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Published on 03/06/12 at 12:27
Value For Money :
Poor
Under XP I used the integrated card to my PC to do everything.
As Windows 7 handles sound like a crap, and be able to play a video while playing the guitar, I had to take a sound card.
I took a "good" (read "expensive"), everyone says it is too top coughed.
After much procrastination, I am taking this one, entry-level M-Audio, it cost a kidney but not nearly ...
UTILIZATION
The drivers are stable but not finished. The resident module I made a mistake, I had to disable it. Okay it is (really) useless.
However something much heavier: if you play a music or video in Windows (even on the web) before launching your app musical (and its ASIO driver, it was he who shits) you are entitled to a beautiful message that "the sample rate stuff foo shit."
Solution: leave your music application, close (your choice) the web page / your audio / video player and relaunch the app music. Annoying as can be, especially when you do not know what's the problem.
The defect has been known for years, documented, it's just waiting for drivers corrected. To the Editor of superprouti (sorry, ProTools, though restrained in passing in the version provided) fucks it still hurt.
When to WASAPI (the new protocol audio Win7), they have never heard it looks. Pfff.
GETTING STARTED
It installs the drivers, one branch, it works. A high impedance jack for guitar, with a XLR phantom activated, three knobs, it's good, it's simple.
The ASIO driver works well (apart from the problems already mentioned) and gives a reasonable latency, 6-10 ms depending on the application or configuration.
OVERALL OPINION
Used for eight months, I got used to launch my music software from the start of the PC, it avoids any problems then.
The sound is crystalline, both on the microphone and guitar input. The preamps are however a little weak, but this is sufficient since we can always turn up the volume in the app.
In contrast, only two inputs are insufficient quickly, and since I fell for a mixer that also includes a sound card. It is redundant but you can use the two together (I record four tracks at once ^ ^)
No regrets for the initial purchase, it's good stuff. However if I were to choose now I would take a card 4 (or more) entries of another brand (because of the "little turds" cited above), or directly to a mixer with USB.
As Windows 7 handles sound like a crap, and be able to play a video while playing the guitar, I had to take a sound card.
I took a "good" (read "expensive"), everyone says it is too top coughed.
After much procrastination, I am taking this one, entry-level M-Audio, it cost a kidney but not nearly ...
UTILIZATION
The drivers are stable but not finished. The resident module I made a mistake, I had to disable it. Okay it is (really) useless.
However something much heavier: if you play a music or video in Windows (even on the web) before launching your app musical (and its ASIO driver, it was he who shits) you are entitled to a beautiful message that "the sample rate stuff foo shit."
Solution: leave your music application, close (your choice) the web page / your audio / video player and relaunch the app music. Annoying as can be, especially when you do not know what's the problem.
The defect has been known for years, documented, it's just waiting for drivers corrected. To the Editor of superprouti (sorry, ProTools, though restrained in passing in the version provided) fucks it still hurt.
When to WASAPI (the new protocol audio Win7), they have never heard it looks. Pfff.
GETTING STARTED
It installs the drivers, one branch, it works. A high impedance jack for guitar, with a XLR phantom activated, three knobs, it's good, it's simple.
The ASIO driver works well (apart from the problems already mentioned) and gives a reasonable latency, 6-10 ms depending on the application or configuration.
OVERALL OPINION
Used for eight months, I got used to launch my music software from the start of the PC, it avoids any problems then.
The sound is crystalline, both on the microphone and guitar input. The preamps are however a little weak, but this is sufficient since we can always turn up the volume in the app.
In contrast, only two inputs are insufficient quickly, and since I fell for a mixer that also includes a sound card. It is redundant but you can use the two together (I record four tracks at once ^ ^)
No regrets for the initial purchase, it's good stuff. However if I were to choose now I would take a card 4 (or more) entries of another brand (because of the "little turds" cited above), or directly to a mixer with USB.