All user reviews for the Hoontech DSP24 + ADDA2000 / DSP2000 C-Port

Given the date of my post and given the age of the card and for those who want one: it's a great map with many possibilities, relatively simple to use, yet comprehensive enough to be still in the game.

24-bit 000khz 96, 8 inputs, phantom power, noon, stable drivers and latency more than respectable: what more you want in a home studio ??? The gear as worth € 400/500 nowadays ...

Its only drawback: you need a PC that runs XP or Mac OSX and Linux it seems (and even that?). Far from being (as I have read) card beginner! For the rest read the other comments says it all ...

UTILIZATION

It depends on what you actually saw the possibilities. It ranges from simple vst noon to recording a live band !!

GETTING STARTED

There system setup cable, probably a remnant of the analog era, which is a bit confusing for the novice ...

OVERALL OPINION

At its output, if I had the means, I would have bought one ... probably fallen into oblivion due to the disappearance of the manufacturer's reference and thus the end of the new standards compatible drivers ...

Former owner of a gadget labs wave24, j'espre Hoontech that will not follow her in limbo ... prdcesseur brief

The price is attractive for such a configuration and the manufacturing care of (a is not cardboard). But hey, that is a rack with analog connections. 8 in + 8 out, I / O optical and SPDIF, plutt nice for 570E (June 2001 prices)

this card running on a p3 650MHz 512Mb RAM, and is going not too bad ... the dtails further.

I only use apps (acid, fruity, live, reason ...) on my PC and do not serve MIDI.

UTILIZATION

The manual is a bit messy, we do not know whether to install the ASIO driver in addition to the card, ... It takes a little searching and go on the forums. a does not own.

External links with the configuration can be done with the doc to dip well
the schema of the different i / o

installation on Windows 2000 went very well, but also in XP Reason does not work with a single pair of outputs (bug Reason, apparently fixed in 2.0)

GETTING STARTED

The drivers have been t days in August 2001!! Since then, the poor and modrateurs dvous tech forum spend their time wiping the critics on this point. In addition, lots of people seem to have problem of implementation.

In Acid 3, DSIR behavior leaves the cursor as often lag behind the sound,
and dcalages frquent lead to often stop / start to reset. Changes in the bus for a while playing causes crash irrmediablement
The 8 outputs mono work well and no problem of blowing by them

For cons, the output 'sound blaster like' Windows uses the breath out of a rare effect. I can not use it, so I write everything on my first pair out of the rack.

OVERALL OPINION

- Use for a little over a year, using episode, no time!
- Referral interface output is practical, and also 8 outputs
- I have a gadget labs before, I would have had they not guard col. Converters came out better sound qualitbr /> - the ratio q / p is widely COMPTITE for the quality of services rendered by priph.
- I well liked that Glab does not run, the drivers came out more often.

I saw the notice of rcemment FRAPPIER Olivier on the map Hoontech DSP24 / ADDA200.
I have to perform all necessary this message ... )
I 'dsespr', because of multiple pbs recontre, when used ...

Use in home studio:
P3, 600 Mhz, 512 Ram ... Os = 98 / W2k
Ide 7200 rev / min
Motherboard: Abit SE6

The report kalitprix terrible t ...
On paper, it is paradise!

Trs beautiful design ... (Ahhh this beautiful 'blue' ... which marries so well with the notches error windobe ...)!

UTILIZATION

The drivers of 98 exist, but:

(1) bp of hardware / driver: 1 out of 3 at boot, there is no sound carrment see a big sound 'crachouillis' parasite scare .... Fo reboot by dyeing the computer each time, what ... (La Bamba, '1 ')
(2) a souflle actually quite important, at the outputs ... you can hear the hard drive spinning, and when you click with the mouse 'right click' on the parasite s'attnue .... sound output from the external card! I rsolu the bp, with an external power supply, rack ext ... but no time, the doc or the trademark referred to this problem ... And again, the breath is still ... Submitted (La Bamba, '2 ')
(3) clicks, pops and crak when recording, but it seems to the SETTING THE card ... (The Bamba '3 ')
(4) for the price ... c cheap, sr ... but nivo breath, my pressure cooker could do ... oting )

As for the 'drivers' W2k / Xp, read on:

GETTING STARTED

Well, I was working on W98SE, then, because I want to run Cubase + Reason + Gigastudio in 'satellite', I had to buy the memory, otherwise, planted ... The pb is that W98 or worse, what I read, the memory at 256MB del. With my 512, ADCON always under W98, koi ...
O On my ide to pass under W2000. And here I am with my 512 MB install the DSP24 prt ... and then l. .. !! Blue Screen 'IRQL NOT LESS OR NOT ...' that tells me the driver for the card is not recognized (the latest version anyway driver for W2k, but beta version):

"Installing INF file for ST Audio DSP24 series WDM Driver
Beta7 Release2 Driver (2002-03-06) - Single-Client GSIF enabled "

Voil is the fte, what ...

