drivers stable
Software: Cool Edit Pro, Logic Audio
8 tracks simultaneously

OVERALL OPINION

Using 3 years
What I love most: the rack, the prize
What I like least: A / D converter, fragility MIDI ports
Trs qualitprix good value, the ideal person who wants to get into the home studio to take a honnte

I would do without this choice problem

It offers a very practical external rack but it is no longer the only desomrais in this case
FAU warn you that with a celeron 400 it starts only 1 in 20 g depui that a celeron 766 she walks all the tps
otherwise it has good sound quality without it works in 24 bit 44.1Khz quin is the standart henceforth
it also has a nice problem of latency m head prevents use of virtual sampler

UTILIZATION

Easy to install no problem only problem of this piti incompabilte of proc
the manual is full of it also has a mini sample friendly n I personally use Jamai

GETTING STARTED

Its latency is not acceptable just be me
no problem playing at the same time my mic recording is not terrible I do not know whether it's coming from the sound card or micro m with a person confirms that the card in. props made terrible noise level on record the voices and saw that it looms over the group wanting to Save several voices together
Note that a few lon record two inputs simultaneously
May the recording quality is good (exept voice)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for almost 3 years with one year or it shows
c a card that has an extraordinary value for price asser pourkoi c in the same context and in retrospect I will make the same choice agietrai May I m a little more to make it work I think always time to buy a 24/96 TerraTec because FAU evolved in. May all on the Isis for me yet

For starter is good, it is complete.
External rack with 20-bit converters, digital 8in/4out +, comes with sounds (128, Roland sound canvas style) can stored on the other bank of the ...
it's been three years since I, I sold it to evolve but I do not regret having bought it, I even made the Studio, and I got compliments for qulité sound, of course there are better, but for now the CD is still 16-bit 44.1, the card also manages the 48.
To make it sound good you need a good mixer.
Good product that shame guillemot is no drivers for XP, and yes you will not go further than Millennium. It works in XP but only Master, you no longer managing the multi-piste.Il must then partition your disk.
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UTILIZATION

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GETTING STARTED

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OVERALL OPINION

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Uses a P4 GHTZ
For use in home studio
256 MB of RAM

UTILIZATION

Installation and paramtrage, hello galre and decision-head, half the time the card is not recognized or so after installation is DTECT again .. . Finally, once installed it works is a dj!

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are stable latency with MME drivers is not the top and the card does not support ASIO 2 WDM NOR, This card is ending for five years and has had its day.
If the era it is the joy of budding home studio, today even the quality of the converters is not the height.

OVERALL OPINION

So far this card have no more reason to be, Guillemot was holding an impressive march, the editor failed to invest quickly to continue to keep the top of the paved section of the amateur damage APRS the home studio pro 64 and ISIS ... nothing. My rating is closer to the hardware on the market today ....

The rack is outside of the ball, with celeron and it works under w98 hell. I take voice, synth guitar through a eurorack mx 802A of Berhinger.

UTILIZATION

No problem, but many have been based on their config so vigilance. the compilation of its banks is a shithole ... so forget

GETTING STARTED

No problem particular, little work srieusement and make good models. The sound lacks some precision but hey, the price must see ...

OVERALL OPINION

I have 4 years, I had no worries, if not using the internal sound bank that I did not russia. Otherwise grate for MIDI and audio at the same time, a sampler with cubase and it's great practice and external cheap secondhand. Review the advice and Verify your config (no AMD win98 required) before buying otherwise you may regret it.

Ben isis has 100 francs (€ 150) in 2001, not too expensive for the period with an MSI motherboard for Atlona tbird with a Tb at 1GHz, 128 RAM and all is well. Leger conflict with the modem has had an impact on the IRQ ports but quickly settle (Win Me not stable ... sniff). For the console, one for the unmarked mix "dj", sort of acoustic guitar and microphone with nokia (you say) but it works and sisi are sound.

UTILIZATION

Uh Ormis Me has a fun move, well installation and running ca nickel (after 7 hours and I am a computer training). No neophyte to the hack and not recommended to those who are not patients.

GETTING STARTED

Nothing to say to a cool pro Cubase ever one crash. Even in a live recording was impressive results neteter (duty to record in 32 bit so instead ouch). Frankly ca layla is not mac but nice enough.

OVERALL OPINION

Almost third years of use, small pb with the bank but hey I do not use. Only regret that ben microsoft seeks flows in the box with intel = ant prevents scalability of the map of 2000 and xp. A little forced to abandon it a few months. Frankly right card for AMATEUR (only) who wants to hand in Mao and especially computers.

Sound card with external rack-half. 8 inputs, 4 outputs. Usage: I went from 4-track cassettes computer music Config Pentium II 400 with win98. Notice to pigeons who say it works p: it is because it's an old trick. Win 98 is bad and that's it.
that never had to be prtention of pro gear.

UTILIZATION

I plugged my install. it worked and it works live forever (it's been almost 5 years).
the manual is well done. zero problem.

GETTING STARTED

Drivers stable, but never updated. supplied with light versions of Logic Audio, Acid ...
versions used "normal", no problem.
Latency is rotten in the light of current CRITERIA, but leaves me rpeter is an old trick. Basically, to review the VSTi.
8-track Recording. as much as your support AORD read.

OVERALL OPINION

Report for qualitprix amazing era. Great stuff to learn if it is found Cheap Used. No it's not a stew! it is not really era, this is not the same. It paved the way products available. If you do not have a round that you want to learn the MA0, rcupre one. I absolutely do not regret it. I learned a lot, save a lot of DMOS. Now, I grew up, I spend MOTU.

