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Hercules Studio ISIS

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Published on 11/29/06 at 20:14
In Foreword should read this in context, I bought this card it Yadji a locker and era all the pretty cards from M-Audio, Edirol, Echo and other ca n &#39; existed. -> Before dropping a product thinking that it is necessary to compare what is comparable both in terms of price and era.
Choice motivated by the fact that c&#39;tait the era, the only card to do really and allow full duplex recording multiport. Creative still silent which the main competitor of Guillemot is not screwed into line with the ISIS or in terms of conection or in terms of full duplex ... larger MODELS SB are still in RCA or minijack without port din noon and of course there&#39;s never more than 5.1 but poor between Stereo multimedia microphone 2 ball. SB is really perfect for multimedia and gaming, but for computer music, to forget.
-> Motivation Premire the price! bah so the era for the equivalent in terms of ES was tapper in Digi001 ... May 4 CHRE times (and standard PC There&#39;s more compatibility).

Usage: Multimedia, games and music (computer music PPRE what)

It has gone through a lot of configuration ... the only constant and the only real complaint, I think, is that they do guillemot condemned this card toting Win98.

Mostly guitar and voice (but I go through a Mackie console)
+ Master keyboard and vsti

UTILIZATION

Installation: bah decision-heads that resolve over time, but it&#39;s even the common lot in this dommaine, trs few cards really work the first time on all the configuration. But not compatible with XP.

Bah no incompatibility material ... but without wishing to rpter ... a small problem for some drivers to OS ... XP kind :-)

Manuals blah, but not really ncessaire, configuration utilities not too bad damn I find, even from some current cards + high-end (like in Edirol seems stingy particulirement cot utilities configuration / soft mix)

I would be nice on the notes of this card pasque qd mm it has made me good and loyal service for some 6 or 7 years ... and will continue even may be a little Registration of RPET wild.

I would be nice EXCEPT This category because Hercules / Guillemot has really dropped the ball on the XP drivers. What will be worth Herclues I do not care about audio at all its products "high end" (the fortissimo for multimedia is not bad ...) but the new 16/16 will be without me ca !

GETTING STARTED

Stability of drivers ... blah ... ca shit as always from time to time but just know if it&#39;s really the sound card drivers? In most cases ca can be also problem of motherboard, power supply to the PCI configuration in a few maps and loads with no power supply short top ... nothing to jump up and down or yelling death.

Drivers set date ... I think it is not worth more rpter eh?
Latency ... insufficient bie heard VSTi ... but there is a Wavetable (see APRS)

Software: all a little essay, Cubase VST, sx, VERY light versions of Pro Tools, Logic version that came with the card (the package for soft qd mm is not too bad, surtt for the era), samplitude qqs other briefly and trs. Cubase SX1 for the biggest.

Audio track in 8 mm time ... it works with some dsagrments sometimes but it works.
There&#39;s twelve o&#39;clock in the margin in GM, bcp less vst.

OVERALL OPINION

I would not say that the particular feature that is in my view is not quite lgitime Carche above him like some may do so: His report quality price next to the extremely limited market the era of its release and Wavetable.
I saw about a qq&#39;un in a forum: No wavetable card pro n&#39;intgre of personal and I find it trs damage. Ok GM is not terrible, but it is sometimes convenient qd mm and the synths on this one of the ISIS is rather excellent, a multilayer qd mm guele more than a lot of stuff even today (type in crative ...) kits batteries are pretty short to be small squence twelve o&#39;clock it&#39;s still a good map trs.

So of course it is a limited use trs prs 2000 but little balls There&#39;s 10 years ... What you expect? It&#39;s not a pro card, or even semi-pro, it&#39;s just the only card that allowed the era to learn without computer music dbourser 10 000 francs.
And it was even when we MRIT hello and that its existence shall adopt the crucified ...

Because if I had to finish this choice again ... Well yes I would do in the context or I did is say it Yadji a good time and with a limited budget trs. Over 7 years I think she made me a lot of services in relation to material that bcp might have done (and also show that AC can take the long hard and not burn out after a year). Nevertheless, I still have a little trouble replacing it because some features not found on current maps as well as lower than mid-range (Vidament when tappe of RME in the ca change ... the deal).

Currently Obviously the question does not arise because of the non compaptibilit with XP, it does advise that extra on an old machine running win98, but of course avoided to the computer music srieuse.
PS: the stuff that I tried the I compare with my personal stuff, I too never had the means to invest in, but I qd mm Digi001 boss also, but Fireface and Motu how to compare maps 1500-2000 euros with a multimedia card / computer music 2000 francs 10 years ago! The only comparison I can do it with a DMX6-Fire ... there&#39;s no picture, for all the DMX is better, except that it not allow registration between 8 and has no wavetable. So it does not replace the ISIS forcemnt provided spite of its qualities empty for this price range.