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

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!

J uses Cubase and I had a card with ASIO drivers and digital connections. C is the reason why I have chosen this card. Otherwise there are 8 IN \ OUT mono and 2 stereo analog Digital \ optics. Very complete. It is enough for me largely because I've never had problems with cubase. Especially with nouvaux drivers (STaudio.com) that makes the card more simple.Une something very possitive pannau c is the configuration of the card is super extra ultra simple and convenient.

UTILIZATION

With ca nouvaux drivers traveling alone and "windows despite" no problem of installation.On industry, we install the drivers and it works without surprises.

GETTING STARTED

With cubase it produces latencies ridiculous (3 ms) with the buffer to 128 and a frequency of 96 kHz. Small problem is that when c cubase plant must be restarted because c is the card that plant with but I think it's coming over windaube "oops sorry" that windows of the card. J removes two points as updates of drivers are not frequents.En any case the latest drivers are very stable.

OVERALL OPINION

I used the last 2 years and I never change and if it breaks j buy back with eyes closed again and again and again ...... . J reseed have tried over a map Ress (Edirol FA 101) and honestly, despite his age I prefer mine. A buy again (PLUS IS NOT DEAR Manten C)

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UTILIZATION

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GETTING STARTED

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OVERALL OPINION

Good for short, is a price / quality ratio Imbat.
I used it for several years and this card gave me that satisfaction.
It is true that I have handled some drivers but not as complicated as some people traveling on wheels well hinted, after 15 + mins to install the settings.
The sound quality is really good except for the multimedia tour is to forget.
I only use the analog multitrack, I was very pleased.
I replaced it with a MOTU 2408 that has all the digital I / O I needed.
I was going to forget the Hoontech also manages 32 midi channels.
Conclusion: If you do not have too many tunes to invest and you still want a quality map should not hesitate a moment, because if you have more money then you can take more (mostly more expensive) but considering the price ridiculous that you pay aurra Hoontech you can be sure that you will lose nothing.
I give the note takes into account the quality / price the sound quality in general

In the era I bought 400 (aujourdui is the argus a 170!) For 8E / S, I think we can not find cheaper for the qualitbr /> I l uses it only for outputs, mono 8 to a console.

My config: P4 with a 768 (!) Of RAM (not much either ...)

UTILIZATION

Once we found the correct drivers there are no worries even for a novice config
(Tolra it difficult for other sound cards against, potential conflicts)

GETTING STARTED

No worries of drivers.
I use it with AcidPro CONTRL and my home studio in the afternoon and it does rev well.
Latency is reasonable trs.

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using 4 or 5 years, and I'm not prt to change.
I had an Echo Layla (which has the silent era CHRE much), but I sold the APRS trying Hoontech.
I do it again this choice without any problem, I urge all around me.

PRIZE: 200 for 8 / 8 I / O with digital output from I function!
Also: 2 pramps microphones, a power supply fantme, a MIDI I / O. Map the most complte I find this price!
What use: self-produced albums
My config: PC 2.2GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD
Instruments: vocals, percussion, keyboards, guitars

UTILIZATION

Trouble-free installation, latest drivers available on the site.
No incompatibility.
Configuation a little weird: the driver is visual trs, it is virtually connect the rack into the sound card, redesign the routing. Not empty at first.
Manual: succinct. I dbrouille in gnral, it works.

GETTING STARTED

Stable drivers: enough. Another time, I have a crash (with a beautiful sound relacture loop buffer of 256 ms, imagine). It's pretty rare, once a month for use almost daily.
Bundled software: Logic Audio 24. I love, I use the bottom.
Latency of 256 ms. For me, going.
How many channels at once: 8 recording without crashing.

Note: My PC is disconnected from the network, is dpourvu antivirus and firewall. These software have gnral, from my exprience
, Bad behavior with audio apps. In other words, a PC audio ddi works better without them!

OVERALL OPINION

I have 3 years. The sound is good trs (I work 44.1/24bits), the pramps correct.
I do it again this choice without hsiter. EXCELLENT quality price ratio.

- What technical specifications motivated your choice?
Both pramps microphone, many of the MIDI incorporated the price.

- For what purpose?
Home Recording Studio

- What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
Mac G4 MDD

UTILIZATION

- Installation is it without problem?
Not easy to find the drivers, but I'm out ...

- Have you experienced any incompatibility?
I had only a, incompatibilities ...

On OS X Panther, has passed yet, but the MIDI does not work, driver problem.
Moreover, when the computer goes to sleep, the sound card s'teint, and no way to restart, you have to restarting.

When I pass on Tiger, same problem, but the fact that the sound card will be colored because of the previous day caused the crash systmatiquement the computer.

Since I put Tiger version 10.4.11 day, the sound card does not work carrment more, and kills the ds mac I'm trying to use it.

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
Macs drivers do not work, or very little ...

- Are they often put day?
Last update in 2004, and I guess they will do more for Mac.

- What software do you use most often?
Digital Performer

- What you get lag?
Not measured but acceptable. Teachers when I put the effects in Digital Performer quite heavy, but I guess it's no card!

- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? ...
8, as planned, no problem for a

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
I tried to use it for a year and a half, but I give up, it really works more in the latest version of Tiger. Under Leopard, I imagine not even ...
During this time when I even do some recordings with Russi, and when it works, is going.

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
I like the number of entries and opportunities to offer. The sound is adequate.

I do not like (apart from problem to read Mac drivers): the fact that the XLR is not screwed to chssis just soldered to the motherboard, a fragile normment connections, and I have to unplug my habit of Cables after recording finished ...

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
No.

- How do you report qualitprix?
I bought occas 170 euros last year. For what I have done, and seen the dysfunction, I put 40 euros. So, I find plutt bad.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Knowingly, ever.
I'll sell it to buy a FIREPOD, I am a sr that will work on my Mac, at least.

In conclusion, this card may be good for PC users, but never of ST Audio prtendre it could run on Mac.
The lack of MIDI oprationnelle, the problem of extinction irrversible when the computer goes to sleep, then crashes and violent systmatiques since I pass by the Tiger makes perfectly useless.
I often return to the small between Stereo mini jack on the back of my G4 tower to record ...

So Apple users, go your way without hsiter.