Hi: Home Recording

[Squatch]

Hi

I am new to forum and relatively new to guitar playing. I was looking to upgrade my sound card to allow home recording and real-time effects. I was looking a getting and Audigy 2 (oem with no break-out). I have Pent III 733, 374Mb Ram and 20Gig HD. Would this work well with something like Cu-base?

[Melodic Dreamer]

Dude I have been asking the exact same question for awhile now. A lot of people gave me different opinions about the Audigy. www.harmonycentral.com (http://www.harmonycentral.com) has some reviews that you might want to check out.

I met a lot of people on the different guitar sites that I belong to. Some swear by the card, but others hate it. A couple guys I know on-line own an audigy and they use in with the cubase program and I will say it sounds alright but they say it has a lot of noise. I talked to some different bands that I have met on-line and they have sent me sound files and let me say that the sound-card they are useing sounds of better quality than the audigy.
So it is up to you man, I am still looking. I was wondering about the Ego soundcards. Also if your like me and you want a real guitar tone. I say invest in the analog to digital converter and a good mic-preamp and a compressor. Atleast this is my opinion man.
Be shure to check out the harmony central site. Click on user reviews and type in the name and search the site.

[Melodic Dreamer]

Here is a multi-part lesson that is going on over at www.guitar.com (http://www.guitar.com) that you might be interested in.
http://www.guitar.com/cda/ColumnCorner/article_display.aspx?sPath=81820003c6e000000001000 0794a00000b9b&sSection=TL

[BlaZinChoPs]

That seems sufficient to me. You might consider getting a new computer or even trying CoolEditPro.
If new isn't an option, you definetly want the fastest hard drive possible and more ram.

Chaiyz

[dacster]

there are a bunch of USB input ports that are going to be a better aproach to getting sound into the computer than anything other than a Pro level, Recording specific, sound card. The Audigy is a nice sound card but not ideal for recording. There is a bit of a problem with the relationship of the cards sample rate and the sample rate of CD's and recording software.
Play back is a different story. Any good sound card will do that.
When you start multi tracking you also have latency issues that are minimized with a fast system, fast Hard Drive, fast sound card, and lots of memory. This is also minimized with a USB input device.
What it really boils down to is what and why are you recording. I record as a tool to help me learn passages and the like, not to publish. So I am not overly concerned with super high quality. Just functionality.
If you do decide to go with the Audigy (it is a great multipurpose sound card) get the breakout box... It will save wear and tear on the connectors.
I use Guitar tracks for recording and cool Edit for editing. I will upgrade to CEPro soon. "only 1 tool to keep up on"

[Vi String Slinger]

I have an audigy and it has caused me nothing but trouble, actually its an audigy 2 platinum. When I had VIA Chipset, it caused crackling and IRQ conflicts, I still get a few, even though I am on an Nforce2 chipset now. I am using onboard sound now and only use the audigy 2 for recording.
I have heard great things about Phillips soundcards and will probably get one from them next time.

[Squatch]

Well I plumped for the Audigy II and let me say that in the day or so I have been playing around with it the results are (IMHO) great. I initially paniced as the latency was very high, but using the SBAsio drivers are opposed to the generic windows ones allows me to get down to 4ms or something ridiculous like that. Even on my meagre set up (see orig post) I am able to apply real-time effects - woo hoo. The only noises I have detected so far are an occasional tic (not really loud enough to be called a click) and a buzz when recording guitar. My mate sorted that for me by getting me to switch of my monitor when recording as this was interfering with pickups. All I need now is a midi keyboard, oh and some talent :-)

[ericonthenet]

Cakewalk!! Look into Cakewalk.com
Jim

[Melodic Dreamer]

Has anyone heard of Ego soundcards? Does anyone have any info on them?