It's been a year and a half that the drivers are still in 'beta' on W2k ... and saw how it ran on W98, I expect miracles too ...

N'tant not an 'nb' informatik in music, I do not believe I'm the only one having this kind of bp with this card ...

I will not waste the characters to say what I think the point dveloppeurs this brand ... and brand in gnral ... too much ink adj coul ...

The use that I wanted to make simple yet t ...

Just to get the sounds of my expanders / synths in the computer ... trankillou mix and then burn your exact ...

OVERALL OPINION

If you ever your happy with this card and its latest drivers (miracles ??!!), let us enjoy your version of 'test' / 'alien' driver ... ! )

One and a half of 'loyal' services **** m))))

Next week is bulky in my neighborhood ...

Since I'm running W2k, I removed the card carrment the computer ... and I think I rabbatre on the gear audio, worthy of the name!

If you need a map to use a pro / semi-pro...jetez a look at 'RME' (Multiface) / 'Motu (828)' / 'EgoSys (Wami Rack) and so on of the best ....

As such, an APRS number of hours on forums and with tl zicos friends ... I still can not make me choose

If kelkun can help me for the final choice!

Thank you for our answer:

guibsouille@hotmail.com

and share your personal exprience about this product ...

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For my exprience on this map with a P 600 EB (6309 MS mre card with VIA chip and 320M of memory), I have problem when I reach the 32 to see giga studio ( + final crackling crash ncessitant a reboot).
I pass sr (Athlon 1200 bus card KTM 200 PRO2 VIA chip and 320 M of RAM memory) and see no problem for operation 150 30 45% CPU.
In both cases, I had an interruption numro reserved.
At the sound, the quality is perfect.
I look forward to a multi-client driver.

UTILIZATION

Current drivers mdiocre por win 2K and win XP and Win 98 not stable.

GETTING STARTED

Drivers not stable, its OK.

OVERALL OPINION

With a proper driver the card is excellent

Read all

Well, little 'RVision' my last post ... (Y is the ke ki imbciles change their minds!)

My config is the same:
P3 600Mhz
Abit SE6
512 MB of SDRAM
2 your HD IDE 7200tr

UTILIZATION

One advantage of the latest drivers from qques time dj is that the External Links is installed automatically.

Otherwise, the installation does dlicate a little, anyway ... especially to try to isolate one IRQ, ddi only the map ...
Rsultat:
I can not do better than the IRQ 9, as it shares with a Universal Host Controller (USB).

M does not seem too serious ...

GETTING STARTED

Cubase as a by GigaStudio, since the last drivers, the card in XP bcp seems more stable ... finally !!!!! )

> More parasites 'crachouillant'
> More notches blue!
> More bp redmarrage 'cho'...( times before, Yav carrment more sounds ...)

But wait t long!! And version, even if more stable version is still a 'beta'.

The final version would arrive soon according to some sources ... (Hhh)

-> 5ms latency (48khz/24bits) with Cubase! )

OVERALL OPINION

A practicing longer, for a more refined view ... I'll keep you juice o

APRs have galr as bcp of us, because of the drivers and their late dveloppement and Hazard sometimes, the card could finally back in my estimation ...

PS:
Many thanks Olivier for his help, time to explain, and implementation of the latest drivers available! )
As is TVB for its 'moral support'! )
Without them ... bulky n'taient not far ...

The report qualitprix is ​​excellent. I chose this product in order to model and prproduire our group (Masquerade) and for the live recording.
I work with an amd xp 1800 + with 256 DDR, 80G hard drive.

UTILIZATION

Setup is simple thanks to the pilot but the paramtrage the config is a bit more complex!
The manual is clear but a bit lightweight in terms of usage examples

GETTING STARTED

Drivers under 98 are stable but incomplete for the day xp
I use Cubase VST 32 for my home studio but live for samplitude
I believe that 21 ms latency is satisfactory.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this product for 3 weeks.
I prfre is the possibility of simultaneous multitrack recording.
I could try the luna, the fire and dmx miqse except that 3 dsp possde la luna I actually remake this choice to the extent that this product is affordable for a quality professional

I DCID for this card because of its many inputs and outputs and South Intgr. In addition to the pre-amp on between 1 and 2 can delay the purchase of a pre-amp microphone (including voices) beefier, budget issue. I had one before Isis, like many, and I find so most CHARACTERISTICS (many), but three divisions above (converters, latency, etc.). And with lots of "little more "as the headphone output faade.

I use this card to record my band "home." Most of the time 2 inputs are sufficient, but sometimes also to catch live with five or six instruments. I also use the South to control my sampler, bote my rhythm and my expander, the 8 inputs can then record the audio tracks on a time and then spares s'attaqure the mixing and mastering.

