All user reviews for the Hercules Studio ISIS

Just some clarification on what I just read:
- I turn on AMD and no problems
- I / O optical steps perfectly and I use "loop" to get the midi to wav
- I fully agree: these are among GUILLEMOT charlots: no drivers beyond Me (which is also lame) so I'll stay for 98SE as its config and config on XP for development. .. But they continue to write and call them for insulting ... you never know ...

UTILIZATION

Easy Installation
config long and complicated depending on the application ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTH
use / creation of sound banks and sound impractical and unsatisfactory unless created sound effects ...

GETTING STARTED

Cf + up = they do not care about us at GUILLEMOT by claiming that their card is working then what is not running as win2000 SE Professional ... Under no

OVERALL OPINION

98SE bp!

Card Format: PCI
Connectors Rack: analog, digital and MIDI

UTILIZATION

had no problems on my K6-2 (which is AMD yet so I think) and no problem on my Duron chipset Via.
The installation was trouble-free with a reservation incompatible with the audio chipset on the motherboard (one off of it directly on the bios is the problem is solved).

GETTING STARTED

I found the drivers fairly stable cons do not hesitate to download the latest versions.
About Windows 2000 the problem does not respond kindly to Guillemot, who in his forum that he was ready to do the only condition that Windows 2000 can manage the inputs and outputs of the card ... So the only people to blame are those of Microsoft.
The only software is used Logic Audio Platinum is there is nickel. I use "a thirty audio tracks" with two keyboards Roland (the XP10 XP80 AND) with a score more respectable.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years and was the only card direct-to-disk affordable. I like the simplistic side of the rack: one connects the synth, audio and MIDI and music before!
For cons, I just acquérire windows XP and there ... Great question.

The card itself is certainly a little limited in memory but is 10 times better than creative!

UTILIZATION

Installation without any problem, because we must learn before buying a PC. My config are as follows:

2 Motherboards ABIT KT7 and KT7-A-RAID the only brand that works 100% and advocated by Guillemot.

VIA chipset drivers 4.35

CPU: Duron 700 and Athlon 750

The rest like everyone else, memory, graphics card .... but more with the cards Abit KT7 i can put the SB Live card and ISIS together while it is normally impossible! ABIT thank you!

Otherwise the manual, not terrible, for configuration, must be familiar with MIDI and Audio settings in general.

GETTING STARTED

Stable drivers, updated to version 1.9, and after there's more, finito.
If you got Win2000, buy yourself another card, unless you know the hack drivers!

Using super stable with Cakewalk Pro Audio Deluxe 3.9
Latency exists!
Number of audio tracks simultaneously read: 128
recording: 8

OVERALL OPINION

It's been over a year and a half that I have.
At Guillemot, they'll have changed 3 times, without any problem.
Just with the purchase invoices, and the third exchange occurred while the card was no longer under warranty. Nice.

The best thing about this map, the synthetic internal, 10 times better than Creative.
The less well, cest the internal sampler, not top, it compresses the sound so that it seemed that the batteries that I sampled was synthetic. I would also say that I go through a mixer to register for the microphones, as directly on the rack that is impossible, because the entries are passive.
He would have had to put 2 IN and 2 OUT on the map to avoid me to buy a MIDI dispatch.

Before this card I had the Home Pro Studio 64 and a daughter board DB50 YAMAHA XG above, AC was but it was really too limited level of its bank ...
Now everything goes well, I source from Groovestyle and Mediasic home, and everything works!

But you know, ISIS card is good for sound banks that may be added. The internal synth gonna mumuse to, but if you want to go to a good big sound, nothing like expanders and other drum machines.

My stuff are the following:

2 PCs, one with a SBLive and the other with an ISIS
The complete collection of home Groovestyle
A player / MD recorder to my Sony Home Studio
1 mini player / MD recorder Sony sounds of the street
1 ROLAND SP-808 Sampler
1 ROLAND MC-505 Groovebox
1 mixer Behringer Eurorack MX802A (connected directly to the rack card for voice recording)
1 CD Player Gemini CDJ-1100 for the mix
A master keyboard YAMAHA PSR-310
1 micro TSB normal for fun
1 AKG D-880 microphone for singing
A pair of studio monitors Alesis M1 ACTIVE
And must: CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO DELUXE 9.0 (better than Cubase, for my part)
And now I'm focusing on buying a new synth, the Roland Fantom, the synth bomb!

That is, if you have something to tell me, mail me: edshark@wanadoo.fr

Good luck to all!

It will have a rack that is pretty damn especially for the price.
I could do stuff: 8 inputs analog outputs are property forms large jacks. Let me explain

UTILIZATION

FRIENDS, if you have an AMD: PDT not even bother to try this will never work!
I had to sell my shit amd on the other hand with a Pentium 3 is impeccable. MANUAL remains deficient banks care is catastrophic, but the sounds are great gms of origin from the soundblaster live by example. HAND drop if you want to create your sound banks using virtual sampler!

GETTING STARTED

Drivers gonna except with cubase or I would not recommend. Latency is catastrophic with a pentium 3: vst instruments unusable.
on the other hand in Logic Audio with a p3 800 is super stable. As long as there not too much stuff on the hard disk.
Serious problem on the side of the SPDIF input, it produces CRAAAAAKstout along the recording, even with the latest drivers!
Finally few people use it happily!
Apart from that they are nice and effficaces after the sale.
And it is thanks to them that prices fall on audio cards.
This helped me because I am a genius de musique classic penniless, and I could not do a few things without AC property.
IN fact this card has more advantages than disadvantages, but I repeat, is not created for AMD. (This does not work AT ALL)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 year half the rack is the noonfrom good thing is cool. sampler by the cons of the card unusable EDST, too long ety complicated to program. (not like the soundblaster card no example.)
In fact people who are critical of officials sent from other brands that are annoyed by the call price of this card that can do all what their dirty cards to 10,000 bales. They are disgusted. In the more people who can afford the incredible stuff usually make crappy music precisely because they have too much stuff ahahah.

