[ddots-l] Re: appropriate sound interface
- From: Efren Chavez <efrenchavez91@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 21:53:03 -0400
Thanks guys!! I just spoke to one of the tech guys at dancingdots. my
budget is a little tight, so I guess I'm going for a roland
tricapture for now. If my lap top does give me problems, then should i
Just install sonar onto my desktop at home. It's an HP i3 I think.
I'll let you know how the roland sound card works for me when I get
it.
On 10/4/11, Omar Binno <omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> and edirol's drivers are very stable as well.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D!J!X!" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 3:48 PM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: appropriate sound interface
>
>
>> 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!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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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