Configuration:
CM Elite K7S5A
Duron 1GHz CPU
256 MB SDRAM
IBM 20GB IDE HDD 1 (with a system partition o run Win98SE and cubase)
1 Maxtor 40GB IDE HDD (where I store and I record the audio)
The DSP24 is home to the three slot (IRQ5, not shared)
With everything (because it's not just the audio ...)
2 ethernet cards (slots 2 and 5) that share IRQ10
A SCSI card (slot 1) is on IRQ11
In the bios I disables almost all (r-I active the usb piecemeal)

Two small complaints: the average quality headphones (there's a breath in me, even zero volume!), And pre-amps that are missing some dynamics (cot transparent sound nothing wrong ).
The quality is at the rendezvous, and a price more than adequate.

UTILIZATION

The installation (physical + driver) is easy, the problem - as always - then begin when it comes to tweaking the BIOS, the irq and Windows. I can not advise the site Skinah: http://members.optushome.com.au/skinah/Cport.htm Thanks also to view posts by O. Frappier, who proved to me that I could m ' out with my config. As often happens with the computer stuff, a nickel not work the first time.

Be careful using the map-mre, and to a lesser extent the quality of the RAM, see the website of Hoontech their recommendations and their list of compatible gear. With everything running the card is very feasible. And then once that is done we do not encounter more concern and can make excessive zik!

GETTING STARTED

The new drivers walk trs well. I can record 8 tracks 8 instrument spares, without any click or pop on arrival. OK, it's the least we can do on paper, since it is made for such use. The essential point is that the config is stable, and I did not have to install r-or all of the drivers or Systm for months.
I use it mostly in Cubase VST 5. I RULES gnralement 21mS latency. Low enough to be almost transparent enough lev to have no problem in intensive use.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had six months. APRS prompts rglages and difficulty of installation / beginners paramtrage at all, everything went extremely well. It was not understanding why so many people have problems with, but perhaps I have the chance to have the computer stuff (including motherboard) compatible with this card. In conclusion I am extremely satisfied. And I highly recommend it.

Very good card for its price!
I have an athlon xp 2000 512 ddr ram aver 333 mhz
2 dd 60 40 GB in RAID 0 +1
multitrack akai dps 12 noon + couple + scsi optical

UTILIZATION

Installation without problems (I still had to go to the forum st audio)
namely: the acpi mode to win 2000 and xp
So: in the device manager choose standard pc instead of acpi

GETTING STARTED

The latest drivers are perfectly stable when properly installed the card on one irq
with cubase sx I get a latency of 2 ms 96khz I can record 10 audio
the akai is a remote control and add the two optical paths ...
a strong 2nd DSP24 ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 year with a lot of satisfaction
nothing to do with the cards all age groups (such dmx fire, audigy ...)
too good value for money even if prices still money ...

I wanted a dedicated audio card (not the mutlimédia) with the maximum input / output for a small budget (I know, that's a lot)

Overall, the card has an external rack that provides:
- 8 analog inputs / outputs in jack (with preamp with XLR inputs)
- A zero-latency headphone output
- 1 + 1 in Midi MIDI out
The card itself offers O "multimedia" mini jack ansi format a digital input / output (available in optical or coaxial)
The card supports multi client (ie you can use ASIO drivers on such output and GSIF drivers on other ... it's practical)

My config: Athlon XP 1800 + with 256 MB RDRAM and 2 HDD of 40 GB 7200 rpm (1 for OS / software, one for sound files) IMPORTANT: use motherboards with NVidia or Intel chipset. ESPECIALLY NOT VIA !!!!!!

I use it with Cool Edit Pro for multitrack and 2 Reason for virtual instrumentals.
I have a latency of 21 ms but I ressends no delay using virtual instrumentals.

UTILIZATION

Installing XP without problems.
Tip: fetch the latest drivers for your motherboard and the XP driver for the card on the site ST-Audio.
ATTENTION, if the IRQ of the sound card is shared: system crash guaranteed! (It's weird at first)
The config of the card after the OS is very simple. We find the system's virtual patch cables with Reason hanging. It's intuitive.
The site (in English) is excellent. Good support. Drivers for days. FAQ assets.

GETTING STARTED

Drivers very stable under XP (from the time you have a unique IRQ)
I get a latency of 21 ms. That's enough to use virtual intruments (no need to search 2ms latency at all costs if you agree 20)

With Cool Edit Pro, I can save without problems 8 tracks simultaneously.
For playback, I get a playback of about thirty tracks mono / stereo (I have not gone away for now)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it in a home studio setup for over a year.
+ I love the 8 analog I / O full duplex and MIDI input / output on the external rack (no noise, because outside the PC).
+ The quality / features / unbeatable price!
+ Stable drivers for XP
+ Mutliclient mode I / O

"Little less" - the headphone output of the rack noisy (but very useful all the same because no latency)
"Little less" - the power to the rack not included (allow 30 / 40 euros for a good PSU that will avoid noise)

Config for a home studio (say semi-pro) this card is unbeatable!
This choice I would do without hesitation.
Note, however: it seems that problems are inevitable incompatibility with VIA chipset (should not be used with this card so)

All adj t say, right?

