[ddots-l] Re: sound card and mixer recommendations

  • From: Nickus de Vos <bigboy529@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:49:39 +0200

I agree with some of the previous posts but just want to add my 2 cents.
Do you spesifically want a outboard mixer or would you be comfortable
mixing in the box with a control serfice? To keep your options open I
would say anyway get a pc with firewire, then you have options for
both firewire and PCI or PCI-e.
RME makes great digital PCI cards but from what I've heard their
firewire stuff is not that great and for the feetures it's anyway way
over priced. Only thing with the RME digital cards is that you'll have
to get a external pre amp with ADAT outputs if you choose to get a
ADAT PCI card but luckally there's a lot of options for external pre
amps out there. The easyer option and one I would personally recommend
is one of the focusrite cards like the safire pro 40 which gives you
your 8 channel recording and a further 8 channels of ADAT input to
connect a external pre to go up to 16 channels of recording. Other
options for firewire 8 channel interfaces are the presonus firestudio
and there's also a firestudio tube with 8 solid state pre amps and 2
velve pre amps.
If not wanting a outboard mixer you can couple any of the above with a
control serfice, I hear the Mackie ones are really popular.
As a all in one solution you can also look at the Mackie onyx firewire
mixer. I'm not sure of the exact model but I know the biggest one will
give you 16 track recording directly from the analog mixer via
firewire, it's also a full analog board so you can basically record,
play out to the desk to mix in analog and then record your final
stereo mix back in to sonar.

On 9/21/12, D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, what will you be doing for the most part, recording with mics,
> playing
> back lots of tracks (mixing and mastering), or messing around with soft
> synths, or a bit of all that. Performance wise, PCI express cards run
> better
> than firewire or USB, mainly because firewire interfaces for the most part
> use dice II chipsets which has its limitations; I think you can't go lower
> than 64 samples buffer. From what I've seen PCIE cards have better latency
> and can go down to 32 on a system that is properly configured, which is the
> question, what kind of system are you getting, is it a prepared daw?
> Bak to interfaces, RME makes some solid stuff, but it's expensive, and
> you'll have to buy the proper breakout box for your needs; not sure on its
> preAmps and such, but the drivers, stability and latency is good.
>
> In the firewire land, there's the focusrite saffire lines, stuff like the
> pro40, the liquid mix, the 56 etc. Motu also has some good stuff in both
> USB
> and I believe PCIE and firewire.
>
> HTH, D!J!X!
>
>   _____
>
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of John J. Fioravanti, Jr.
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:50 PM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: sound card and mixer recommendations
>
>
>
> Haven't decided on the type of connection yet, either PCI or firewire.
> Would
> you recommend firewire? e budget is not the problem.
>
>
>
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of D!J!X!
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:43 PM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: sound card and mixer recommendations
>
>
>
> What's your budget? What kind of  connection capabilities does your new
> computer have, firewire, PCI express, USB etc.
>
> How much controll do you want over control panel and such, do you have
> outboard gear like preAmps and such or do you need something with good
> preas
> already in it?
>
>
>
> HTH, D!J!X!
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of John J. Fioravanti, Jr.
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:33 PM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] sound card and mixer recommendations
>
> Hi: For a few years I've been waiting for caketalking to make 9 accessible
> and although I purchased 8.5 I've never installed it. Been using 6;
> however,
> I'm about to upgrade to 64 bit  with a new computer and sonar 8.5. Any
> recommendations for workable sound cards and mixers to enable me to record
> at least eight tracks at once? Thanks in advance.
>
> John Fioravanti
>
>
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