i need a new soundcard.....

exhausted

ok, i'm sick of burning off my recorder to an (expensive) audio cd and then importing into my computer.

i'm dumping my harmon-kardon cd recorder and buying a new sound card for my computer than has a optical SPDIF input. that way i can mix directly from my recorder into sound forge (hopefully).

and hopefully get mixes that don't sound like total shit any more.

anyone have suggestions?

i was thinking this?
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10036039&logon=&langid=EN&dept=18&WLBS=fsweb8

stefanwa

I'm no pro, but as far as I know, the Audigy series don't have good reputation when it comes to serious recording/mixing.

This forum should be a good resource for all your soundcard needs: http://forum.cubase.net/cgi-bin/cubase.net/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Hardware&number=5&DaysPrune=45&LastLogin=

These get very good reviews: http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/creative-emu-1820/index.html

I own the Terratec DMX6Fire 24/96 with the external module. Good quality and versatility, but the drivers somehow suck.

exhausted

thanks for the links. i'll have a read through there. i'm no where near up to date with computer hardware as far as recording goes. i've been using the same setup for a few years now but i'm losing so much frequency response that i've had it.

i plan on buying a whole new computer this fall but i'd like to have a sound card/input module that is separate in order to provide some flexibility since i'm looking at laptops for my studio computer.

exhausted

and i just realized i'd need new software too since the version of soundforge i have is only 16bit too. this sucks.

puremagic

Some additional research reading before you buy.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rongonz/home_rec/soundcard.html

exhausted

thanks pure. those terratecs are starting to look good. i won't be buying until this fall anyway since i'm going to working onsite for august/september and hopefully making enough overtime to buy a whole new system.