UTILIZATION

L also does it all say?
The manual blah blah,
drivers, yes ...
installation maps: attention needs space on PCI.

GETTING STARTED

At home, everything is stable since I installed it.
I'm on Win 98 SE, Intel III 887 Mhz, 512 MB RAM. No problem.
Latency, I do not care, and I have not optimized. This means that there must be room for maneuver.
I use target trs card: I use it often for my guitar work, doing exercises on a battery chorus + rhythm guitar for example. So the squenceur:
one or two tracks maximum recording time.
April 2 tracks simultaneous playback recording.
Little effect.

Under these conditions, all is well shot.
No prob, Bob!

OVERALL OPINION

I have the card for 1 year 1 / 2 approx.

J'apprcie its simplicity of use and CHARACTERISTICS: function monitor, 8 input that I use (I do not unplug anything nor branch for a while), 8 outputs (which allows me to feed my hi-fi amplifier and others (hardly anyone has Cabasse with bowls of 12 "serious as computer speakers, right?), the flexibility of virtual connections (from any to any output, super)
MIDI (to drive my Pod), headphone output with volume faade etc ...

What you ask for?

Mixers more ergonomic the screen? Yes.
Use the I / O numriques? Yes yes, I'm going to start one day.

Today I taterais well for the big sister, the ADDA 3000, but really more CHRE with small LEDs, level meters and lights everywhere, I love these little things ... the
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I have a
-Intel P4 2GHz 512 MB SDRAM
Win-XP
-2 * 40GB IDE
Korg-expander NS5R
MPC2000-
Yamaha synth-
Truth B2031 monitors

multiple entries motivates me.
I put no 10/10 because it would have been much the digital inputs
on the rack instead of the card, but brief.

it ensures the synchronization perfectly between my MPC2000 and SX
I n'itulise not spdif connectors ....

UTILIZATION

Installation is simple if you know a little about your pc

the manual is clear who can read ....

GETTING STARTED

Drivers very stable in:
- Xp, SoundForge 6

-15 Ms latency in cubase sx me are very adequate to the DTD

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 4 months now.
the mic inputs are very useful if you want to invest in a preamp right away.
on the other hand, I do not notice the change when j'appuis the small button "Phantom"
I pout a micro adaptenfin I think! (Behringer B2) and I have power to the rack.

if anyone has an answer ....

I had a Pinnacle, Isis, Audigy ex ...
this card is for me the best at this price the same if I have to break my piggy bank
Nine 519 in April 2003!

STA-see site or test Audiofanzine
I got:
-Gain headphone output faade rack, a little too low ...
Env.2m-cable, but much too rigid (ds time to be careful efforts on the connectors)
purchase price: approx. 410 euros

My choice:
I compltement new to computer music, that's three months as jai consider this purchase, I wanted to go to the DTD without leaving my pay!
I saw no other card with all these possibilitsrunies for this award
the good news of this card has convinced me.
I make the battery, I need at least 8 tracks with 6.3 jack connectors
the two are INTERESTED pramp (no need for an upstream gear taken Stereo)
MIDI In / Out
I / O numriques
the routing is complete internal mixer gnial, it's true, no clear trs dpart

UTILIZATION

Hardware: 10 min (requires hardware!)
driver card: 2 min
Card config: 5 min
the manual (in English) will not give any
I am running XP-Pro with an AMD 1800 + overclock (1.6go), 512 MB (333), 60GB IDE HDD Maxtor trs 7200, radeon video ATI7000, kt4v MSI motherboard (VIA chipset), an internal modem, 97 disables its ac `ds the bios, the ADDA IRQ9 ddi, no conflicts ... (I had to disable a USB port in xp mulait IRQ9! arghhhhh! .. .)
I still have 4 others including 2 USB 2.0, is a ...
I carefully followed the advice of Audiofanzine the config, I d qd even re-install XP as standard, and have strength in the bios IRQ9 port pci N3, others are in the car. important irq from the bios are those "rels" unlike xp which recasts APIC mode as he wants ...

