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I am currently building a home studio to replace my existing Alesis
MMT8. I would like to know your opinions of the above 2 sound cards. 

Also which sequencer software would be recommended, I am currently
thinking of getting eMagic Audio Silver or Gold.

Any help here would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Andy

> From: andy.page@...
> 
> I am currently building a home studio to replace my existing Alesis
> MMT8. I would like to know your opinions of the above 2 sound cards. 

I don't know them too well, but for what purpose will you be using
the sound card? Is that mainly for recording, or also for sound
generation?

> Also which sequencer software would be recommended, I am currently
> thinking of getting eMagic Audio Silver or Gold.

For what platform? On the Mac, you basically have the choice between
Cubase and Logic, on the PC there's also Cakewalk.

I've been told that Logic has better timing than Cubase, but beware
that this program has a steep learning curve. Emagic decided to do
the user interface their own way instead of keeping to standards.
Personally, I don't like the interface at all, because it's not
only non-standard, it's also inconsistent and that is a Bad Thing.
But Logic has a lot of devoted followers, so don't just take my
word for it. The felxibility of the program, to set up your own
environment, is huge - but it comes at a price.

Cubase has the reputation of not being very stable. It may, of
course, depend on your own setup, but the fact that both Cakewalk
and Logic run with no problem under Windows NT, and Cubase does
not, gives reason for doubts.

Cakewalk keeps to the Windows standards best of these three. With
a small program, you can also use VST plug-ins (which is standard
in Cubase and Logic). However, it's not the best looking program
in existance and it might not be to your taste; you'd have to see
this for yourself.

I hope this helps a bit.

- Peter

A year ago I replaced an MPC2000 with Logic Audio Gold and a Unitor8
interface.  Rock solid timing with this combination.  Peter is right though
that Logic has a steep learning curve,  it took me a while to get to grips
with.  But great software.   If you don't need more than 32 channels of
audio editing then Gold would be a good choice.  Gold has most of the
feature of Platimun but less audio channels.
As far as sound cards go,  It all depends on your exitsing set-up really.
Peter Korsten wrote:

> From: Peter Korsten <peterk@...>
>
> > From: andy.page@...
> >
> > I am currently building a home studio to replace my existing Alesis
> > MMT8. I would like to know your opinions of the above 2 sound cards.
>
> I don't know them too well, but for what purpose will you be using
> the sound card? Is that mainly for recording, or also for sound
> generation?
>
> > Also which sequencer software would be recommended, I am currently
> > thinking of getting eMagic Audio Silver or Gold.
>
> For what platform? On the Mac, you basically have the choice between
> Cubase and Logic, on the PC there's also Cakewalk.
>
> I've been told that Logic has better timing than Cubase, but beware
> that this program has a steep learning curve. Emagic decided to do
> the user interface their own way instead of keeping to standards.
> Personally, I don't like the interface at all, because it's not
> only non-standard, it's also inconsistent and that is a Bad Thing.
> But Logic has a lot of devoted followers, so don't just take my
> word for it. The felxibility of the program, to set up your own
> environment, is huge - but it comes at a price.
>
> Cubase has the reputation of not being very stable. It may, of
> course, depend on your own setup, but the fact that both Cakewalk
> and Logic run with no problem under Windows NT, and Cubase does
> not, gives reason for doubts.
>
> Cakewalk keeps to the Windows standards best of these three. With
> a small program, you can also use VST plug-ins (which is standard
> in Cubase and Logic). However, it's not the best looking program
> in existance and it might not be to your taste; you'd have to see
> this for yourself.
>
> I hope this helps a bit.
>
> - Peter
>
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