Then get one of the USB options from edirol/Roland, at least it'll be
compatible with sonar, and from what I hear, they have accessible controll
panels. Latency then shouldn't be a big issue (though I'll warn you, you
migh run into headaches with chipset incompatibilities and other stuff
that
laptops are known for).
HTH, D!J!X!
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
Behalf Of Efren Chavez
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 9:53 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: appropriate sound interface
Thanks, vary infrormative. I forgot to mention that i am using a Sony Vaio
laptop. (i5 core processor) Right now It's just a home studio as a hobby.
I
am mainly going to make instrumentals for an underground group, and a
friend
of mine. To make the question easier. What would be the best USB sound
card.
On the latency question, I just want it to not be noticeable when I play
and
in the recording. I think it just might be a hassle to mess around with
the
fire wire interfaces. I probibley do that once I get mor experience.
thanks.
thanks
On 10/4/11, D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In general we recommend Texas Instruments for firewire chipsets on
daws. In the case of the saffire line, focusrite recommends texas
instruments or Via.
There are 2 specific chipsets they recommend for texas instruments
(doesn't mean others won't work), and I think 1 from Via. There's a
pdf on their site with these details, just search on www.focusrite.com
for firewire compatibility. This is always a hit or miss type of
thing, some people have had great luck with texas instruments
chipsets, either built in to the motherboard or as an add-on card, and
yet others have had to switch to a via card to get good results.
One thing I might add, depending on how much low latency you are
looking to get, saffires (like most firewire devices) use the dice II
chipset system, which does not work extremely well under heavy load
and low latency (64/128 buffers etc). Your milage may vary (also
depends on your system and configuration). The saffire pro40 is my
first firewire/dice II device, so I'm testing to see what it's like. I
have a feeling though that nothing will be better than a PCI/PCIE
interface, and RME is king of the hil, (and the valley for that matter),
when it comes to that...
This is not to steer you away from these fine units which are killer
deals considering the preAmps and the price/features, but just want to
give you the full report...
HTH, D!J!X!
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Smart
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:18 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: appropriate sound interface
Hi There. I'm not sure if Dancing Dots sell the Saffire Firewire
interfaces.
Anyway, they use a firewire port, not USB. It's a different connector
to USB.
If your computer does not have a Firewire port, you can buy a card
with a couple firewire ports on it pretty cheaply. Most seem to
recommend cards with a Texas Instrument (TI) chip on it. Isn't that
right guys? I haven't had to worry about firewire ports in a few
years, so I'm not sure if that is still the best advice about which card
to get.
Chris
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