APRS everything I read or Tlcharger, j'apprhendais stability with my VIA chipset motherboard, but too late, I had bought before, without whether for audio gear I would be compatible ...()
the driver of the card I took it on the CD provided and date of April 2003 !!!...
So I could quickly test the operation using the one from a microphone in 5 minutes!
(Precipitation Occurred when you hold us (again)! ...
cblage the virtual trs simple ... (I bone up on the site even when STA before receiving the card!)
the internal mixer can be simpler, the patchbay is a bit fuzzy at beginners
config driver ASIO2.0: internal clock, does not lock the sample rate, the rest is used via the software.
Software OFFER: 2 / 10
provided that: Logic Pro audio for me is "can" even I would not waste space on the disk to a! (IMMEDIATE uninstalled!)
some plugins as freeware / shareware and testing plugins (WAVES. ..)
the problem is the plugins gogogadget aspect of most of them!
I use Samplitude plutt the config is fast, it's a drivers ASIO2.0 soft!

GETTING STARTED

My first attempts:
analog mixing desk for the toms pramplis microphones and inserts all live out, over the heads directly on the rack XLR (1 +2), + g.caisse c.claire go through a pramp ULTRAGAIN + call a pro (4 from 3.) lgre compression / gate decision.
8 drum tracks with both 32-bit 48khz + Floating at earlier pieces I import a project without track cd battery (which plays in making playback) and:

NO PROBLEM, Impec ...
it works!

I 5ms latency (on this test!)
Read (APRS have recorded four more tracks percu so 12 in total) I have no cracking or bug ...
ct effects I have used almost the effects samplitude cad (APRS taken):
- A reverb in aux1 used by all tracks.
- Compressor on GC / CC
- A plug on the DC (Spatializer)
- Gates / expanders on 4 toms to finish cleaning!
- Master filters
- Enhancer in master
- Equalizers on all tracks + master
everything myself MNE use about 20% cpu and 5% of SD

2nd TEST:
an identical config test
- Taking into 32bit 96khz 5ms latency: 240 errors DTECT by the soft decision! go!
- Same but with 10ms: 40 errors: better!
Ditto, but with 13ms: 0 errors: phew!
I jou also on the size and number of buffers in the soft more importance!

On this test read plugins I have 4 + the effects of the first test a VST track: I am 60% CPU utilization and 30% of SD.
reading must also tweak the buffers, they hurt paramtrs cause cracking.
Note that I did not plant the PC, made about 10, has come when I would push the srement rglages!
For now ok EST

OVERALL OPINION

In DTD, apparently cest difficult dobtenir of stability with my trials and without refined rglages my max, I am confident but surprised both seen everything that is said in the forums, namely : crashes, the crappy VIA chipsets, the AMD not top the craquementsce that is not said in these discussions cest the fawn which is configure the machine to the smallest dtails, which unfortunately can make the difference!
Hoontech focused product that is still a cardboard vritable 2 years APRS its release! it is far from the trs trs dja magnto 4 tracks! if you compare the price dun magntoK7 Tascam or other, we laugh!
- Little less: I note, however background noise that comes srement the rack, move the mouse when I hear small parasites (headphone volume donf !...) seem that you need a external power supply (d advised by st-audio yet ... see if The symptoms persist)

Ms. recoilless I advise those who hsitent this card, it allows all the same to eight tracks (two num) without breaking the bank, what model and why not much more ?!!...
sr is I have the prfrerais 8 comes into symtrique but hey, this is the price can not lexiger! Report qualitprix is ​​my opinion the best of the market and do dcevra person of his investment, I was fine with me 100%!

8 inputs including 2 XLR with phantom power supply and preamp, I have a microphone, an expander and a platinum branch runs well above ca

UTILIZATION

C for the installation is simple you plug it installs the drivers and all is well
cons by taking the drivers on the net for an independent control of each input

GETTING STARTED

5ms latency in 24 bits for a reading of 30 tracks (j have not try again for the moment)

OVERALL OPINION

I've had the more a year, as recorded with XLR preamp, c is the least that we must not push too hard the preamp on pain of hearing tros variations with transient
good value quality / price, I Ferrer a well system 24 inputs / 24 outputs with the addition of other cards

Virtually everything has been said on the subject, however, the lack of balanced connectors can cause problems of noise if you have appreils making too much noise electromagnetic ... which is often the case.

Good point for the digital inputs split, which act as mini digital patch (XL MOTIF 8 and Mone share repection toslink and spdif inputs).

I use it mainly for recording external sources (guitar and bass amps, vocals, keyboards) with an AMD1800 + 512RAM PC ASUS A7N266C CM (Nvidia chipset) running XP pro.

Last point, forget the preamps, even those of my MG12 / 4 is much better. The difference in making a voice with an AKG C4000B is the day and night!

UTILIZATION

No problems installing XP and Logic 5.5.

Only problem: MIDI sync loss when deciding to register the plugin in Ad-restricted insert on any track. Just to correct, to bypass the effect in question (the plugin delay compensation is clearly not fully developed). It's still annoying when after recording a track, the playback is not synchronized with said track.