- External PCI Card + Rack
- 8 inputs, 4 outputs Jack 6.5 mono format + midi in and out + Optical out on the rack. Multimedia standard outputs on the map
- Precision 48 kHz
- Some software supplied with the sequencer Logic Fun
Attractive characteristics for a short price but really interesting:
- Drivers: 95/98/98SE/ME. No expected changes ... D'or Note:

UTILIZATION

Installing this card on my system proved simply impossible. Good advice if you have a Via chipset on your motherboard, flee this card.

In addition, someone said that technical support is filled charlots Guillemot: I confirm. Here is a resume my story ...

Installs in recent months in the U.S., I took in June 2001 of a short return to France to buy the ISIS. Cruel disappointment on returning home, unable to install the card correctly. I try all possible PCI, j'upgrade drivers for my chipset, I change the BIOS settings, there is nothing. On user forums, it tells me that the problem is caused by an incompatibility of Isis with the Via chipset on my motherboard. So I contact technical support Guillemot France, since my card had been purchased in Paris. After having exchanged 2 or 3 emails, I get a return number and they invited me to send my card in France for exchange.

The package came back two months later as I had sent. These morons have rejected on arrival in France, under pretext that Customs wanted them to pay taxes. They did not even bother to warn me by email. I recontacted and asked for explanations, I am now asked to speak to a branch exchange Guillemot who is in Canada!

Frankly, I send my card to my charge, upon request, they refuse it when it happens to them, and tell me after helping me Sort this out with their branch in Canada ... They fouttraient not just from the jaws of the world? In short, I spent the details, but now, four months after its purchase, my card has still not been exchanged, so I have not yet managed to install it. It is like koi ca note in your opinion?

GETTING STARTED

With this card you are using Win98 or sentenced to win Millennium at best, since all development was abandoned by Guillemot for this product ...

Anyway me from the time I'm going on a Win2000 since I lost all hope of running the Isis one day on my machine. Go've deserved a good rating, AC:

OVERALL OPINION

You'll understand that it is frankly not me you will advise purchasing this penury, although I am convinced that Isis was able meet a few lucky users, with whom she works. Admittedly, this card is appealing on paper.

My conclusion is, if you have an old Pentium that runs millennium, you're looking for a card to start in softness in the joys of home studio without going broke, you can easily find a secondhand ISIS for a morsel of bread. .. The disgruntled users who seek to rid it must be legions ... (Incidentally if anyone is interested ... not mine: -]). on the other hand, if you have an AMD proc with a VIA chipset, do not bullshit: do not buy this card, even if you find a catalog for 3 Russian rubles are very lucky that doesn't ca not, so better not tempt fate.

In short, in my case I just just just go to Hoontech C-Port ... And at least the installation ran without addicted.

I put 1 / 10 when even as overall rating, because the Canadian media techinque looks nice and compassionate. Guillemot thank you.

Nothing to say

UTILIZATION

A disaster, more Team guillemot is a strip of Charlie, they do not want to leave for win2000 drivers for linux and not talking about beos!
Incompatible with the VIA chipset, with network cards, you name it!
I think they should've at guilleemot continue to resell for Kakous flying instead of the sound card .... I also bought a fortissimo, I finally stepped on it!

GETTING STARTED

Worse!!

OVERALL OPINION

If you believe an Isis, changes trotoire and 15 email sent to Gillemot insults, they merit!
E J am sure however that if the card was distributed by serious people and cardboard porait

See General Appreciation.

UTILIZATION

See General Appreciation.

GETTING STARTED

See General Appreciation.

OVERALL OPINION

I have a cakewalk with ISIS Pro 9, a 505, a rack and some CS1x greenhouse facility and appreciated a little complicated, in fact, all works correctly. The thing that needs to be careful, it's good to download the latest drivers of ISIS, to follow the readme for installation (levels of compatibility between operating systems and "tools" guillemot) and above .... mostly .... re-install the drivers for every change of DirectX !!!!! Hope this is sufficient to solve the problems some of you.

Originally written by Fender2a on Audiofanzine FR.

Bought in 98. It was the only one at this price which provided an external rack housing, eight inputs and a comprehensive software package.
Use: home studio for guitar and keyboard recording
Computer system: CPU AMD Athlon, 1 GB Ram, two hard drives, dual boot with Win Millenium (for the Isis) and XP.


UTILIZATION

Installation can be a bit tricky, but it works if you use the latest driver version (somewhat old) and follow the procedure.
The only problem is the lack of support for XP. That's why I use a dual boot system with Millenium for the sound card. Stability is not an issue, the system never crashes.


GETTING STARTED

I use it with Cubase Vst5, Acid pro and Wavelab
I record only audio, no latency problems.


OVERALL OPINION

After so many years with my Isis, I must admit that it will be difficult to part with it.
When I bought it, it was a very good product. It's a pity that there is no XP support.
I would buy it again.
I created an area dedicated to the Isis on my homepage. Visit it and tell us your experience.
https://jmantoni.capitello.com