[Dream] Cheap soundcard recommendations?

[Doofus McFluoro]

I dont... whos the badest monkey competitions arent my thing...
tedious... primatesynthesis?

>>>i love it when you two knock heads trying to prove who's the bigger
techno-dork :)


On 3/22/07, andrei.henry at utoronto.ca <andrei.henry at utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
> >>In theory you might be right but one of the best sound cards available
> has
> >>all the circuitry inside the computer yet manages not to keep out
> >>interference from other devices inside the PC. (Lynx cards).
> >
> > I'm also right in practice :)
>
> i love it when you two knock heads trying to prove who's the bigger
> techno-dork :)
>
>
> > Unless
> > Andrei is only going to record balanced line level signals that are
> > already around +20db, then a Lynx card would be an extremely poor
> > choice, as the output of most synthesizers is way lower than that.
> > He would need a mixer or channel strips in order to use a Lynx card,
> > and even then he still might be better off with an external audio
> > interface for the same money.
>
> actually, while writing i am bringing in all synth sounds through a mixer.
> my set-up: the computer (via sonar) drives midi signals that go to synths,
> the outputs of which are routed through a mixer back in to the computer
> via
> a soundcard.  should i actually ever get to a point where i'm ready to
> record a song (don't hold yer breath), i was thinking of recording each
> synth individually to an audio track then doing the final mix using only
> WAVs of the synths and output from VSTs (i.e. no actual synths playing
> during final mixdown).  i was hoping that by going directly from synth
> into
> computer during recording (bypassing the mixer) i could get a slightly
> better sound by cutting out the mixer.
>
> for $500, i'd rather get a 8 in + 8 out card and skip the mixer
> altogether... unfortunately that's out of my budget at the moment.
>
> > Also, while I'm typing, another advantage to external audio
> > interfaces is ergonomics.  In addition to physical accessibility,
> > many have handy features just as level knobs, meters, headphone amps,
> > etc.  Having something as simple as a knob to turn down the monitors
> > can be a real convenience.
>
> true dat, hadn't thought about it... not that opening up a software panel
> and clicking on a virtual slider is that tough, but a knob makes things
> easier.
>
> i can't believe that no one has mentioned the #1 advantage of an external
> interface: higher LBL factor!!!
>
>
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