Never read the manual!

GETTING STARTED

I never met a crash at the map, there was still another source of problems ...

The stability of drivers has always been good, but with the new drivers in December 2003, it rocks: who gets 2.18m latency (buffer to 48 samples) to 44kHz/24bits? (It is true that to be a quiet playback in more than thirty tracks, I have to go down to the more conventional latency 5ms).

in 96kHz/24bits, latency "fall" to 2.67ms including simultaneous recording of eight tracks!

All these measures were carried out under Logic Audio Platinum V5.5 (the latest PC, when at the end of the war games PC / MAC?) With a good dose of intensive plugins (reverb, but no ... Multipressor Ad -limit, remember, because when the plug is good).

OVERALL OPINION

I have the card for 2 years now. I could compare the quality of converters with other cards (M-Audio MOTU and others).
It is true that quality is a little below these references, however, the differences are subtle and must have an ear trained to understand the nuances. In my case, I think of the inputs and balanced outputs contribute most to improving the overall sound quality.

In any case there is no substitute for good external converters like Apogee even if the price is not the same. (FYI "M" uses this card in his home studio, but using the converters mentioned above).

Again, if you have any respect for your condenser microphone, buy a good preamp, you will not regret it.
The quality / price ratio for those seeking the ability to record eight tracks simultaneously remains unbeatable!

For info, Hoontech not DPOS the balance sheet, on the contrary. They sold the rights to exploit and market the brand ESI.
They therefore continue to manufacture their products but they also now manufacture products ESI (EgoSys) in their factory.
On the other hand, Hoontech currently working on new products that should emerge in the early months of 2004. (Especially in Fire Wire)

The new drivers including new technology are expected to arrive in December.
This card is the best qualitprix the march.

UTILIZATION

Installation is in the majority of cases quite simple. Some machines are sometimes a little capricious. However, regardless of the card, the computer is complicated and all brands have their fans and their dtracteurs! There is no more problem with this card with other products.
As this card is the most sold for 3 years, so there normment of users (about 6,000 of my APRS sources). The trs ractions are numerous and the proportional amount.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are stable and of good quality except for users of versions 2.0 rcents Cubase SX and Nuendo. Indeed, Steinberg chang paramtres few cards and some have suffered the consquences. ah these publishers!
Dja there will be a Beta DEFINITIONS by the end of the year.

No particular concerns noted with all other applications. Everything works.

OVERALL OPINION

Here three years I possde this card and I am discrtement actualism. (On forums and through distributors)

I wanted to do an update because I read a little of everything and anything about this product when it is a hardware of any quality is decent for the price.
There is no equivalent function in which this amount and the quality that price.

Fran is the technical service of quality (which is rare), sometimes a little saturated, but we have the rponses all our questions.

I recommend this product anyone who's home studio.

The DSP24 Hoontech presents all carracteristiques a big MOTU card type at a reduced price:
24 bits / 96Khz, 8 inputs / 8 outputs 6.5 + TRS 2 input / output XLR with gain control, direct monioring on the map via the headphone jack, power supply etc. phnatom 48V. on the PCI I / O jack 3.5 and in optics (AES / EBU and SPDIF)
engros it has everything except a great price!

personally I use it in the DTD homestudio to multitrack and has done its job.
the hardware fault has nothing but soft could be improved ... especially the drivers who tend to reinstall the necessarily ....

UTILIZATION

The XP install is done without too much trouble ... better yet grab the latest driver from STA before. the installation of PCI cards is easy as pie and the obvious connection to the rack ...;
where it starts to sompliquer it when faced with the management software of the card. The interface is simple ...; simplissime same ... c recess convenient for novice DtDs ... but if you want to use a little push ... it's not terrible, the DSP 24 deserves better than soft ca ...

GETTING STARTED

At the ASIO driver is ca ca road maintenance, but even when I reinstall twice after a sudden malfunction and loss of sync in Cubase?
if in general the map responds very well very quickly with Cubase SX or Logic as well as most of VST / VSTi that I use (lots of synth or effect rather greedy in CPU / DSP)

The routine use of the card is very well is located in front of the rack entries jack / XLR and gain control ... arrierre has two outputs and MIDI connections A and B (the south could be placed at the front). The preamps are very good considering the price of the card and can record directly from the microphones without additional gear.

It is true that sometimes recalls the basic components that the card does not cost very much
(Converter quality good but not at the top, limit headphone preamp, preamp 1 & 2 not great) quality over price, but it remains very good.

Personally I use it directly out of the bus console for recording and
each output of the card on a track. no problem!

I record on a disk Athlon XP2400 with 2GB of DDR RAM and a SCSI disk so I can record 6 tracks with no problem in simultanment 48Khz (although the map may be pushing it away I do not essyer)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years now and I do not regret my purchase (especially for that price) but if Hoontech decides to make a more powerful software to manage the internal onnect and virtual mixer that greatly improve its use.

