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Hi all

I have been away on business for some time and currently have over 
100 messages from this group in my inbox, so some catching up to do :-
)
For years, I have simply recorded to CD using my phillips CD 
recorder. It's time to start recording to my PC. I need some advice. 
Main equipment used in this project = AN1x, Ensoniq ASR-10, Mackie 
1202 VLZ Pro, reasonably quick PC, Sonar 1.0 XL, Midisport 4x4. My PC 
has a soundblaster livedrive on the front with inputs. I can simply 
connect the tape outputs of the Mackie to the inputs of this live 
drive and it will record into Sonar, however I have huge feedback 
challenges and the quality is poor. I need an audio interface yes? So 
what to buy? Will a USB audio interface be my solution or is it 
something else? Recording direct to the soundcard seems not the right 
solution, so what is? How would an audio interface fit into my setup 
allowing high quality recording into Sonar?

Advice, as always, much appreciated. Incidentally, I am thinking of 
sacking my beloved AN1x and Ensoniq ASR-10 and making it a bit more 
simple with a Motif ES. I can buy the PLG-AN150 card for it and still 
have all my AN1x patches, but a much better sampler and sequencer. 
Anyone got a Motif and any opinions?

Thanks peeps!

Alan

the sound blaster live sucks. Its a Gamer Card. I Recommend  Maudio, But Not 
USB or Firewired: PCI (Like Delta Series). Cause Will Give You Less Problems 
For Latency, And They Are Cheap And Good (D44 Can Record 24/96).

On Saturday 22 November 2003 05:53 am, nuvalerium wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have been away on business for some time and currently have over
> 100 messages from this group in my inbox, so some catching up to do :-
> )
> For years, I have simply recorded to CD using my phillips CD
> recorder. It's time to start recording to my PC. I need some advice.
> Main equipment used in this project = AN1x, Ensoniq ASR-10, Mackie
> 1202 VLZ Pro, reasonably quick PC, Sonar 1.0 XL, Midisport 4x4. My PC
> has a soundblaster livedrive on the front with inputs. I can simply
> connect the tape outputs of the Mackie to the inputs of this live
> drive and it will record into Sonar, however I have huge feedback
> challenges and the quality is poor. I need an audio interface yes? So
> what to buy? Will a USB audio interface be my solution or is it
> something else? Recording direct to the soundcard seems not the right
> solution, so what is? How would an audio interface fit into my setup
> allowing high quality recording into Sonar?
>
> Advice, as always, much appreciated. Incidentally, I am thinking of
> sacking my beloved AN1x and Ensoniq ASR-10 and making it a bit more
> simple with a Motif ES. I can buy the PLG-AN150 card for it and still
> have all my AN1x patches, but a much better sampler and sequencer.
> Anyone got a Motif and any opinions?
>
> Thanks peeps!
>
> Alan
>
>
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If you're not going to record microphones, all you
need is an audio interface.

Maybe the Soundblaster is good enough, however it's
not ideal for making music and you will get bad
latency with the Live, the Live not having ASIO
drivers. This latency will delay the realtime
monitoring of your recording.

The quality of the recording depends on the quality of
the AD convertors on your soundcard. If these
convertors are located outside the PC they will pick
up less noise from the PC components.

If you want to record microphones you'll need an audio
interface with preamps. Good ones are expensive.

If you want to use soft synths you'll need good
latency - any audio interfcae with ASIO driver will
do.

I wouldn't recommend USB, PCI and Firewire having a
much greater bandwidth.


Jojo

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