While this card, I bought it because I was looking for a way to connect my pc on my synt ...
Basically, I was looking so particularly taken with a Midi ...
I wanted to start in the music, and I think it succeeded, or at least I'm satisfied with the result ...
I started to run with a P133 with 64MB RAM ... Not good at all ....
With my new running configuration, it works ... nikel

UTILIZATION

Simple installation. Incompatibilities: Do not seem to work on recent OS ... you ask before you buy ...

The manuals are a bit too thick, but looks pretty full to me ...

GETTING STARTED

It works well with Cubase and Sonar ... enough for me
I have not broken a head to see the drivers, or look for the fault of the product ... if my techniques carry operation capacity exceeded in the days of the card, I would pay another, period ...

OVERALL OPINION

Good buy beginner, cheap, not very young either ...
I think if I was more experienced in music, I may seek larger models ...

To avoid the CM with Asus A7N8X-Deluxe and Athlon XP 2000 +.
It worked well with DFI motherboard and P III 800.

UTILIZATION

Crash on crash.
Cold sweats during the recording sessions.

GETTING STARTED

Stability uncertain.
Suite crap, waste of time. Especially for the management of banks samples.

OVERALL OPINION

Inexhaustible source of shit since I'm using an Athlon XP 2000 + to replace the P III 800.
Converters up to its current price in the market for OCCAZ (40/50 euros).
Audiophiles and musicians picky, go your way.
The ISIS card is over.
If you have your pretty broke to want to buy an ISIS, expect to lose much time.
REVIEW of my trial: a motherboard with adquate, ISIS is a job right AUDIO (Custom: ASUS CUSL2). But the cow, there's had to look far!

Bought 5 years ago, I use tt time!
its use is reserved comptences his "studio" and not "multimedia": Listen to cd to it Yadji plenty of free players on the market!

rgulirement I record instruments or amps, singers also: no problem!
DJ has worked on a 450 MHz while the 1800 AMD (I am Fidler their processors)!
attention, it only works with Win98! heads and fawns, other Systmes latest issue (2000, XP, etc ...) have no intrt, making gold coins from microsoft!

your exact trs is honorable, and there is no requirement to spend too Chres cards.
Listen Albums general dub, you'll hear what I mean!

attention: the map ncessite the addition of a ram (slot prvu) since it is calculated that the sound and not the processor (it's gre programs)!

its external box 6.35 + MIDI port make it complete very practical.

UTILIZATION

Installed several times on different PC no problem!

not encountered imcompatibilit notorious.

config ncessite a short time, like a qd mm console's traditional in terms of the way of his: obligartoires patience and testing!
the configs are saved: I used diffrent 3 days after the config (RPET, house, live ...)

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are ok and downloads for the day there! and work! except for Systmes rcents (see above).
Think reinstall the drivers each upgrade of DirectX!

my park soft claim any one can do swallow a computer to work the Zique srieusement, so no list here would be too long.
essentially, I work with Acid Pro, for its quality of operations samples, mounting virtual ...
Another thing, my computer does not serve me that the zik, and walk, even when not is stopped transport for RPET and concerts!

no rec inconvnient in multi if you think the linear array of ram!

must have an external console when mm with phantom power for boxes of DI (active of course, it also exite liabilities) ncessaires making low, the old analog synth, the singer who sticks of p Dales effect between the microphone and the console, or plugger lines (cd / md ...) and plenty of other things according to your habits and desires!
for guitars, nothing can replace a microphone in front of an amp, forget the direct plug in the card (especially if you saturate the guitar! qque I know something!)

latency is reasonable, except for wanting a super cranky rendered useless: the gear, and powerful as expensive as it is, not a substitute for artistic quality. who wants to understand ... h h h

OVERALL OPINION

I especially like the external box and its connections in jack, rare today (too many to cinch jack dtriment 6.35, QUIPS my dj gear analog). Full MIDI and connections S / PDIF and optical.
t the ultimate test of a hack dat read optical is better than your exact reading directly k7 on-board converter of dat!

pity she is only 20-bit 44.1 or 48, as desired.
and guillemot does + not in hardware, they understood that the use would make zicos to make DMOS or otherwise, in a configuration similar to a real studio.

default key, but rparable: cram an induction on the map, I showed the component in a shop found me almost the same, and I resoldered hop as in 14!
since, no problem.

dj beat the price the silent era.
I would do this choice, because there was nothing else in this price range with these CHARACTERISTICS (connectivity, how many times I must tell you!)
Today, I would go to M-Audio!

Regarding the number of inputs and outputs, others are Describes dj.

I like the external rack. It is compact, possde the digital and the analog (not to mention the famous MIDI) so complete.

That said, and that is why I strongly deprecated this card, it only works on Win98! And yes you need two sysrmes operating and that's the problem started ...
(Well two systems if you turn on your XP for other applications)

UTILIZATION

RAS, everything is installed perfectly.

GETTING STARTED

The main problem on this card (the problem of operating system) and the level of. Prampli are worthy of the club jou! impossible to reach even in-6db on a record! Unless you put your volume keyboard or guitar background hands of grsille blow hard!

OVERALL OPINION

Frankly I bought used 100euros so I had nothing to lose but I have used that can trs. Once you live through a prmix but it crashed all the time so I record 8 tracks while broadcast six tracks and I'm not talking about latency .... And when I use my keyboard it purchases in the house, it does nothing.

I deprecated the. Plutt opt ​​for a card with less of but much more reliable.