Today I think change cards for MOTU but obviously it's not the same price ....
if not in this price range I see no better tjrs

I fail to understand why this card is half the price of the Motu or first Systm Pro Tools can be compared with their ... She may be lgrement worse than these so-called 'REFERENCE' (again would I see a blind test on the subject), but remember that this is far to be a pro card for the price and it's almost a pro card for everything else.

I record with my projects (I do not register to vote because the voices are instruments parasites

UTILIZATION

No problem, I either have never opened the manual.

GETTING STARTED

I've never seen in any plant software I use (koobazeSX, AudioMulch, Retraktor, etc.).
I laugh always read latency of 5ms: I do not lag at all even the bottom of what I need (about 12 audio tracks and vst synth tracks 6-10), so I m ' t care.

OVERALL OPINION

I for one year, and for the price it is perfect. I do not see how you can compare a card twice CHRE except to say that the price of instruments of any kind is rarely justified. The report seems to me qualitprix unbeatable but does not mean it's a crappy card a low price is not too fantastic card ... CHRE

Not too bad this card finally ptite

I have tested it in several config ..

First a p2 400 SCSI devices ... It worked but the latency was acceptable limit (25 ms), however, despite the hard way 10,000 rpm record 8 tracks without audio clips ...
I returned the settings in every way, no way to transfer the audio clips to the record.

Then the second config on a p4 with 1 GB 3GB Ram ... the total .. and, bravo Hoontech it works

Conclusion: The adda2000 is a good price / quality ratio, relatively efficient with a little weak on the mic preamp.

UTILIZATION

All ok

GETTING STARTED

A soft spot on the drivers, Hoontech lack of imagination ...

OVERALL OPINION

3 years

In the era of my purchase, the famous card c'tait "ISIS" which fesait of fighting. Unfortunately, the design of the latter did not use with future platforms (Win2000/WinXP) ... Short!

APRS much research, I stopped on the DSP24: 8entres, 8sorties Report qualitprix exeptionnel ... The DSP24 trs far ahead of the good old ISIS!

Currently, I use this card for heavy multitrack audio recordings with Cubase SX2. I am also a few additions midi ... I have no problem of "clik", it works perfectly well.
I use this card with the following configuration:
-Gigabyte motherboard with Intel 845PE chipset
-Intel Pentium IV 3.06GHz Hyper-Threading
Ddr 333 -512
-1 Maxtor 40GB / 80GB a disk segeate
ATI-9600.

Overall, I am satisfied with the purchase trs the DSP24.

UTILIZATION

Installation is no problem. However, this card rclame an equipment trs stable and good quality: any default will be felt the stability of the DSP24.

The interface of the external link may seem complicated to novice users ...

The positive point trs: trs active forum (in English) on the site Staudio.com: rponse you a professionally related staudio in a few days (on average).

GETTING STARTED

The drivers ... Only downside to the DSP24 ...
However, a new team has been working since late 2003 on the design of new drivers ... ESI and it sticks to it ... it is not nothing! One of the best teams of drivers involved so the DSP24!
Short! No fewer than five versions (all versions still BETA) t have posted on the site of STaudio since the arrival of ESI. Currently, the version 8.1rc5 is an extremely stable version, which allows to use the card in trs good conditions, because they support dsormais technologies
- E-WDM
- MS
- MME multichannel
- WDM KS
- ASIO 2.0
- GSIF (with multiclient-support)
- DirectSound
- MIDI I / O
- AC3 output
and soon the DirectWIRE lite!

Cubase SX2, I reach record 8 tracks simultanment ... free click! Simply set the correct buffer size (do not go below 2 ms latency, of course!)

Note that I russi actively use the card with the latest drivers 192000Hz (8.1rc5) ... !

All good except the sending of some incorrect files to wav formats (DTS and AC3 it seems) via S / PDIF (absent on the problem of staudio 7.x), which can crash some external decoder adapters. (Please note however, with DVD playback software WinDVD or PowerDVD style should not be a problem if they are encoded in DTS standart ... like most of the DVD).

OVERALL OPINION

I use this card for over 2 years (formerly on a Athlon XP 1800 + and chipset viaKT133 ... um, needless to say I had every conceivable poblmes on the old configuration).

Pros:
Qualitprix-report
-Active forum staudio ractif
ESI-team working on new drivers
Adda2000-8 inputs and these

Ngatifs points:
-Interface external link seem afraid complex
Circuit simply disables multimedia with the latest variety (the quality of any fawn silent mdiocre)
-Problem with some formats (DTS and AC3?) Via S / PDIF & ESI drivers

Anyway ... materially, it is a good card for a trs home studio quality ... Espron that future drivers will make it a little queen ... : O) ESI Courage!

