[ddots-l] Re: appropriate sound interface
- From: D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:48:22 -0400
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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