All user reviews of 4/5 for the M-Audio Delta 1010

Careful, you need an old PC because it works with a big PCI card, BUT you can easily find one in a garage sale... I found my Pentium 4, 4ghz for 20 euros 3 years ago, and I haven't had a problem to this day.
THE TRICK: Buy the Delta 1010 secondhand and you'll end up with a soundcard with multiple inputs and outputs and an awesome sound that is more than enough to produce an album (some pros have been surprised at the audio quality of my productions). You should obviously use quality cables and gear with it. It has ZERO LATENCY (5ms only, which is inaudible, so, to me, that's zero latency).
I have never used MIDI, I use it exclusively for audio and have never had a single issue. Very good reproduction. It's nearly perfect with vovox cables.

USE

I have been able to record up to 90 minutes without a sweat, although it crashes with more than 24 tracks, due to the computer, not the soundcard.
HOWEVER, it has zero latency. I can insert effects in real time during mixdown and the soundcard doesn't even flinch.

OPERATION

Everything is very easy. I only work with windows XP pro.

OVERALL OPINION

You need a very low BUDGET to make yourself with a PC and a great card, which will allow you to invest your money on high-end gear. And this is an important point, because even if you get the latest computer and soundcard but you only use average gear, you'll end up with an average sound.
And don't forget the cables. When you have high-end gear, the difference is flagrant, be it with guitars, keyboards, speakers, AND mics (I read somewhere that you can't really tell the difference between a vovox and a normal cable with a mic, but I think that depends more on the mic).

Bottom line, it's like night and day with the vovox. Connect good gear to a cheap pc and this card and you'll get a fantastic sound. I have never had a single problem with latency mixing in real time with effects.
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I chose this card for many of its proposed, in order to make the recording of multiple instruments and vocals.
My config: pc 2.5Ghz/512 DDR / 80GB HDD / win xp

UTILIZATION

At this level I, who with FCH silent PC, I must say that has not t "Plug and Pray" but truly "Plug and Play".
The small catch is that the manual is in English, but M-Audio site is excellent and easily find the manual in PDF format.

GETTING STARTED

It's been 2 months I use it and no problem of instability with respect to the updates I trust M-Audio who gre trs well site and you can count on PRESENT AND COMPETENT technical support.
There was a problem of latency beginners (3 sec.) But because of an error handling between Cubase and M-Audio ... but now all that audio midi, no problem I.
I made the sound: 4 drum mics, a guitar, a voice at the same time and I even add effects to live without crashes

OVERALL OPINION

+ Card rack design is interssante.
However two points to consider:
* Patch the router is not forcment simple and example configurations are limiting trs
* What I was nerv THE FIRST, unwanted is the lack of headphone jack, and especially the fact that when we talk about input and output Stros we do not prcise that by combining pairs and not units (eg the output is not a single stro but, for the Stereo pair requires a 2 s, I was counting working with headphones at beginners I heard the signal in the left channel because my headphone could be that in the s 1 or s 2) ...... unless I misunderstood the explanations but I do not think it's Specifies ......... so I quickly go through a table rsolu

cel said if I had to make the same choice I would do because the positive detous prcdemment deficits and price

8 in / out analog
2 in / out SPDIFMidi

(For the rest please visit M-Audio)

I have a console on which the vintage pre-amps are excellent, I wanted a card with inputs and outputs line ... (The console with 16in/16out + 4 bus I'll take a second one ...)

I toured with Samplitude 11 Pro and I wanted compatibility with ProTools for customers who want to absolutely work with it ... So M-Audio card.

(Note that I put here is related to what comes out now, the card is a bit old so I try to remain objective)

UTILIZATION

As I said earlier I use mainly with Samplitude 11 Pro, for now 10 track recording (1 card 10 entries), for reading I must be at over 40 tracks ... for the latency I get around
1 ms after mixing in, I go back for comfort ....

GETTING STARTED

Side installation is very simple pci card on one side connected to the rack on the other updated drivers from M-audio no surprises and no crash.

I regret just one thing no inter On / Off ...

OVERALL OPINION

I used it since March, I had a lot of cards on hands before (EMU 1820m, FireStudio Presonus, Tascam FW1884, Digidesign Digi 002 M-box and digital consoles ...) but I would repeat my purchase without hesitation because it is the one that is best for me to date, plus secondhand it is not very expensive, brand new I think there are cards that offer better value for money .....

Good soundcard. I've used it with win 2000 and XP.
PC: 2 gb, 512mb, 32GB HDD.
8 inputs/outputs to record a drum kit or several musicians.
Desktop PC mandatory because it works with a PCI card.
I've had no sync issues with MTC or Wordclock.
M-Audio takes driver updates very seriously.

USE

I've had no sync issues with MTC or Wordclock.
M-Audio takes driver updates very seriously (see site). Insignificant latency. It's perfect for live recording, with a sequencer like Sonar or Cubase.

OPERATION

The pack includes the rack unit + the PCI card + installation software + user's manual (but it can also be downloaded from the M-Audio website).
Easy installation, but make sure to read about the electrical connections and to understand how it works.

OVERALL OPINION

This card is outdated today: It has no preamps, no XLR connectors, no FireWire or USB ports, so you can't connect it to a laptop. But its (secondhand) price is unbeatable.