Map sapolyvalence apparent purchased under the price
My config: P4 2.6 G - 533 FSB, 1GB DDR PC2700, 200 GB HD
Usage: audio recording via line input or XLR (pb big here), recording and MIDI sync.
I use the Boss GT6 multi-effects and / or a Marshall VS100 amp line in between.
and synchronizes with DR670 and BR1180

UTILIZATION

- The drivers are unstable and crash software frquent bcp hardware incompatibility.
- User support and some friendly trs

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are unstable and crash software frquent bcp hardware incompatibility.
- Updates rare: 1 time in 2 years
- Latency acceptable with just a config muscle: 11ms at 44.1 kHz (96 kHz in systematic crash).
- Imposes the use of soft redmarrages frquents see the PC.

OVERALL OPINION

- I use it since November 2002.
- The product is well thought out but badly done: we feel that everything is "cheap" in the manufacturing
- Over time, the report does qualitprix s'avre INTERESTED if there appeared at the beginning.
- If c'tait again, I would not choose this card:
-Lack of stabilitbr /> - the XLR + alim. phantom are (almost) unusable

I used this card for three years in his home studio in my school.
She turned with an old machine running Windows 98, Pentium III 5000 Mhz genre, I would say with 256 Ram and a 10 GB drive at most.
For the use that is made (mostly recordings of voice, piano and guitar via Acid and retouching with Sound Forge), a sufficient ...

UTILIZATION

I did not install myself, but even in the hardware level installation of drivers is that even a galre Andr Rieu I could not wish him! (And yet I like it!)
on the other hand, once the map starts, has walked nickel.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are horrible, took me months before Russia is using this card in full duplex!
Fortunately, for use in TRS that was brief, was not too n'tait Gnant ...

Beware, if you configure russi drivers and it works, save everything and the slightest wrong manipulation ', if you restore you will not get away!

OVERALL OPINION

I think it's a good card for trs those who use frquemment and who know well computer music. At least enough to know everything up perfectly ...
For my part, I apprci the number of inputs and outputs and the operation relatively simple after a dozen hours of hacks.
This is not to say that this card to j'achterai my home studio!

Everything had to be told I think. I use it on a via motherboard with a CPU Athon 1700 +, all running under Win XP, it is connected digital and analog on my Yamaha 01V96.

UTILIZATION

It's been a while but I have no problem to install, compatible with everything that I use as software (except pro tools but this is normal), the plant is never completely stable! no problems. The drivers are a little curious but not so complicated that what is said below.

GETTING STARTED

Well here it is a little drip pan, stability, that are going, the last day I will not download, seen everything runs smoothly. The latency is low but higher than that announced (4-5 times more on average), in fact it should not hesitate to increase the latency when the computer patina.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 years, and I'm not really disappointed overall, I needed a card that could save a lot of tracks at once to "notepad", which can communicate with a keyboard and that can be connected digitally to the rest of my equipment, she filled his office very well. Well you still have to talk about her, I must say that it's really not his strong point! shame for a sound card! much that is fuzzy, rough, ill-defined, pre-amps are lousy but the notepad is enough. Besides the audio quality s'amélore once it is synchronized with the digital inputs have been no such problems.
Overall it's a good sound card, but not all in fact it is very strong in that for which it is not done, for it is not against a good map to make a multi from analog sources.

CHARACTERISTICS practically pro card for half the price .... so why deprive

UTILIZATION

The bottom blsse! not easy to run the problem of the bte notament irq! he needs one all to herself! The routing software is not super clear they need a little handling prior to master all the possibilities of the card.

GETTING STARTED

Good value is not bad! except that the new drivers do not work esi home! I have the same latency Carquez rev high?? so if someone is the same problem ..... my nut wrenches. In short Hoontech the latest drivers are stable and I get rates lower latency 5 ms so great!

OVERALL OPINION

It's an unbeatable price quality ratio, even if a card is probably less dependent pro! The sound quality is good, good dynamic, beautiful tone .. cons should be ruled by the circuit which is a multimedia execrable quality ..... nothing beats a good sb128 for a!
Features and for his performance opposite its price it is a choice that I do it again without hesitation!! Galre even if a bit to make it work.

I can add after reading a lot of criticism that we must compare it with competing cards at the same price ....... bah and I see someone who has so many possibilities with a low price .... for beginners who want to computer music recording capabilities pro with the number of inputs and outputs that go with this card is THE card to have .... I read criticism about its preamps .... I would not do rabajoie, but no preamp Intgr is worthy of the name ... except on consoles 300 000 balls .. . ... but the agreement on RME and MOTU consort we stay in the big mdiocre .... 3 times as much .... so this is not a valid argument! The sound quality is worth the price, the option of recording so far above, this card is a nice Russianness!